1)I don't have trouble seeing when I back up-but in my lawn mowing travels for the day if I have to go to Home Depot I back into the space to park so no one walks into the tray if I had pulled in.

2)If some one was short enough to "bang their chin" and was the opposite sex-please give me their phone number!

3) Said dingleballs HAD to be added because on 2 (yes two) separate occasions (1 a BMW a--h---, 1 a rice burner) decided I wasn't traveling fast enough (I was doing over 50 mph both times no less!) creep-ed up on me and passed on the drivers side (you know the kind-let me pass you while seeing how much paint I can shave off your bumper type of animals) hit the tray and scraped their cars. The cops came because the BMW a--h--- decided that he was going to try and get some money out of the poor lawn mowing guy. This was before I had the tennis balls. Mind you the tray only sticks out 22 inches and does not go to the sides of the HHR. The cop almost gave me a ticket because he said it was possible that the guy didn't see the tray (what about the mower) but because BMW A.H. made such a hissy fit the Cop told him to leave now because he would end up with a tailgating ticket and he would not be able to get out of it because the Cop said he would show up in court to make sure of it. The 2nd time I had the balls on and when the rice burner called the take out police the cop saw all the reflective stickers and the balls with the mower on back he gave 4 tickets to the rice burner- expired reg, speeding, unsafe distance, reckless driving. The cop said at least 2 of the tickets will end up sticking.

Now what did you say about my balls? ! !

 

If you can lift the lawnmower up high enough to get it on the rack, why can't you just roll it in the back???

 

i'd say you gots BALLS!

 

I did at one time-until I got tired of vacuuming the HHR every other day. If I opened the windows it would take any grass on the mower and blow it EVERYWHERE in the HHR. Now I keep mower's (I have 5 I rotate & transport) on the outside and keep the mower bag on the inside, in a sealed garbage bag-no more grass, bugs, and the smell of other peoples dog poop stuck to the mower. The pic below shows I did do the in the rear thing with the mower & snow blower but why ruin the inside. Mine is a family vehicle when needed and a utilitarian vehicle when needed, plain and simple. I think that was the plan when they made the HHR.





Used to put my mowers & stuff in the rear of this AND close the trunk but she gave herself up for Cash For Clunkers.

 

Here's the bikes. Daughter took picture before I re-arranged the bikes, it was the first time loading them.



Bikes re-arranged:

 

Now That! I would stay away from.... far far away.

 

Remember the pic is of BEFORE I re-arranged the bikes. The second pic below is how it worked out after I found the right mounting areas on the bike and bought leveler bars for the girls bikes. Never had an issue after that. No need to be afraid... You should be more afraid of the NY Drivers in rush hour....

 

One reason I never go to New York.

 

Please don't take this the wrong way, but did you ever think of buying a cheap little pick up for the hauling duties?

 

I really didn't think some pictures of my vehicle would cause such a problem. I am American. My relatives came over from Italy, Germany, Norway, and Poland in the 1860's. Because I have to mow lawns to make extra money should not be an issue with who I am. I do not mind getting dirty. I work 9-12 hours at a salaried job and then work on the side as a handy man & landscaper. I have a family and decided with my wife when my 1st child was born she would stay home and raise the kid (and the second) because my parents were divorced when I was young and my family was never around. Because of this I worked extra odd jobs to make extra cash. Paying $500-$700 a week for day care in NY was out of the question-so my wife was home up until last year when she got a full time job. I have slowly stopped taking jobs now to spend more time with the girls which includes bike riding hence the bikes. When I am not getting paid I donate a lot of time to the elderly who still own their own homes doing FREE-yes FREE home and lawn care. I help take care of my father in law who has very bad legs & neropathy, along with trying to help my mother in law out as she now has had her cancer spread from her urinary tract/bladder to her lung to her bones as of the news last Thursday.

The HHR comes in handy for all of this.

Joking is fine with me, and most of you have a few good ones for this post, but some of you dish out joking in a very immature way and have to realize that yeah it's easy to do that on line but am sure you wouldn't do it in person. You don't know me.

(Sorry for the rant. And I just noticed the moderator must have removed (or those that posted them did) the couple of posts I am referring to because they are no longer part of this thread. Maybe the moderator will leave my response above to show others what some careless remarks can do -thank you moderator)