Loadspace is an odd thing. As I've mentioned many times before, under normal (non Covid restricted) circumstances, I carry a lot of kit around in my car on a daily basis. We do lots of one, two or three day pop up trade exhibitions and shows in hotel meeting rooms mainly, or periodically, at the bigger purpose built exhibition centres in the uk and abroad.
Everything is packed in purpose made trolley bags. They are rectangular in profile, 1metre long, 50cm high and 35cm wide. Colloquially known in the trade as trolley coffins. They contain trade samples and collapsed down display units.
Heavy things to move, and the lower load height of an estate car is an advantage in that respect.
I can get 5 of them in the back of my 1900L loadspace Merc estate with room on top for soft bags of anything else I need or personal luggage.
Just out of curiousity I tried loading them into the back of our 1200L loadspace Renegade just to see if I could get away with using it if required or if the Merc was poorly or something.
To my mild astonishment, I can get 6 of them in the back of that due to the additional height of the loadbay. Not as easy to pack, as they have to be stacked on top of one another, and like I said, they can be brutally heavy, but, it does mean that I have back up options.
Still prefer to have a large estate for work though, but it is reassuring to know I could at least manage with the other one if necessary.
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