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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. :D

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

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! 8)

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 :P hauled firewood!

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:17 pm
by se50
In MN, we haul wood in a little larger vehicles. :D 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. :D I ran about 5-6 cords of wood through my 64.1 cc STIHL 039 chainsaw until the bearings gave out. :D 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. :D Almost twice a scooter. :D

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