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From: Indiana
makes me feel like a wuss for leaving the quarry with 2 1/2 ton (11,500 gross). that hoist electric or pto? I'm going to try and fabricate an old hoist with integral pump and have a couple gear housings to try and mount on the side of my 4spd. Going to try and do all this under my stock dually bed and any height I get from it I will make up with body lift on the cab. Modifying some 20 in rims to run commercial tires on this too.
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I keep looking at prices for elec over hydraulic bed kits but I already have the old hoist/integral pump/ and pto gearboxes. I might box my long crewcab frame if everything comes off at that time after looking at the frame failure on that f250. Worried since I plan to put a front plow on at some point and have already built and use a hydraulic haybale spike bumper and sometime have a 1500lb bales hanging off the back end.
The 20 inch bud rims I have are from a 1950's unknown Ford 2 ton dually chassis and initial plans are to drill in bolt pattern and weld in the proper hub center. Not sure I can do that so I bought an extra set of 16" ford bud rims and I may cut the centers out of them and weld them onto the 20" rims centers and use that. Big plans, lot of work and I plan to true each rim during welding by spinning them on the back axle with a dial indicator or two jigged up.
It is either that or spending $2000 for Rickson custom 19.5 rims which I would rather not.
The 20 inch bud rims I have are from a 1950's unknown Ford 2 ton dually chassis and initial plans are to drill in bolt pattern and weld in the proper hub center. Not sure I can do that so I bought an extra set of 16" ford bud rims and I may cut the centers out of them and weld them onto the 20" rims centers and use that. Big plans, lot of work and I plan to true each rim during welding by spinning them on the back axle with a dial indicator or two jigged up.
It is either that or spending $2000 for Rickson custom 19.5 rims which I would rather not.
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Not to be an ***, but, no stock 351W ever made that kind of HP. Even the Lightning engine was only 240 horse, but it was 340 ft/lb. The 84-87 4bbl 351W HO was 210hp, 305 ft/lb, with the 2bbl engine being 139hp/278 ft/lb.
Heck, bone stock my 86 460 was a whopping 245 hp, and 380 or so ft/lb.
My highest GCWR to date has been 24K, and that was with the 'ol 6.9, BEFORE I turboed it... LOL
Generally when I tow I'm 18-21K, rest of the time I'm running around empty, with the odd load of firewood thrown in. Heaviest I've had a truck alone has been a load of firewood in the Dodge, truck is around 7500, was 13K across the scales with the load on it
Heck, bone stock my 86 460 was a whopping 245 hp, and 380 or so ft/lb.
My highest GCWR to date has been 24K, and that was with the 'ol 6.9, BEFORE I turboed it... LOL
Generally when I tow I'm 18-21K, rest of the time I'm running around empty, with the odd load of firewood thrown in. Heaviest I've had a truck alone has been a load of firewood in the Dodge, truck is around 7500, was 13K across the scales with the load on it
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personally, the most ive put in my F100 was 2600lbs of type II portland cement.
Dad was the one to run heavy, He stacked up 10 tons (20,000 lbs) of F250 (460, c6, bone stock 2x4). The only problem he ever had was running out of fuel at the top of Fancy Gap mouuntain on the way home.
Dad was the one to run heavy, He stacked up 10 tons (20,000 lbs) of F250 (460, c6, bone stock 2x4). The only problem he ever had was running out of fuel at the top of Fancy Gap mouuntain on the way home.
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From: Geneva ohio
thats ok i bought my truck for a guy who had the plug wires set for a 302 when it was a 351. ran a little rough but still had power. lol
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Mine was 3 yard of sand and a Bocat on a trailer, With a 81 F150 - 302 -2bbl. 2wd. I am currently doing a rebuild on my engine, It was still running strong prior to the rebuild but all those gaskets are rotten. So I am doing a crazy thing with this old ford. I am Rebuilding to Add A Supercharger for this. 
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Mine was 3 yard of sand and a Bocat on a trailer, With a 81 F150 - 302 -2bbl. 2wd. I am currently doing a rebuild on my engine, It was still running strong prior to the rebuild but all those gaskets are rotten. So I am doing a crazy thing with this old ford. I am Rebuilding to Add A Supercharger for this.
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From: Australia
Got a rock stuck in the duels of the tractor, hooked the truck to it intending to pull the rock out but instead we pulled the tractor 15 or so feet before the rock got in a position that we stopped towing the tractor & then ripped the rock out, Low 1st.
tractor was 9300 johndeere 14 to 16 ton, air cart carries 8 ton of fert must weigh 4 ton itself, 60 ft wide scarifier with trailing harrows would weigh crap loads.
truck pulled it no worries but the next time I used 4X4 front hub exploded
tractor was 9300 johndeere 14 to 16 ton, air cart carries 8 ton of fert must weigh 4 ton itself, 60 ft wide scarifier with trailing harrows would weigh crap loads.
truck pulled it no worries but the next time I used 4X4 front hub exploded
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Well, it's been quite some time back, but I did haul 3750 LBS of gravel in the bed of my 80 F150 shortly after I bought it.
300 I6, C6, and 2.75 gears. Even with that much weight in the bed, the rear axle still had some travel left before hitting the rubber bumpstops. I was more concerned about the tires handling the load, than the rest of the truck. Even @ 50PSI (rated max PSI) those LT235/75-15's were puckered quite a bit where they met the ground. Only went about 7-8 miles, mostly on backroads, and kept it around 45 MPH. Even that heated up the tires more than I cared for.
300 I6, C6, and 2.75 gears. Even with that much weight in the bed, the rear axle still had some travel left before hitting the rubber bumpstops. I was more concerned about the tires handling the load, than the rest of the truck. Even @ 50PSI (rated max PSI) those LT235/75-15's were puckered quite a bit where they met the ground. Only went about 7-8 miles, mostly on backroads, and kept it around 45 MPH. Even that heated up the tires more than I cared for.
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Biggest load of scrap was about 3000 lbs of perfectly good small block Ford parts, including two complete running engines (which I went to town on with a grinder before scrapping, so couldn't be resold or used), various truck parts, a few C4 and C6 trans, etc. Made several runs over the years coming close to that. Latest run I scrapped 3 complete Dana 50 front axles and among other things.
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From: Loganville, WI
First off, awesome thread I love these stories.
Hm, the biggest load I ever carried with my 86 F150 I had the box full of wet gravel and the suspension was completely bottomed out and the tires looked like they were going to blow, the 302 didn't like it much either, kept getting honked at at every hill I went up.
The biggest load I carried with my 68 F250 was a bunch of 12"x12" pieces of lumber 12 feet long, had them stacked two high above the cab, the suspension went down about an inch.
The biggest load I ever carried in anything was with my brothers 86 Dodge B250 extended van, we had the van loaded with scrap metal and a 24 foot trailer with a suburban on it loaded with scrap metal with what was left of a ramcharger tied to the top and what was left of a 76 comet tied down to the back, blew out both his air shocks, bent both axles on the trailer and had three flat trailer tires on the way to the scrap place, in hindsight, should have made two trips. But the 360 pulled it with ease.
I'm thinking of buying a military deuce and a half, that should handle the work I like to do
Hm, the biggest load I ever carried with my 86 F150 I had the box full of wet gravel and the suspension was completely bottomed out and the tires looked like they were going to blow, the 302 didn't like it much either, kept getting honked at at every hill I went up.
The biggest load I carried with my 68 F250 was a bunch of 12"x12" pieces of lumber 12 feet long, had them stacked two high above the cab, the suspension went down about an inch.
The biggest load I ever carried in anything was with my brothers 86 Dodge B250 extended van, we had the van loaded with scrap metal and a 24 foot trailer with a suburban on it loaded with scrap metal with what was left of a ramcharger tied to the top and what was left of a 76 comet tied down to the back, blew out both his air shocks, bent both axles on the trailer and had three flat trailer tires on the way to the scrap place, in hindsight, should have made two trips. But the 360 pulled it with ease.
I'm thinking of buying a military deuce and a half, that should handle the work I like to do
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1983 F-350 dump, 460, 11.5'x7.5'x4' steel bed
On occasion I've topped off the bed with asphalt shingles. That's a 10,000 lb. load. I'll hear some rubbing/crunching turning into an uneven driveway... Smooth sailing on the highway. Getting over the long hill at the dump site is a guaranteed rush! The truck weighs 7600 lb. empty. My usual comfort zone is 5-6K loaded properly.
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