Some time ago I suggested a dustbin liner as a protective cover for the boot floor. It was rather a "tongue in cheek" suggestion. I can now announce that the bin liner, supplied by a supermarket starting with T, has lasted two months and at least 21 sacks of coal over the winter period. The liner exactly fits the (false) floor of my boot.

Now I am not criticising the Skoda supplied boot liners which are excellent but my boot liner costs 2p and comes on a roll so I could have a clean one every week!

Some time ago I suggested a dustbin liner as a protective cover for the boot floor. It was rather a "tongue in cheek" suggestion. I can now announce that the bin liner, supplied by a supermarket starting with T, has lasted two months and at least 21 sacks of coal over the winter period. The liner exactly fits the (false) floor of my boot.

Now I am not criticising the Skoda supplied boot liners which are excellent but my boot liner costs 2p and comes on a roll so I could have a clean one every week!

I am sure that we could get some specially printed bin bags with 'Yeti' on them.

Some time ago I suggested a dustbin liner as a protective cover for the boot floor. It was rather a "tongue in cheek" suggestion. I can now announce that the bin liner, supplied by a supermarket starting with T, has lasted two months and at least 21 sacks of coal over the winter period. The liner exactly fits the (false) floor of my boot.

Now I am not criticising the Skoda supplied boot liners which are excellent but my boot liner costs 2p and comes on a roll so I could have a clean one every week!

Excellent stuff. I carry coal in the boot also, six at a time, using over 25kg per day to keep warm. Mucky stuff. I use bits of cardboard or plastic sheeting. When the new car comes, I think that I will build something out of ply, possibly an open sided box, then it wont matter what happens.

Terfyn, does your coal drip black stuff all over the place also? Coal merchant are allowed to wash coal, it ups the weight and is a bit of a legal con. Sure it wont make much difference to a 25kg bag but over 1000s'kg's it would add up in their favour.

Some time ago I suggested a dustbin liner as a protective cover for the boot floor. It was rather a "tongue in cheek" suggestion. I can now announce that the bin liner, supplied by a supermarket starting with T, has lasted two months and at least 21 sacks of coal over the winter period. The liner exactly fits the (false) floor of my boot.

Now I am not criticising the Skoda supplied boot liners which are excellent but my boot liner costs 2p and comes on a roll so I could have a clean one every week!

I've been using a couple of cut up karrimats for years works a wonder ;-)

All the best

Jerry

Excellent stuff. I carry coal in the boot also, six at a time, using over 25kg per day to keep warm. Mucky stuff. I use bits of cardboard or plastic sheeting. When the new car comes, I think that I will build something out of ply, possibly an open sided box, then it wont matter what happens.

Terfyn, does your coal drip black stuff all over the place also? Coal merchant are allowed to wash coal, it ups the weight and is a bit of a legal con. Sure it wont make much difference to a 25kg bag but over 1000s'kg's it would add up in their favour.

The recent batches have been very wet. Up to now I have just wiped the bin liner dry. I will really have to lash out and replace it.

I have the false floor fitted and this has a 75kg weight limit so I only carry 3 20kg bags at a time. Obviously the car will take more but the boot with its foam moulding to replace the spare wheel and its flimsey carpet is not designed for serious loads. A 2cm ply sheet cut to cover the boot floor would be a minimum for any real loading.