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Old May 28, 2012 | 07:13 PM
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Hows this for heavy? My van pulled the motorhome up it's 6" ramps today


Did it surprisingly well to! I taught for sure it was gonna loose traction! But nope, not at all.



Good ol' C6 with 4.10's
 
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Old May 28, 2012 | 08:04 PM
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Here's mine towing a VW Bus I was building over to my new house.

 
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Old May 30, 2012 | 04:45 PM
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took some old truck parts to the scrap yard

gross was 8980 lbs
tare was 7040 lbs
net was 1940 lbs

didnt squat much, not bad for a ton of weight (had to keep the frame parts or else it would have been more...need a title for that)





here is how it sits empty

 
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Old May 30, 2012 | 04:47 PM
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Old May 30, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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you mean that toy can work too?
i bet you liked that lift and big tires when loading that stuff on lol.
good thing ya dropped 'er down a bit hey?
now ya know why i'll never do a D60.every inch counts when loading 'em up.
or did you get to cheat and had some machinery to load it for ya?


......man.every bit of that stuff looks way to good for scrap.
 
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Old May 30, 2012 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by FORDF250HDXLT
now ya know why i'll never do a D60.
i thought you had a D60 under yours?
 
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Old May 30, 2012 | 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by FORDF250HDXLT
you mean that toy can work too?
i bet you liked that lift and big tires when loading that stuff on lol.
good thing ya dropped 'er down a bit hey?
now ya know why i'll never do a D60.every inch counts when loading 'em up.
or did you get to cheat and had some machinery to load it for ya?

Lol that stuff was paperweights for me...weight liftin is my job!! Actually telling people what to lift, is what I do lol

......man.every bit of that stuff looks way to good for scrap.

This was only load one! And looks can be deceiving!

Idk what I would have done if I still had the big lift and bigger tires on...that would have been tough loading it
 
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Old May 30, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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no.as good of an axle as it is,i can't raise the truck.i don't have any equipment to load with.i have to load up by hand.that dump bed has thick C-channel and already sits up in the air more than desired.loading large chunks of wood is not fun.plus by keeping it lower with the D50,fuel economy is a bit better.
i even went with slightly shorter than factory dually size 215's too,to help drop it a tad more.
just not a mod i could do,even if i wanted.realistically,i just don't use the front end anyway.sure plowing some.but that's just for a few drives.just for my immediate family.the D50 can handle that just fine lol.just need it for traction is all pretty much.

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oh yeah! that's right.i remember your pics '91.guns the size of my head.
 
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 01:36 AM
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My 84 6.9 NA, T-19, 3.54s open. I have no idea how much the total weight was. All steel tandem axle trailer, hauling a 89 F150 4x4. was originally a reg cab longbed, now a wooden bed. 5.0, T18 4spd, manual 4x4 and manual hubs...More rust and Great Stuff than metal. More lights than a firetruck. My truck was loaded down with enough tools to rebuild it. a complete set of tires, 10 gallons of fuel. Guns and ammo(Making this a heck of a weekend lol) clothes for the weekend. It was sitting in a field for a couple years, so I had to drag it out, line it to the trailer. and drag it all out with out getting stuck.

 
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 02:44 PM
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I bought the Super Duty parts truck in southern Oklahoma, pulled it in 200 miles with the old 89 N/A truck. It handled it pretty well for a N/A, I'm guessing the S/D weighing about 7K, and my car hauler is a heavy duty 20' with steel floor which weighs around 4K, so she was pulling around 11K plus herself. Some hills I would be in 4th and about 50 - 55, but most of the time it was 65 and smooth sailing!!


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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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i swear my truck runs much nicer when its loaded up a bit. usual loads are 500-1000 lbs. even with the 500 it seems to pull nicer and the engine sounds better. its NA
 
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 10:00 PM
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Hauled a giant propane tank and about 10 cinder blocks at about 60 Lbs each. The truck did well. Felt like I was floating.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 87crewdually
I think he's saying the mount for the hitch doesn't allow room to mount airbag brackets to the frame. A little fabrication though, and you can bag anything.




Also check this out. 2535 Firestone Ride-Rite Rear Air Spring Kit, Air Helper Spring - TruckSpring.com You may be able to use this kit that puts the air springs inboard, check out the pdf instruction file. http://www.truckspring.com/installat...stone/2535.pdf


I have those bags on my F150, i love them, wouldnt be without them. They are definitely coming off if I ever sell the truck.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by 6.9 diesel nut
Hauled a giant propane tank and about 10 cinder blocks at about 60 Lbs each. The truck did well. Felt like I was floating.
Have you only got two tires on the back? That looks interesting.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 02:33 PM
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Used to. Not anymore. Got some BF Goodrich Commercial Traction tires on just a couple days ago.
 
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