Posted by Ken Macfarlane on November 29, 2018 at 06:10:15 from (142.166.168.2):
In Reply to: Re: Heavy Haul! posted by DIM on November 28, 2018 at 11:50:13:
You wonder where some of the old ratings come from, friends old 1986ish 6.9 diesel F350 dually, mid 1980's with a 14 ft steel dump body, they would load that up with sand and gravel, heaped right up the sides. My guesstimate in the 5 tons+++ range of load and meander their way back to the farm.
Delivering firewood they had taller sides and loaded about 3-4 cords of hardwood onto the thing, sometimes couldn't dump itself, had to throw wood off on onto the tail.
The local tractor dealer had the same era truck but was a F-super duty no not the current super duty, with a custom steel rollback. Would see it going with a ford TW on back with full weights and loaded tires. It eventually cut the pinion off trying to leave a farm yard with a big tractor on it. Well over its 15,000 lb GVWR.
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