Loaded up trucks
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From: Mi'kma'ki
way too much of it for that little truck lol.
if you need to do this again,slide your toolbox to the back,so you can stack the wood up front.she'll carry it much better.
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From: West Valley Utah
I don't have a picture of it but the heaviest load I've pulled was when my dad broke down in Wendover Nevada. We could not get parts that day so I hooked onto his 36' class A motorhome pulling a tandem axle flatbed loaded with his Jeep and 2 atv's.
Mom and dad were going back home after playing for 4 months during the winter so they were loaded pretty heavy. Pulled from Wendover to Salt Lake. It's fairly flat but there is 1 hill that had me in 2nd direct and foot flat on the floor.
Dad said he got real good mileage but about went to sleep because it was way too quiet ha ha ! I looked in the mirror and he had both elbows on the steering wheel and his chin resting in his hands. He did look pretty bored
Mom and dad were going back home after playing for 4 months during the winter so they were loaded pretty heavy. Pulled from Wendover to Salt Lake. It's fairly flat but there is 1 hill that had me in 2nd direct and foot flat on the floor.
Dad said he got real good mileage but about went to sleep because it was way too quiet ha ha ! I looked in the mirror and he had both elbows on the steering wheel and his chin resting in his hands. He did look pretty bored
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From: Campbell River, B.C.
My truck has been dragging loads like this for the past month now. There will be one more this size next week then maybe I can afford to unhitch it. Up to now, its been perminantly attached to the trailer and I use that little black car to the side if I need anything from town. The load is bulky, but pales in comparison to some of the weight you guys are dragging. If I had to guess, I would say the trailer and payload combine for about 3000lbs. Wind drag is mostly what it amounts to.
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From: Campbell River, B.C.
Thanks, the trailer is a bit of a head turner and even years after building it, I still get comments (The skin has some battle scars by now and has never been washed or polished). My Dad had a tin basher stop his truck in the middle of an intersection once to yell some complements from his truck. The aluminum skin is unstressed and snaps onto a space frame and then held on with a small number of SS set screws. Other than the running gear, hitch, and pressure treated plywood floor, its made completely out of aluminum.
Also saves me from having to load railings on top of the truck where I used to frequently blow out my shoulder(s) and the railings would get splattered with bugs or scratched from not being secured perfectly. I can also keep an eye on it in the mirrors which gives me peace of mind considering the 200 miles on highway I cover each week (not all smooth either).
It isn't always easy getting it into a jobsite, but the relatively short wheel base makes it quite manoeuvrable and since it much easier to load/unload than any pickup, we can make the drop off or pickup more quickly and be gone. I think the most we ever had on it was nearly 6000lbs of tempered glass.
Also saves me from having to load railings on top of the truck where I used to frequently blow out my shoulder(s) and the railings would get splattered with bugs or scratched from not being secured perfectly. I can also keep an eye on it in the mirrors which gives me peace of mind considering the 200 miles on highway I cover each week (not all smooth either).
It isn't always easy getting it into a jobsite, but the relatively short wheel base makes it quite manoeuvrable and since it much easier to load/unload than any pickup, we can make the drop off or pickup more quickly and be gone. I think the most we ever had on it was nearly 6000lbs of tempered glass.
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From: Terre Haute, IN
Please forgive me for the truck, but i wanted to show off what i've been pulling all day, and will for several more days...
I dont know about the truck (heavy sumbitch) but the pair of wagons weigh between 15500 and 15700lbs each trip. No brake on them either. And that truck does a good job, but really doesnt like pulling all that (stupid thing doesnt want to pull itself...)
I dont know about the truck (heavy sumbitch) but the pair of wagons weigh between 15500 and 15700lbs each trip. No brake on them either. And that truck does a good job, but really doesnt like pulling all that (stupid thing doesnt want to pull itself...)
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From: Mi'kma'ki
a little silver maple.
that was a pretty decent size tree.i was working about '80 in the air today.just another day in the air conditioned office.
(of topic note.50ish degree's today and loaded up good and heavy as you can see lol.e-fans still hardly working.pretty much just in traffic.i did need them on with the pedal to the floor up a couple long grades at 3k+ rpm of course,but for all of 1 minute max maybe and off again lol........engine cooling without feeling any power loss and maintaining speed limit uphills.who knew.
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that was a pretty decent size tree.i was working about '80 in the air today.just another day in the air conditioned office.
(of topic note.50ish degree's today and loaded up good and heavy as you can see lol.e-fans still hardly working.pretty much just in traffic.i did need them on with the pedal to the floor up a couple long grades at 3k+ rpm of course,but for all of 1 minute max maybe and off again lol........engine cooling without feeling any power loss and maintaining speed limit uphills.who knew.
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From: Peterborough, Ontario
a little silver maple.
that was a pretty decent size tree.i was working about '80 in the air today.just another day in the air conditioned office.
(of topic note.50ish degree's today and loaded up good and heavy as you can see lol.e-fans still hardly working.pretty much just in traffic.i did need them on with the pedal to the floor up a couple long grades at 3k+ rpm of course,but for all of 1 minute max maybe and off again lol........engine cooling without feeling any power loss and maintaining speed limit uphills.who knew. )
that was a pretty decent size tree.i was working about '80 in the air today.just another day in the air conditioned office.
(of topic note.50ish degree's today and loaded up good and heavy as you can see lol.e-fans still hardly working.pretty much just in traffic.i did need them on with the pedal to the floor up a couple long grades at 3k+ rpm of course,but for all of 1 minute max maybe and off again lol........engine cooling without feeling any power loss and maintaining speed limit uphills.who knew.
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From: Mi'kma'ki
i thought you'd like this load.
what yu can't see in the pic is neatly stacked large chunks of the main trunk.-there's a couple on the back there for reference.ripped in half or 1/4 so we could lift 'em.
times like these make me smile for keeping short tires let me tell ya lol.well you know yourself how high up a flatbed in general sits on the frame.makes it tough to load.i need to rig up a lift arm with a winch or look into finding a tommy gate sometime.
man that was a heavy one lol.used pretty much all my 9 leafs for that one.
i really could use another overload sometime.
the bed measures 8' wide by 9' long.those are the outside measurements though.so a good solid 7.5+ X 8.5 ish actual inside bed space.
yes,that's right.i burn the wood.
i do have quite a few friends in need,which i give them a few loads throughout the season too.