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From: boonville ny
low rider
DAds 94 f150 hauling a tank of water for our shortage. Tailgate never latched but always held on with a come a long but the op side came undone suprisingly it didnt come off. The hitch was dragging too
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and pics of last yr hauling around 18 round bales. the most its ever hauled before. it usually handles about 12 but we didnt feel like making a second trip for half a trailor worth. it made it home just fine
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and pics of last yr hauling around 18 round bales. the most its ever hauled before. it usually handles about 12 but we didnt feel like making a second trip for half a trailor worth. it made it home just fine
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this truck can handle it. yeah gos up and down roads all day long but it wasnt hanging like that when it was on the road. there is no way he will go to any older of a truck seeing how he wants a new one now. ths truck literally has had no problems doing any work like this.
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Looks like it's having problems to me. That truck is not designed to do what it's being used for which is why overloading it like that is usually illegal. It's not safe. If your dad wants a new truck then he should get one that's built for that. If he can't afford a Brand new one get a 10 year old one. If he can't afford that then suck it up and buy a 20 or 30 year old truck. They're out there and they can be had cheaply enough. You could go on and on about how many times it's hauled stuff like that and all that says to me is it's that much closer to failing. Maybe I sound like I'm being harsh but that's because people DIE doing stuff like this all the time. If you and your dad are willing to endanger yourselves I guess that's your business but there are other people on the road and nobody wants to see anyone get hurt. If you're just putting around the farm then it's only hurting the truck but using public roads is putting people in danger.
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Just saw an IDIOT like him on the road yesterday, hauling hay bales like that in the bed of his truck, and on a trailer. That thing was way overloaded, and I sure thought it was awesome when I saw a Sheriff flip a U-turn to go pull his *** over for it.
Your Dad should get a truck that can handle that kind of weight. He obviously doesn't know how to secure a damn load properly either.
Your Dad should get a truck that can handle that kind of weight. He obviously doesn't know how to secure a damn load properly either.
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There effing round bales there not going anywhere and no my dad isnt going to buy another truck to smash around like this truck. Its a frigging farm truck. As long as it makes it from a to b then were fine and does thst perfectly and you know everybody around here does. There is no way hes goona buy another truck to do this
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WOW!
From the title of your post I thought I was going to see a slammed truck.
I open it and see an extremely overloded truck that is UNSAFE for highway use. Look on the door pillar and you will see what weight that truck was designed to safely haul and carry. Look at the "D" shaped tires and the trailer hitch dragging on the ground, headlights pointing to the sky, those are all indications that YOU ARE OVERLOADED and UNSAFE. How is the braking and steering when you are loaded down like that. I wouldn't want to be on the road anywhere near you hauling a load like that, it's pretty scary even to look at.
And no, your load wasn't secured propeerly, if it was the water tank wouldn't have slid back into the tailgate breaking the hinge.
I open it and see an extremely overloded truck that is UNSAFE for highway use. Look on the door pillar and you will see what weight that truck was designed to safely haul and carry. Look at the "D" shaped tires and the trailer hitch dragging on the ground, headlights pointing to the sky, those are all indications that YOU ARE OVERLOADED and UNSAFE. How is the braking and steering when you are loaded down like that. I wouldn't want to be on the road anywhere near you hauling a load like that, it's pretty scary even to look at.
And no, your load wasn't secured propeerly, if it was the water tank wouldn't have slid back into the tailgate breaking the hinge.
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I'm in agreement with everybody else here. That is in no way, shape, or form a safe way to haul stuff. If it's only around your farm, you're only putting yourself at risk, but by taking this down any public road, it's endangering everybody else around you.
I don't think either situation would be legal for even an F-250 which has a load capacity (in the bed, not trailer) of around 2000 lbs depending on options. Is that a 500 gallon tank? Was it full?
The trailer is no better. In both situations, you've placed the weight as far behind the rear of the axle as possible. Ignoring the grossly overweight loads, this is the worst place to put a load because it's going to prevent proper steering or braking control.
Please don't drive down any public road like this.
I don't think either situation would be legal for even an F-250 which has a load capacity (in the bed, not trailer) of around 2000 lbs depending on options. Is that a 500 gallon tank? Was it full?
The trailer is no better. In both situations, you've placed the weight as far behind the rear of the axle as possible. Ignoring the grossly overweight loads, this is the worst place to put a load because it's going to prevent proper steering or braking control.
Please don't drive down any public road like this.
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500 Gallons of water, 8.34 pounds per gallon, 4170 pounds on the very edge of the bed, barely held in by the tailgate. You're overloading that truck by 3x or more its rated payload.
It's not fine, it's not safe, and it's not even sane.
It's not fine, it's not safe, and it's not even sane.
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We go at most 2 miles down the road mid day when nobody usually ids around cause there working iits no like we do this at 5-9 at night. Yes it is 500 gal water tank it was full. We have absolutly no water so we got to transport it somehow