S.P.

Has anyone bought one without the third row seats? They are optional on
both models. The hole between the rear 2 rows when they are in the fully
flat position is ridiculously large. I carry a lot of "stuff" and the
little items would end up hidden under the seats. My '94 has a flap that
hides any hole. What is the situation when the third seats are not
purchased? Thanks.
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HerkyJerky

Hmmm. My 02 with third row has a sliding panel located in the rear of
the 3rd row seat back. When the seat back is folded flat, the panel
slides out (forward) and closes the gap with the 2nd row of seats and
also protects 3rd row headrests. I've never seen a newer one without
the 3rd row. But you are right, without that sliding panel on mine,
the gap would be quite large. Easily in excess of 6 inches.

S.P.

> Hmmm. My 02 with third row has a sliding panel located in the rear of
> the 3rd row seat back. When the seat back is folded flat, the panel
> slides out (forward) and closes the gap with the 2nd row of seats and
> also protects 3rd row headrests. I've never seen a newer one without
> the 3rd row. But you are right, without that sliding panel on mine,
> the gap would be quite large. Easily in excess of 6 inches.

Herky, thanks for your answer, but I know that the 2006 redesign changed the
equation once again. Ah, for the perfect simplicity of my '94... dream
on....

Smoothboy2

I have no use for a third row seat and almost all of the higher end
2006 Explorers are ordered by the dealer with the 3rd row seat.

I had the same concern as you about all the holes left around the seat
when it is folded flat. I looked at an 2006 Explorer XLT without the
3rd row seat and it has two plastic covers the completely cover the
area where the seat would be. You can get a cargo shade cover too if
you get it without the third row seat. So I had to order my 2006
Explorer Eddie Bauer to get one without a third row seat.

I asked the dealer what the load carrying capacity of these two
plastic covers that make up the cargo area floor were. They looked in
all the books they had and could not find any info. If I go to Home
Depot and want to buy some 40 pound bags of top soil, how many can I
carry without breaking these plastic floor panels? My current 98
explorer will carry 30 bags easily.



On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 01:17:17 -0500, "S.P."
<schmartypantz@yahooooo.com> wrote:

>Has anyone bought one without the third row seats? They are optional on
>both models. The hole between the rear 2 rows when they are in the fully
>flat position is ridiculously large. I carry a lot of "stuff" and the
>little items would end up hidden under the seats. My '94 has a flap that
>hides any hole. What is the situation when the third seats are not
>purchased? Thanks.
>___________
>e-mail address human safe and bot unfriendly
>

Big Shoe

I have the third row in my '05. It is obvious that the Explorer is no
longer an SUV as the utility is greatly diminished from earlier
models. I guess it is now just an SV? There is a panel covering the
third row seats when they are folded down and it also appears to be
incapable of supporting anything really heavy.

On 9 Jan 2006 21:38:02 -0600, Smoothboy2 <BAS4215@netscape.net> wrote:

>I have no use for a third row seat and almost all of the higher end
>2006 Explorers are ordered by the dealer with the 3rd row seat.
>
>I had the same concern as you about all the holes left around the seat
>when it is folded flat. I looked at an 2006 Explorer XLT without the
>3rd row seat and it has two plastic covers the completely cover the
>area where the seat would be. You can get a cargo shade cover too if
>you get it without the third row seat. So I had to order my 2006
>Explorer Eddie Bauer to get one without a third row seat.
>
>I asked the dealer what the load carrying capacity of these two
>plastic covers that make up the cargo area floor were. They looked in
>all the books they had and could not find any info. If I go to Home
>Depot and want to buy some 40 pound bags of top soil, how many can I
>carry without breaking these plastic floor panels? My current 98
>explorer will carry 30 bags easily.
>
>
>
>On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 01:17:17 -0500, "S.P."
><schmartypantz@yahooooo.com> wrote:
>
>>Has anyone bought one without the third row seats? They are optional on
>>both models. The hole between the rear 2 rows when they are in the fully
>>flat position is ridiculously large. I carry a lot of "stuff" and the
>>little items would end up hidden under the seats. My '94 has a flap that
>>hides any hole. What is the situation when the third seats are not
>>purchased? Thanks.
>>___________
>>e-mail address human safe and bot unfriendly
>>

wth

My '02 has no 3rd seat and has the 2 plastic floor panels and I have made
6-8 10 mile trips with 45ea 24 pound concrete landscape wall blocks (1100
pounds) stacked in the rear with middle seat folded down with no problems.
wth

"Smoothboy2" <BAS4215@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:q3a6s19s7or92p4bno7i7oec8ekgadu914@4ax.com...
>I have no use for a third row seat and almost all of the higher end
> 2006 Explorers are ordered by the dealer with the 3rd row seat.
>
> I had the same concern as you about all the holes left around the seat
> when it is folded flat. I looked at an 2006 Explorer XLT without the
> 3rd row seat and it has two plastic covers the completely cover the
> area where the seat would be. You can get a cargo shade cover too if
> you get it without the third row seat. So I had to order my 2006
> Explorer Eddie Bauer to get one without a third row seat.
>
> I asked the dealer what the load carrying capacity of these two
> plastic covers that make up the cargo area floor were. They looked in
> all the books they had and could not find any info. If I go to Home
> Depot and want to buy some 40 pound bags of top soil, how many can I
> carry without breaking these plastic floor panels? My current 98
> explorer will carry 30 bags easily.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 01:17:17 -0500, "S.P."
> <schmartypantz@yahooooo.com> wrote:
>
>>Has anyone bought one without the third row seats? They are optional on
>>both models. The hole between the rear 2 rows when they are in the fully
>>flat position is ridiculously large. I carry a lot of "stuff" and the
>>little items would end up hidden under the seats. My '94 has a flap that
>>hides any hole. What is the situation when the third seats are not
>>purchased? Thanks.
>>___________
>>e-mail address human safe and bot unfriendly
>>
>

critter pup

If you're hauling around half a ton and more, why don't you buy a real
truck? For our safety.