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Turning my elite into a laundry hauler!
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:04 pm
by islandbayy
Arg, my Elite is now my wifes salon's offical towel hauler! I get to haul the dirty towles home at night and clean ones back to the shoppe in the morning!
http://pictures.sprintpcs.com/share.do? ... =RETRIEVED
Thats about 30lbs of towels believe it or not!
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:53 pm
by se50
Where is "Global Datacenter" in Milwaukee? I faintly recall seeing a building by that name, or similar, when I was visiting there. There's a lot of scooters there! And VW Jettas/Golfs. And BMW 325s. But I like the Jettas/Golfs/Passats/Cabrios more than any other vehicles.

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:19 pm
by islandbayy
Sorry, dont think you saw my datacenter. I started hosting when I was 15, in high school. Did so good, got a load of T1's into my home. I remodled my basement into a nice shiny datacenter (not top of the line, budget and to the point). So anywho, Global Datacenter is run out of my home

and is pretty much on autopilot. The clients I have, have been with me for a lonngggggggg time, and need me to do very little. I've scaled it down quite a bit from what it usted to be, and it takes about 1 hour of work/month to maintain everything ^_^
Sorry, I dont have a VW Jetta or BMW, wish I could afford it, but cant ATM, just my scoot and my Xterra ^_^ but I did just get a Brush Guard upgrade for my Xterra for my birthday from my wife ^_^
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:33 pm
by se50
Well, I thought I saw something by that name, but I guess not.

I did see a black Elite SA50, though. And a bunch of chinese scooters. And a bunch of retro remake scooters.

Is it true that you shouldn't swim at the beach in town, since there is so much industrial activity, the water is polluted? It was a little cold to swim, and there was the green slime all over that was smelly, so I didn't swim when I was there.

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:14 am
by islandbayy
Hmm, mines a Purple SA50. I have a pepsi basket in the back

(for next time).
I wouldnt eat any fish from the lake, or swim in it. The sewage treetment plant is right under the expressway (hone bridge section, which is the yello bridge arch area, I live 2 blocks off the first exit going south of the hone bridge, and wifes nail salon is about 4 blocks north of the first exit going north of the hone bridge, so it's a nice commute).
Problem with the sewage plant, even though they do have a pipeline that dumps it about 5-10 miles out in the lake, our sewage plant has a history of dumping raw sewage right into the lake, right at the shoreline!!!
When are you coming back to milwaukee? We need to get a scooter club going

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:21 pm
by eman916
I zipped tied a blue milk crate on my aero, and so far I've been able to fit 2 12 packs when making beer runs!

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:37 pm
by islandbayy
Last summer, I tied a city trash can to mine, and used it as a trailor

hauled firewood!
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:17 pm
by se50
In MN, we haul wood in a little larger vehicles.

A friend loaded his '01 Ford Ranger (old work truck, beat) with so much wood, no more could fit. How'd he do it in a Ranger? He had helper springs in back.

I ran about 5-6 cords of wood through my 64.1 cc STIHL 039 chainsaw until the bearings gave out.

I want a bigger saw; I'm thinking an 044 or 056 Magnum. 044 is about 73 cc's, and a STIHL 056 Magnum is 93 cc's, I believe.

Almost twice a scooter.

Turning my elite into a laundry hauler!
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:51 am
by vonchuk
Here in McMinnville, Oregon. I saw a scoot towing a trailer that was meant to be used on a bicycle. I think it was intended to haul two young kids. He had removed the canvas cover and built a nice wooden box. Looked good. I did not see how he attached to the scooter. Maybe a flange bolted to the lugage carrier and an upright pipe threaded into the flange.... He even had turn signals on the trailer. very neat.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:02 pm
by darat
yeah i seen a elite with a side cart i thought that was pretty different