Can you haul a 4'x8' sheet of drywall?

[Knucklehead]

Well since I will be 0.01% of Gravity buyers, I will be the first to post what happens when you try to load a sheet of drywall into the back. And maybe at least one other person will care.

 

[Xminus6]

Despite the argument of whether or not it should be done, it looks like it MIGHT be possible if you build a riser to sit in the back that will lift the sheet goods above the wheel wells and the rear screen. Although the length of the materials seems to be the hardest issue to overcome based on those dimensions. Maybe the additional length can be accommodated by tilting the riser up toward the roof.

If I ever get extended time with one I can 3D scan the interior, otherwise it’ll have to wait until I receive my own.

 

[Knucklehead]

Despite the argument of whether or not it should be done, it looks like it MIGHT be possible if you build a riser to sit in the back that will lift the sheet goods above the wheel wells and the rear screen. Although the length of the materials seems to be the hardest issue to overcome based on those dimensions. Maybe the additional length can be accommodated by tilting the riser up toward the roof.

If I ever get extended time with one I can 3D scan the interior, otherwise it’ll have to wait until I receive my own.

I was also thinking that sliding it in above the wheel wells might work. But it is hard to tell from the pictures if it widens enough there. Also it narrows at the top per the dimensions in the images.

Width is the biggest concern assuming you can leave the hatch open and drive.

 

[Knucklehead]

This video I saw on Lucid's LinkedIn feed today pretty much confirms nothing four feet wide will fit. Maybe diagonally it will, but not flat for sure.

EDIT:

Except that maybe there is enough room at the bottom for something 4 feet wide, by looking at the 3.2 foot wide box and how much space is on either side at the bottom.

 

[RM-S8]

@ OP, and this is your worry?
Hauling 4 x 8 plywood/SR?
Are you a contractor? If so
Rent a trailer.

 

[Xminus6]

@ OP, and this is your worry?
Hauling 4 x 8 plywood/SR?
Are you a contractor? If so
Rent a trailer.

Why do people feel the need to lecture others on how they use their vehicles? I’m sure the OP can afford a trailer, to rent a truck, or whatever. People have given their opinions on why they want to be able to fit sheet goods in their daily driver and it’s a perfectly reasonable thing to question. People other than contractors (is that supposed to be a pejorative?) want to be able to carry sheet goods.

I have jammed broken down sheet goods in >$100k cars before. If it can fit in without being cut down then that much the better.

 

[Rogue]

I put a lawnmower in my Air. Where there is a will, there is a way.

 

[Knucklehead]

@ OP, and this is your worry?
Hauling 4 x 8 plywood/SR?
Are you a contractor? If so
Rent a trailer.

It isn't a worry. It is a want. I want to be able to do it in the event I want to. Like last weekend when I ran to Lowes for a sheet of drywall.

The Gravity is a want, not a need. I hope nobody here thinks any vehicle that costs $120k is a need.

I am rarely buying sheets of drywall, or 4x8 sheets of plywood. But if the Gravity can swallow it, that would be super cool. Unfortunately, as the comments in this thread indicate, it is unlikely.

Certainly the length cannot be swallowed without leaving the hatch open. And nobody knows if the Gravity will drive if the hatch is open. It should, but who knows? Someone does! Just not any of us. Yet!

 

[Rogue]

It isn't a worry. It is a want. I want to be able to do it in the event I want to. Like last weekend when I ran to Lowes for a sheet of drywall.

The Gravity is a want, not a need. I hope nobody here thinks any vehicle that costs $120k is a need.

I am rarely buying sheets of drywall, or 4x8 sheets of plywood. But if the Gravity can swallow it, that would be super cool. Unfortunately, as the comments in this thread indicate, it is unlikely.

Certainly the length cannot be swallowed without leaving the hatch open. And nobody knows if the Gravity will drive if the hatch is open. It should, but who knows? Someone does! Just not any of us. Yet!

I suspect you may be able to move the front passenger seat forward and push the back forward for the last few inches with the piece laid on its side at a diagonal from rear left to front right.

 

[RM-S8]

Okay, so to be clear, all of the questions were answered. Cutting 4 x 8 sheets are necessary to fit the Gravity. How does that differ from the Air? By cutting smaller pieces?
That's what i do. Vacuuming afterwards is a royal bitch.

 

[Knucklehead]

Okay, so to be clear, all of the questions were answered. Cutting 4 x 8 sheets are necessary to fit the Gravity. How does that differ from the Air? By cutting smaller pieces?
That's what i do. Vacuuming afterwards is a royal bitch.

You have to cut smaller pieces to fit in the Air. I think I can cut one sheet in half and fit it in the Gravity. That's not the case for the Air, right?

 

[037]

I vote to end this thread right here, right now.

 

[Knucklehead]

I vote to end this thread right here, right now.

I am glad you are not a forum moderator.

I vote to continue the discussion about what will fit in the Gravity, and what will not. You can just choose to not read it.

And if you were a moderator, you would end speech about what I care about. Nice.

Don't start a forum. It will fail.

 

[037]

I am glad you are not a forum moderator.

I vote to continue the discussion about what will fit in the Gravity, and what will not. You can just choose to not read it.

And if you were a moderator, you would end speech about what I care about. Nice.

Don't start a forum. It will fail.

I have 5 groups I created on FB, the Got Boost franchise, 7500 members in total, in business since 2015.

Feel free to join and ask around about free speech. You were a little off the mark there, and I guess a joke without a smiley face can be seen as the end of free speech.

 

[Knucklehead]

I have 5 groups I created on FB, the Got Boost franchise, 7500 members in total, in business since 2015.

Feel free to join and ask around about free speech. You were a little off the mark there, and I guess a joke without a smiley face can be seen as the end of free speech.

Well, you said you wanted to end a discussion about a topic I care about. So yeah, it appeared to be a little against free speech principles.

Smiley face or not, I did not think it was funny.

I get many think the idea is ridiculous, but I don't. I really wanted the Gravity to be able to hold a sheet of drywall flat in the back, and because I asked the question, people who are not against thinking outside the box provided a ton of helpful information about what could actually fit. Since this is important to me, I really appreciated those responses. Not yours at all.

 

[037]

Well, you said you wanted to end a discussion about a topic I care about. So yeah, it appeared to be a little against free speech principles.

Smiley face or not, I did not think it was funny.

I get many think the idea is ridiculous, but I don't. I really wanted the Gravity to be able to hold a sheet of drywall flat in the back, and because I asked the question, people who are not against thinking outside the box provided a ton of helpful information about what could actually fit. Since this is important to me, I really appreciated those responses. Not yours at all.

You must really like your dry wall.

 

[Adnillien]

I am with @Knucklehead on this discussion. I have long preferred SUVs to trucks, even if that means not hauling uncut sheet goods. While I would like to haul sheet goods without cutting in the Gravity, it is not a show stopper for me. The width of Gravity cargo area appears about the same as the 4-Runners and Grand Cherokees that I have had. I have hauled 10ft conduit, 8ft 2x6s, half cut drywall and many other items in the 4-Runner and Grand Cherokee. I will do the same in my Gravity that will have a little more length than either of my two previous SUVs.

 

[Pragmatic]

This thread stirred a long ago conversation with a coworker. When he was building his house he would transport full sheets of plywood in the back of his Pinto Wagon. Said they were about 18 inches too long, put he could fit a couple and tie the tailgate closed. Hard to believe the tailgate opening was wider than that in the Gravity.

 

[Electrified]

The Air, and many EVs, don't allow one to drive unless the trunk/hatch is closed. That makes no sense to me, especially on an SUV. Do we know if the Gravity will allow one to drive with the hatch unlatched?

I thought the reason Lucid put tail lights into the rear body below the trunk lip was so the car could haul something with the decklid open, those tail lights being there to be legal to drive with the decklid open.

 

[037]

I thought the reason Lucid put tail lights into the rear body below the trunk lip was so the car could haul something with the decklid open, those tail lights being there to be legal to drive with the decklid open.

Maybe lights would eat into interior space, crazy thought.

Pretty sure the thought of driving with trunk open would make them sick. It’s not efficient nor is it conducive to going fast.