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How many beers fit in the frunk?

steve635

steve635

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Getting ready to make a road trip to procure some of that sweet ambrosia the Atlantic coasters refer to as Yuengling Lager. Nearest outlet is about 95 miles away. I'd like to take the Spyder, but not sure how many cans I can fit in the frunk. Anybody know from experience, or would like to hazard a guess (please distinguish whether answer is experience or "wag")?
BTW, these are merely being transported, have no intention of drinking and driving (surely someone would have assumed the worst....picturing me as a modern day Boozefighter above a cluster of empty cans piled beneath the Spyder!).
 
I know for a fact that a 18 pack of twelve ounce cans will fit boxed with more room to spare. I'm going to guess if the beers were not in a box and stacked correctly...................... 30 :thumbup:



This is an RS with a frunk liner, an RT will be different.
 
I'd venture to guess quite a few? We don't have Yuengling in KY, but wish we did. If I encounter them on my trip back from picking my bike and trailer up at Cowtown on Thursday, I might be able to advise later this week how many will fit in an empty RT-622 trailer. 622 liters of space = X number of 12 oz. bottles? :shocked:
 
30 going once....

Thanks Arntufun,
Your estimate of 30 is duly noted, I'm hoping the absence of a liner and some innovative stacking will up that number. My RS is having the initial service done or I'd be establishing the definitive count once and for all!
 
Quite a few?

Thanks Luckyme and while I agree with your assessment, I'm afraid "quite a few" cannot be considered an official entry. We're going to need something a tad more specific :lecturef_smilie:
 
Remember 24 cans of beer is about 20 lbs, so 30 beers in your frunk you will notice your Spyder's handling will be strange. :thumbup:
 
Good point!

According to that unimpeachable source Wickipedia, you are right on the money regarding weight. The beer run however will be primarily straight ahead superslab, and not much of a handling challenge, so I won't mind flirting with the 35# limit on this run.
 
Mr Orange said:
Your handling will not be strange! I carry 5 gallons of gas around all the time in my frunk will no ill effects.
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That because your used to it. :roflblack:

I rolled my change I have been collecting for years and stuck them in my trunk and went to the bank. The frunk was half full (423.00 worth) and the Spyder's handling felt really weird, like a rolling feeling.

Stock shocks set at 5
 
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Thanks for the reference

Okay, so handling is acceptable with 5 gals. gas, gas is a little over 6 lbs. per gallon, so this is confirmation that handling is acceptable with over 30 lbs. in frunk. This translates to about 36 cans (which I doubt even the most innovative packingwill exceed), so primary limiting factor appears to be volume rather than weight. You know a maximum frunk beer load would be a handy item to have in the owner's manual!
 
Too bad that you can't get somebody to come along with an RT so that a Beer wagon comparison could be made...
The RTs greater capacity and the ability to spread the weight more evenly; Isn't that alone a good reason to favor it over the poor RS/GS and their limited capacity for "hydraulic sandwiches"? :roflblack:
 
"The RTs greater capacity and the ability to spread the weight more evenly; Isn't that alone a good reason to favor it over the poor RS/GS and their limited capacity for "hydraulic sandwiches?"


Hmmmm...No.
 
Too bad that you can't get somebody to come along with an RT so that a Beer wagon comparison could be made...
The RTs greater capacity and the ability to spread the weight more evenly; Isn't that alone a good reason to favor it over the poor RS/GS and their limited capacity for "hydraulic sandwiches"? :roflblack:


For that matter I could just take the Ram 1500.....holds way more than an RT....and I'll hold back any comment over which is sportier:thumbup:​
 
The good news is this, without a frunkliner (I dont have one myself), you can basically turn your frunk into a small rolling icebox / cooler / minibar.

Not that I have done it... Well, at least not this week... The week starts with Monday not Sunday right?
 
"The good news is this, without a frunkliner (I dont have one myself), you can basically turn your frunk into a small rolling icebox / cooler / minibar."

Hmmmm, no actual estimate here, but none the less I :clap:the innovative thinking!
 
I've carried a 5 gallon water jug in the front trunk (no it didn't quite close) -- so @ 8.85 lbs per gallon that was 41.75 + the bottle.. so call it 43 lbs. It did it..... BUT.... the handling sucked. You could really feel it up there.

Yes-- the trunk (sorry- I refuse to call it the F**** word) has a drain plug in the bottom and can hold ice and cold beer or pop... pull up to an outdoor party and you're an instant hit....:thumbup:

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But back to the problem at hand. If you want to get the maximum beer into the trunk... it's obvious what must be done. Make sure the plug is in the bottom of the trunk... open each beer and pour them in--- one at a time. This will make the best use of every nook and cranny of the trunk......;)
 
Firefly said:
But back to the problem at hand. If you want to get the maximum beer into the trunk... it's obvious what must be done. Make sure the plug is in the bottom of the trunk... open each beer and pour them in--- one at a time. This will make the best use of every nook and cranny of the trunk......;)
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We are gonna need some straws up in here...

Also, with mild modification, AKA a sealing slanted lid that is under the trunk lid and will not allow for "slosh-age" the technical amount is 12 liters yes? (edited to erase the 55 liters, guess that is the 622)

However if we introduce mathematics, I will need the dimensions of the trunk for more data, can anyone get me the width front and back, the height front and back and the width in the middle? From there I can estimate the fact that a can coke or beer out of packaging will basically be 5inches high, then 1.3 inches wide, assume it is not a cylinder but a little juice box of tin and that would allow for the computation to happen.

I feel like I need a dry erase board.

Its a trapizodal shape with a "pitched" roof.
 
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