This guy is crazy?
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From: Bertha Minnesota
This guy is crazy?
Sold some hay to a fella this weekend on sat. He said he had a gooseneck trailer so i assummed he had a 3/4 ton truck. He pulls in the yard with a 30ft gooseneck tri axle trailer hooked to a 97 f150. the trailer empty was makeing this thing sqwat. I put 17 900lbs bales of hay on there. I'm a farmer and i've pulled some dumb loads but where is DOT when you need them. Guess i wouldn't care so much but the guy kind of rubbed me the wrong way. Ended up selling him hay i didn't want to sell because he didn't want the bales that i had forsale. Anyway thought i would let you guys know i'm not the only one who from time to time overloaded my f150. I never loaded it that bad though
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Originally Posted by MustangGT221
One time I saw a Lincoln TownCar (mid 90s version) hauling a massive boat up in maine. Thought that was a little crazy, esp on the boat ramp.
wow! to make it even more crazy the town car has rear air springs that go bad for a whole lot of reasons very quickly. i have a 1991 town car and i replaced the air springs with cop car steel springs because of all the troubles i was having.
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Originally Posted by 300-6
You should have loaded it as heavy on the front as possible, then maybe a spring or tire would have broke, 
then hmm maybe he would learn.
then hmm maybe he would learn.
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Whoof!
Reminds me of my grandad... He had an early-90's Goatin' Dakota with the 318, and he pulled everything with it...
Hay, tractors, etc. etc.
Not to mention, that was on the factory BUMPER... No trailer hitch.
Sadly, the poor 'ol goat finally gave in...
Nightrain
Reminds me of my grandad... He had an early-90's Goatin' Dakota with the 318, and he pulled everything with it...
Hay, tractors, etc. etc.
Not to mention, that was on the factory BUMPER... No trailer hitch.
Sadly, the poor 'ol goat finally gave in...
Nightrain
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I wish I had a camera at the time, but the craziest thing I have ever seen was at a factory I worked at some years ago. They were putting in some extra windows and hired some guy to do the install which involved cutting holes in the cinder block wall for the windows. Anyway.. this guy loaded the used cinder blocks into his POS 1/2 ton Chev to take them away. The problem is they stacked the box nearly level with the top of the cab!! I nearly fell off the loading dock when I saw it. All 4 tires were flat on the rims but holding air. Suspension was completely crushing the rubber bump stops. Rear step bumper was no more than 6" off the ground. I grabbed a block and weighed it on the scale, did a quick count of the number of blocks in the truck and came up with 7500lbs!! I'm pretty sure they took some blocks off because there no way this would move. I never saw that truck afterwords.
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worst things i've done with f150 are as follows: Pulled 19 round bales of straw on 2 hayracks, " it straw i thought that shouldn't be too heavy", it weighed more than i thought made it though. Pulled a bumper hitch cattle trailer and 3 cows averaging around 1400lbs so i suppose that was around 6000lbs with trailer, didn't go to bad. My biggest load was 3\4 cord of sorta of dry red oak firewood. That was a big load took it 70 miles to deliver it to a guy only drove around 45 to 50 mph. Made it without blowing a tire or breaking anything. Was relieved when i made there though the whole truck was sqatting even the front was sitting lower than normal. the back was sitting on the axle and the tires were starting to squat.
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I saw a older ranger on a job site that sat with the tail end about on the ground. I asked about it and he told me he put a cube of bricks(about 4'x4'x4') on a skid in the back and it never sat right again. It did haul them but that ranger never was the same.
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I used to drive a company truck, that we loaded to 6000lbs into the bed most of the weight was on one side. after the 15 mile trip
One bent spring eye
One missing bumpstop
and two bent shocks
But it was a dodge after all.
One bent spring eye
One missing bumpstop
and two bent shocks
But it was a dodge after all.
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we loaded our '72 e300 to the roof with green wood to cut as firewood. Even though we tried to put much of the weight forward, the manual steering felt like power steering. We were solidly on the overloads. Can't pass up free firewood.
It was a slow drive home down the backroads.
Jean
It was a slow drive home down the backroads.
Jean
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The next time you knowingly overload your vehicle...think about what would happen if you got in an accident with it.
As soon as the insurance company hears you weren't following DOT regulations they'll roll over and laugh as they rip up your check.
As soon as the insurance company hears you weren't following DOT regulations they'll roll over and laugh as they rip up your check.
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Originally Posted by MustangGT221
The next time you knowingly overload your vehicle...think about what would happen if you got in an accident with it.
As soon as the insurance company hears you weren't following DOT regulations they'll roll over and laugh as they rip up your check.
As soon as the insurance company hears you weren't following DOT regulations they'll roll over and laugh as they rip up your check.
The insurance company has to pay up to the policy limits by LAW.
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If you overloaded your vehicle and were involved in an accident...they would deem you at fault and if you don't have collision insurance than they would not cover you. Your rates would also go up. Same thing if you have an illegally lifted vehicle.