The Ex Swallows

Update June 2019

A lawnmower in the box fits behind the third row.

Lawnmower in cargo hold. 8 seats still available.
I did have to open the barn doors all the way.

Update May 2019 – according to the fine folks at the Excursion Cult Club on Facebook, an Excursion can carry 21 bales of hay or 220 dozen Krispy Kreme.

It’s insane how large Fessick is.

One evening while returning from dinner at the in-laws’ house, we saw a dresser on the side of the road about a half-mile from our place.

Dropped off the wife & kids. Tossed the car seats in the minivan and returned for the dresser.

I folded the middle row flat and slid the dresser in the back door. So yeah, a dresser, upside down on top of the folded second row.

Our primary tent is a yurt. When it’s packed up, it’s eight feet long. (Our camping set-up is ridiculous, it will be detailed next summer.) The Excursion is big enough that both kids fit, in car seats, on the big side of the middle row. I built a Z-shaped bulkhead that goes from behind the wife’s seat to behind the kids’ all the way to the ceiling.

From bottom- EZ-up, yurt side walls, shelf for roof rafters

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Author: rexplex

With a bachelors degree in history, I turn wrenches for a living. I’m most at peace when I hear the wind in the trees or the gurgle of a brook. I’m a believer in the Renaissance Man, as epitomized by DaVinci engineer, artist, soldier, statesman. As Heinlein said, “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyse a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

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