moving sand?

Saruman

Here is a question. I have a 1.6 Automatic Scenic :cool:

I have half of a Tonne bag of sand in the middle of my front yard left over from a job in the back garden over the summer. Could I pull it off the grass with my car or would i risk damaging my gearbox?

biko

Too risky in my book. Half a tonne of sand is a different type of weight than a solid. Probably get a tractor to lift/drag it.

bandit197

Id be more worried about your clutch to be honest. A dead weight like that takes a lot of energy to get it moving.
Get out the wheelbarrow!:D

Saruman

Damn it, its cold outside

GSBellew

bandit197 wrote: »

Id be more worried about your clutch to be honest. A dead weight like that takes a lot of energy to get it moving.
Get out the wheelbarrow!:D

Its an Automatic, so has a torque convertor not a clutch

The problem with sand is that it holds water, so if it got wet even though it may be half of a ton bag it could be a lot heavier in reality.

Saruman

Well its been open for months and there has been a lot of rain. I would say there is a good chance it is as heavy as a full tonne bag of sand by now

the drifter

put a pole in the ground next to it...chain the bag of sand to the pole...wait 30min and someone will have robbed it....job done

seriously dont think the renault is up for that....

peasant

You'd just rip the bag / rip the handles off / get sand all over the place.

These bags are designed for lifting, not dragging.

rebel.ranter

Put an advertisement in Gumtree/Buy & Sell/Adverts.ie:

Free Sand, collection only


Someone will come.

Saruman

I actually put it on jumbletown but only got a response from someone who had no transport hoping i would eh hold it for them

rebel.ranter

Chance the other websites. Or if you're up for a laugh put it on Carzone to see if one of those scammers ring you. Now that would be interesting!:D:D