While getting a half yard of damp torpedo sand in a 51 GMC 3/4, a guy in a fleetside style 1962 Dodge 1/2 with car tires, asked the loader to put a yard in the truck. The loader said it weighs more than 3000 pounds and would not be a good idea. The truck owner said "put it in". The loader had the truck driver sign a statement of intent and absolved the driver and company of liability. The loader operator gently tipped the bucket on a 950 Cat. The bucket was very close to the rim, so as not to smash the PU. The truck just kept getting lower to the ground till the tires were flat and the axle was into the frame. The right tire blew apart like a howitzer going off. The guy started yelling that the loader had put 2 times too much in the truck. An incident began that included the yard manager and others. The load was eventually placed in a container by shoveling (truck owner!!on the wooden end of the shovel) to prove the 2 yard idea. It turned out that there was only 3/4 of a yard in the truck, Oops. A second idiot at a lumber yard auction put 150 sheets of 12'X4'X1/2" drywall on a 1-1/2ton flat bed chevy farm truck. The rear axle bent where it was parked it never moved. Probably in excess of 13,000 pounds Jim
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Today's Featured Article - Restoration Story: Fordson Major - by Anthony West. George bought his Fordson Major from a an implement sale about 18 years ago for £200.00 (UK). There is no known history regarding its origins or what service it had done, but the following work was undertaken alone to bring it up to show standard. From the engine number, it was found that this Major was produced late 1946. It was almost complete but had various parts that would definitely need replacing.
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