5 seats in my van. Help please

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moxy

New member
I have to cram 5 seats into my '03 grand caravan on Thursday, and am at a loss as how to arrange them so that everyone fits and is safe. I have 2 captains chairs in the 2nd row and a bench across the back.
We have

7 y/o in a turbo booster
4 y/o ff'ing in a TF(36lbs)
3 y/o rf'ing in a TF(28lbs)
3 y/o ff'ing in a 3 in 1(33lbs)
2 y/o rf'ing in a radian(30lbs)

Ideally I would prefer to leave my radian where it is because I can't seem to get it tight enough with just the seatbelt on the bench seat. I don't know if I'll be able to fit a ff'ing seat, a rf'ing seat and the booster on the bench though..what do I do?
any suggestions?
 
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lorismurph

Senior Community Member
Do you have any other options for seats? I don't know that a TF will fit in a 3 across in the Caravan. Does anyone have a Scenera you can use for the one day? You can probably fit the TB, the 3 in 1 (with no base) and a Scenera (the Scenera in the middle). The only other way I can see is to put the Radian in the middle, the 3 in 1 and TB next to it.

I have fit 2 Sceneras and a TB back there in mine.
 
susanx4

susanx4

New member
i don't think you can do it with those seats..i have the same van but with middle bench not captains seats. my only successful 3 across the back was radian,marathon,radian, and 2 boosters in the front. all ff...

a friend has nautilus, radian in the back of hers and a turbo will not fit there either. we also tried 2 turbos and a radian back there and it was a no go...

i don't think it will work but maybe FF TF, RF radian, FF TF....
 
Louisa

Louisa

CPST Instructor
I think it's possible, maybe
TF's in captains chairs
rfing kid in the 3 in 1
ff radian in the center
tb on the side
 
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moxy

New member
hm. I hope we can do it. There are no other seats to use. my spare seats are in my mom's van right now, and no way to get them. I guess we'll just have to play round and see what we can do
Thanks everyone
 
jourdysmom

jourdysmom

CPST Instructor
I had TB LBB, MA, Evenflo BigKid HBB in my '08...

you only have 1 top tether right??? that limits you more
 
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