# trying not to die \[supporting weight of van with hay to drop fuel tank\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-not-to-die-supporting-weight-of-van-with-hay-to-drop-fuel-tank/779214>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 7, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-not-to-die-supporting-weight-of-van-with-hay-to-drop-fuel-tank/779214 "2017-02-07T07:03:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-not-to-die-supporting-weight-of-van-with-hay-to-drop-fuel-tank/779214/41 "2017-02-10T16:29:54Z")

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Renting a Lift to work on the car safely? [$30/hr](http://stewsgarage.com/pricing/).

Seriously: Your Life Isn’t Worth $30???

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-not-to-die-supporting-weight-of-van-with-hay-to-drop-fuel-tank/779214/42 "2017-02-10T19:27:47Z")

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> [@Vicsage](#):
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> Make sure you film it. Tosh is getting short of good material.

😕 “Tosh”?

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-not-to-die-supporting-weight-of-van-with-hay-to-drop-fuel-tank/779214/43 "2017-02-10T19:33:01Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Until further notice. Sorry; that’s bog-standard US bureaucratese, I assumed everybody knew it…

Yet again LSLGuy is cited for TLA-abuse, including using “TLA” just this week to at least on Doper’s consternation.

Three Letter Abbreviation.

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**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-not-to-die-supporting-weight-of-van-with-hay-to-drop-fuel-tank/779214/44 "2017-02-10T21:28:02Z")

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> [@Ken001](#):
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> Don’t know. Hay bales are very strong and if the OP used three under each end then that would an acceptable risk. Particularly if the hay is new.

If the bales were heavy wire bound, eh i still would make it only a zombie apocalypse emergency type choice, Stacked bales have the weight distributed, mini vans standing up on end do not

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-not-to-die-supporting-weight-of-van-with-hay-to-drop-fuel-tank/779214/45 "2017-02-10T21:56:10Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> 😕 “Tosh”?

Probably this: [Tosh.0 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosh.0)

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