I don't even remember what the tires I have on there now are rated for.

But when I am loaded up like that, I am not out on the interstate running 70 MPH for hours on end.

If I were out there running high speeds for a long time, the tires would melt.
Hot days like we have right now, lighter loads.

10 degrees, 15 miles on the interstate at 65 MPH and the tires were not even warm to the touch, load it down.



JesterPgh,
If you are licensed for 9000 pounds on the truck, if you come down here your truck, trailer and load better be 9000 pounds or less.
RV's are exempt, but if it looks like you are doing it for business, the truck plate GVW better be more than the entire rig weighs.

My B plates (commercial 20,000 pounds) cost 6 times as much a year as regular pickup plates do here.
And then there is commercial insurance, also paid on the GCVW, and a DOT number.

Not cheap to go heavy using a truck for business.

 

My 88 F350 Flatbed will haul 65 bales of hay in a trip. Each bales runs 40-50 pounds. I do it about once a month. I also will haul stuff from time to time for some of the non profits in the area. I did mosquito netting for one. I had 14 rolls that weighed about 150 pound each. I also am starting to use it for horse transportation hauling a two horse gooseneck.

 

I've often wondered about why PA is so screwy. My drivers license allows me to drive any vehicle or combination of vehicles so long as the total gross is less than 26,001 lbs. Except combinations involving motorcycles. Yet, I can still ride, as I still have the motorcycle endorsement on my drivers license (just no scoot right now). Where I get in trouble is when I start crossing state lines, which I usually don't do, and if I do, it's not for "hire". Tricky stuff.

 

I have heard some strange stories about pickups and trailers and gross weight in Pa. here in the forum before.

A couple years ago someone was talking about an over weight ticket that was close to 3000 dollars, but I can't remember how it came about.

 

start mit was taking about that

 

My truck had a busy week. Started out by hauling this thing around some more.

Then my father had plans including hauling a 10x10 wooden shed which I failed to get a picture. Then we horribly overloaded this poor trailer. The trailer can take it, but the tires can't as they look half flat right now.

Today my dad rented a tractor to level his new parking space.

 

Do I spy peterbilt mudflaps on that truck? lol

 

Heres a pic of mine with some junk in the back:


The heaviest load its hauled to my memory is a pallet of seed corn. Weighed about 4,000 lbs i think. That was back when my grandpa owned it. He's since upgraded to a 95 PSD dually.

 

Yeah, got them when I was using my 460 and didn't really care what they said. I plan on heading to the International dealer someday to hopefully get some more brand appropriate mudflaps.

 

You could probly sell those Peterbilt mudflaps for a pretty penny if their in good shape. I know they are a far cry from cheap new.

 

The chrome weights have seen better days, getting rusty and they hung a little lower on my 85 so the bottoms are scratched. The mudflaps will still clean up like new though. I made the mistake of having them show up in a pic before I had put them on my 93 and used it on CL. I had a few people e-mail me asking to buy the mudflaps instead of the bumper I had posted.

 

Fellas, I feel it's time to finally revive this thread. I've been wanting to for so long and now I've compiled enough pictures...even though I haven't snapped pctures of half the loads the truck has handled.
Here's some pctures for us fellow IDI enthusiasts who appreciate the slow gutless IDI! Even though the truck isn't comparable to a big block gasser, there is NO gasser that can hold up to the abuse my IDI receives. It just takes it all day long and begs for more!

Here's the truck as it was for a year. I bought it in August '09 for $900. It took a weekend worth of swapping/modifying my previous wood bed to fit the longer wheelbase truck, 8 cans of spray paint, and some bondo and I was off and running. After some fuel issues, I installed the fresh IP and 8 injectors I had JUST bought for the previous IDI that crapped out (which is why I bought this rig) In January '10 I had to replace the head gaskets and valley pan, a ballpark $500 repair. Recently, last month I spent about $600 on the single wheel conversion, 4 aluminum wheels, 4 used tires, a fresh coat of paint (rattle can again, looks great!), and a fresh wood bed that is incredibly strong.
With that background history, here's some pictures of what my $2k truck has been doing this past year. I'm proud to drive this truck, I've worked incredibly hard to own a fine pece of machinery and it makes me smile ear to ear when the Dura-trash owners complain about shop bills. My $2k truck does the same job and more, for a whole lot less. I don't get the work done as fast, but it ALWAYS gets done!



I'm self-employed and do lawn care. This rig hauls my mower around and makes lawns look like this all day.




A pose shot. After doing the single wheel conversion and before building the new wood bed.




Parts truck was stripped and scrapped. I bought a set of steel wheels with decent tires for scrap yard runs. Scary driving through those yards with shards of metal everywhere!












Today's work, approximately 5k pounds of green cordwood. It's a cord on the truck, which was cut down about a month ago...they're heavy logs! Truck sank 4".

 

Nice

Some of those shots could work well for a retro magazine ad.

Brought back some memories from last year too. That city hall job was a nice challenge and paid a few bills.

 

David, going back to your first post...I'm with ya on the volume issue!
My truck rarely gets worked in terms of weight. My lawn mowers only weigh about 500 pounds each x 2 mowers = 1k pounds. The truck gets abused because it's a snail. The skinny pedal seems to be stuck to the floor through each gear during the week...

By the way, congrats on the city hall job. Everything looks good in the truck and trailer. Did you build the trailer? Looks custom.

 

Yup, we built the trailer from the ground up. All aluminum structure with pressure treated plywood deck.
The side panels are curved outward for better looks and snap into place, then attached with a small number of set screws.
Still turns a lot of heads even though there are some dents on it and its not so shiny anymore. I'm thinking of trying to polish it some day after I replace the damaged panels and then put the company logo on there somewhere.



At one point we used this setup to haul a crapload of hay but to this day I am KICKING MYSELF for not taking a picture of that.