Not your Daddy's half ton
Back in the eighties I used to heat our old home with a wood stove. I had a 1973 Chevy 10. I used to load it with wood, cut from private property, and haul it home. It was normal to load it 'til the spring collapsed to the rubber snubbers and drive it home. I even installed overload springs. Never had any problems, other than breaking a couple of springs. I didn't have any bed rail extensions. It was gutless, even with the 350 HO engine.
Yesterday, I took the F150, in my sig. and loaded it with firewood, until it was threatening to fall over the bed rails. It never got close to bottoming out the springs and had no problems accellerating to highway speeds. It never even felt that it was loaded heavy.
I've heard a lot of people,my age, say "They don't build em the way they used to." From now on, my response is going to be "That's a good thing."
Yesterday, I took the F150, in my sig. and loaded it with firewood, until it was threatening to fall over the bed rails. It never got close to bottoming out the springs and had no problems accellerating to highway speeds. It never even felt that it was loaded heavy.
I've heard a lot of people,my age, say "They don't build em the way they used to." From now on, my response is going to be "That's a good thing."
