IdaD wrote:RKW wrote:
What!? That can't be right. I've found many other sources on line that state the payload as 1889 lbs. What gives here?
My truck is a 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 Classic.
Not to add insult to injury, but I took a look at the door sticker on my wife's Honda Pilot this weekend while we were out of town on a trip and noticed it has your truck's payload beat by about 100 lbs. It was around 1350, give or take.
RKW wrote:
What!? That can't be right. I've found many other sources on line that state the payload as 1889 lbs. What gives here?
My truck is a 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 Classic.
EcoBullet wrote:BenK wrote:
Anyone remember the time there were no seat belts?
Sure! And not only do I remember the dimmer switch on the floor (far left), but the starter was also on the floor, near the accelerator on Dad's '49 Chevy. Only had one tail-light too. I think we might have been over the yellow-sticker payload in this pic. I'm the handsome fellow in the plaid shirt on the far right.
rhagfo wrote:RKW wrote:
WOW. Just got off the phone with my 5er buddy. He's in Alpine, AZ. He couldn't find a specific reference to the cargo/payload capacity on his door sticker but he said not to worry, by adding leaf springs to his truck he has increased the payload capacity and he reckons it's like a 3/4 ton now. I told him he actually reduced his payload capacity by the exact amount that the leaf springs weigh. Oh no that couldn't be he said, besides there is a Federal law that makes it illegal for a RV dealership to sell an RV that is too heavy for the customer's tow vehicle, at least that's what his last dealer told him and he believes it.
No "Payload" sticker prior to 2006. Time to do some math and the only way to really know the payload of your TV.
#1 find the VIN sticker on the drivers door post.
#2 find the GVWR weight on the VIN sticker.
#3 go to scales and weigh TV with all passengers and a full fuel tank.
#4 now subtract the scale weight in #2 from the GVWR weight in #2, this is the true rated payload.
Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Man there sure are so old crusty guys on the board! :W:B:W:B:W:B
BenK wrote:The 55 Dodge had no seat belts. The battery was under the floor on the passenger side and the brake master cylinder was under the floor on the driver side. The center floor hump was a bolt on pannel you could change the transmission without getting out of the cab.
Marty and my Uncle Bill are the only two I know who bought/own base models
(edit)...add thunder to that list... :B
Uncle Bill owned a custom stainless kitchen sheetmetal shop and all of his trucks
were base models.
Back then, the bed could be ordered with wood flooring. After a few years of nailing
stuff down...those wood planks were no longer able to hold nails. One of my
jobs was to replace those planks
Now that the windshield washer foot pump was mentioned...I do remember them, but
forgot all about them
Even remember bare/painted sheetmetal dash boards. Padded came in a bit before
I started driving
Anyone remember the time there were no seat belts?
colliehauler wrote:ryanw821 wrote:My 2007 F-350 has window cranks. Now if you go way back my 55 Dodge truck No A/C, and no power anything. The 55 did have a tube AM radio. 273 V-8 with 3 in the tree. The fan belt turned the water pump and 6 volt generator. The wippers were vacuum so the faster you drove the slower they went. The back bumper was a section of railroad track.Sport45 wrote:
Ever find yourself reaching with your left foot for the button to dim your headlights?
(Or worse yet, trying to use your left foot to pump water onto the windshield :))
Hate to admit, but I've done both. Of course our '83 F-100 still has the floor button for the hi-beams. The floor mounted washer pump was on an older truck I drove when I was a teenager working at a Boy Scout Camp.
I had an 86 Bronco "winter beater" a few years back with the high-beam still mounted on the floor too. Being in my early 30's gotta say that was a trip, first for me, gotta admit it took me a while to figure that one out. Totally remember crank windows though, I've never had a vehicle with them, but I remember my parents/grandparents having them when I was young. Never heard of foot pump for washer fluid though.
