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A loaded El Camino.

The boss's wife came in my office in the middle of another busy work at home day. She "needed" my El Camino and me of course. I had to file the forms in triplicate to the HR department and get permission from the boss to take time off.

We went down to the local gardening center and picked up 14 - 40 pound bags of top soil, 4 bags of cypress mulch and two bag bags of cotton seed hulls. The soil alone is 560 pounds. The other stuff is likely another 100 pounds pounds at least.

I knew before we left it was going to be a full load for my Elky. I aired up the rear tires to 36 PSI and aired up the air bags for the load leveling to 20 PSI. Some young kid likely in his early 20s loaded it up. We had the fun of unloading it in the corner of the driveway by the compost pile and west garden. Of course all that stuff will need further hauling and shoveling.

The air bags are back to 8 PSI and the rear tires are back to 24 PSI. If I run more in the rear, the centers wear out long before the edges. At 24 it is super even wear. The things I learned after 27 years and 300,000+ miles of driving it.
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1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
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