Overloading a pickup from time to time - a tradition?

Bedlam wrote:
Most farm trucks I know are constantly being overloaded from the time they are bought to the time they towed out to the pasture to be used as spare parts.

I bought a thoroughly used farm truck in Montana when I got out of the Army in 1971. It was a '60 Chevy 1/2 ton. The body was assembled from parts of 4 different colored trucks, there was no longer any weather stripping in the driver's door so snow and rain came right in. It had a straight 6 with 3 on the tree. From the condition, I figure it spent half it's previous life overloaded.

I paid $50 for it and drove it for a year and a half, then signed the title over to my roommate when I moved to Colorado.

I figure that I got my money's worth out of it.

my people ! we should start a blissfully ignorant and couldn't care less club.

blt2ski wrote:
If grit dogs tries my back gate, he'll be sorry!

Now that right there is funny!

Mornin' Marty - 06Fargo thinks opposite of what you thought he thinks...or thought ... :)

If grit dogs tries my back gate, he'll be sorry!

I have not even got a ticket towing driving commercial from an overweight standpoint at 150% of manufacture gvwr......so 06fargo really thinks an RV'r that does not have to cross scales for any reason shape or form is going to get a ticket for being overweight! lolol

I used to tow my equipment trailer with my 96 K3500 with a whopping 12500 gcwr, and the trailer weighed 12500 lb, 10500-10700 on the axels, and 1500-1700 in hitchwt depending upon what was on, or distributed on the trailer!

Marty

Keep the stories coming folks - I got the Weight Police distracted with a thread about who has ever actually got an overweight ticket driving an RV rig... 9 pages in and the thread is off on some commercial vehicle tangent... we should be good for a coupla more pages ...

Grit Dog keep an eye on the back gate :)

rjstractor wrote:
Back when I did a little landscaping I had a 2005 Chevy 2500HD. 2WD, regular cab, gas engine so payload was close to 4000, better than many 350/3500 trucks. I had a 1000 lb dump insert installed, and I think my worst overload was hauling about 1 1/2 pallets of wet sod. I'm guessing the total load was close to 6000 lbs. Truck handled it fine with Timbrens installed but I was a little concerned with tires. I stayed off the freeway. :)

My 2000 equal came out of a quarry.a year ago in the like 11000 lb range. Vortec 350 did fine power wise. ReAr 245 tires were a bit squished......only.shy.of 4000 lb over legal paid for.tag of 8000 lbs.

Marty

Just like the postal service says, if it fits it ships!

Back when I did a little landscaping I had a 2005 Chevy 2500HD. 2WD, regular cab, gas engine so payload was close to 4000, better than many 350/3500 trucks. I had a 1000 lb dump insert installed, and I think my worst overload was hauling about 1 1/2 pallets of wet sod. I'm guessing the total load was close to 6000 lbs. Truck handled it fine with Timbrens installed but I was a little concerned with tires. I stayed off the freeway. :)

NEVER!
I'm a card carrying member of the weight police.....

Edit, never mind my sig. I don't know who put that there....