Overloaded my '88
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Overloaded my '88
Well, the other day I went to the nursery and bought a yard of compost, 2 scoops on this particular tractor made a yard.
Two days later I went to a construction site and bought 1 scoop of 3/4 river rock thinking it was the same size small tractor.
A big a$$ Cat came around the corner with my rock and before i could stop him, he dumped his load in my bed and took off. The Cat had a one yard bucket.
So, I went to weigh out and pay and the bill came to $116.99. That's a helluva lot of stone. 2440 lbs to be precise in a 1/2 ton truck. She had all she wanted and then some.
I did feel a little unsafe but fortunately I was on city / suburban roads and the top speed was only 35 mph.
I definately wouldn't want to make a habit of doing this.
Tim
Two days later I went to a construction site and bought 1 scoop of 3/4 river rock thinking it was the same size small tractor.
A big a$$ Cat came around the corner with my rock and before i could stop him, he dumped his load in my bed and took off. The Cat had a one yard bucket.
So, I went to weigh out and pay and the bill came to $116.99. That's a helluva lot of stone. 2440 lbs to be precise in a 1/2 ton truck. She had all she wanted and then some.
I did feel a little unsafe but fortunately I was on city / suburban roads and the top speed was only 35 mph.
I definately wouldn't want to make a habit of doing this.
Tim
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Well, the other day I went to the nursery and bought a yard of compost, 2 scoops on this particular tractor made a yard.
Two days later I went to a construction site and bought 1 scoop of 3/4 river rock thinking it was the same size small tractor.
A big a$$ Cat came around the corner with my rock and before i could stop him, he dumped his load in my bed and took off. The Cat had a one yard bucket.
So, I went to weigh out and pay and the bill came to $116.99. That's a helluva lot of stone. 2440 lbs to be precise in a 1/2 ton truck. She had all she wanted and then some.
I did feel a little unsafe but fortunately I was on city / suburban roads and the top speed was only 35 mph.
I definately wouldn't want to make a habit of doing this.
Tim
Two days later I went to a construction site and bought 1 scoop of 3/4 river rock thinking it was the same size small tractor.
A big a$$ Cat came around the corner with my rock and before i could stop him, he dumped his load in my bed and took off. The Cat had a one yard bucket.
So, I went to weigh out and pay and the bill came to $116.99. That's a helluva lot of stone. 2440 lbs to be precise in a 1/2 ton truck. She had all she wanted and then some.
I did feel a little unsafe but fortunately I was on city / suburban roads and the top speed was only 35 mph.
I definately wouldn't want to make a habit of doing this.
Tim
Not something I'd likely do again but proves that there's more guts and toughness built into these trucks than most people think.
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