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Yeah... who hasn't overloaded one of these trucks on occasion. If the load isn't too big this truck will get there but I still don't understand what Ford was thinking putting 2.73 gears in a pickup?
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I haven't the slightest idea, my truck is slower than all hell, I'm looking to buy a 3.73, thanks for the info, I've put over 3000 lbs in there and it didn't even bottom out, I was just curious how far overloaded I was
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Well see it's not the chassis or suspension that can't handle a big load.. it's the clutch first and foremost that takes an unnecessary beating and will have a short life, and then the tranny that really isn't a super hefty piece and won't take too much abuse. Everything else will probably never die, but all you got to change is the gearing to take the load off these parts they would also likely outlast the body.
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A large willow tree died and fell over down at the creek, along one of my fields.
I threw my trusty Stihl in the truck, and a tow chain, and went on down. Cut the tree up, and piled the truck up with at least a ton, probably 3,000 pounds of willow(a wet, punky wood that isn't great for much of anything...), then wrapped my tow chain around the base of the trunk that didn't fit(at least another quarter ton), and climbed back up the hill with it all.
The only major difference... my truck was an '88, and a 4x4, but it had a 4.9L and the Mazda stick. It's also a plow truck, or was. It's been retired for engine related issues that I didn't want to mess with anymore, and traded for parts for my '95, but I still have another 4.9L with hardly over 180k miles on it in a donor, waiting to go in my '95 when this silly V8 quits on me.
Two thousand+ pound round bales in the box, and one hanging over the tail a little, too, on and off road, up and down some mighty big hills.
And I've only ever cracked two F-150 frames, the hangers or springs go first, then the tires if they're anything under 8 ply!
I threw my trusty Stihl in the truck, and a tow chain, and went on down. Cut the tree up, and piled the truck up with at least a ton, probably 3,000 pounds of willow(a wet, punky wood that isn't great for much of anything...), then wrapped my tow chain around the base of the trunk that didn't fit(at least another quarter ton), and climbed back up the hill with it all.
The only major difference... my truck was an '88, and a 4x4, but it had a 4.9L and the Mazda stick. It's also a plow truck, or was. It's been retired for engine related issues that I didn't want to mess with anymore, and traded for parts for my '95, but I still have another 4.9L with hardly over 180k miles on it in a donor, waiting to go in my '95 when this silly V8 quits on me.
Two thousand+ pound round bales in the box, and one hanging over the tail a little, too, on and off road, up and down some mighty big hills.
And I've only ever cracked two F-150 frames, the hangers or springs go first, then the tires if they're anything under 8 ply!
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To me, that's even more important.
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If you're driving stick, between the clutch and brakes, you can stop quite a bit safely with proper technique.
On the other hand, if you're doing that with oversize tires like my truck's PO, then you'll have cracked rotors and a worn out clutch sooner rather than later.
On the other hand, if you're doing that with oversize tires like my truck's PO, then you'll have cracked rotors and a worn out clutch sooner rather than later.
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