........................Yup!

 

110 Bundles of Architectural shingles! ~6k.

-Enjoy
fh : )_~

 

the truck in my avatar is a working tow truck, we pull full size 4000lb cars and 1/2 ton trucks up over the pali, likelike, and the h2 and h3 no problem-she bogs a lil at first, but just put yer foot in it a lil more and shes fine, maintains 50mph easy at around 1/3 throttle. unloaded it weighs in at 9000lbs, with a car on the wheel lift id guess around 13000lbs total weight, give or take a few hundred either way. she does just fine-love this truck !

 

Nice truck and tractor. I want one of those 453 powered olivers, they sound amazing!

I'm assuming you're truck is NA? Auto or Stick? What gears? How's it pull that size of a load?

I was horribly disappointed with my 6.2 GMC today. I finished my gooseneck hitch Friday and today I hauled home an '84 chevy dually no engine no trans on a '28 gooseneck. At first I could hold 55 MPH, then a hill knocked me down to 40. After that I couldn't get over 45 even on a few small downhills I need to get the IDI on the road, the 6.2 does not like towing. Of course it doesn't run quite right either (pump and injectors have an issue)

 

Here you go, just under 10,000 pounds in the bed.

Gross weight, just over 18,000 pounds.

 

I know about your spring and brake upgrades, but what kind of tires do you use for that?
My LT 265/75/16Es are only good for 3400 per tire.

 

Those 6.2s werent designed for pulling anyways. Their more of a mpg motor. they were built to take the place of the 305, and their no pulling monster either lol

 

Drive slow on hot days.
Don't drive long distances with a load like that.

When I am that heavy, I am usually only traveling a few miles loaded.

On that particular day, close to 10 miles from the stone yard to the house I was working on.
Tires never got hot for some reason.

I have no doubt if I went out an ran down the highway 70 MPH, I probably would not make 20 miles.
After 20+ years, not one tire failure while hauling heavy loads like that.

 

impressive.i wouldn't try that with my little sneakers lol.
no problems with crazy tire ware Dave?

man,that really makes ya wounder how much it takes to blow a tire off the rim.

 

Cold tires unless damaged will not blow off the rim because of weight. You can mash the rim down to within an inch of the ground and it will come back up. I have watched them be crushed in a car crusher and when the pressure lets off the tire will return to normal unless something cuts it.

 

oh wow lol.

 

What blows tires is heat or damage from pot holes and the like.

Take a tire loaded to the max weight, do out and run 200 miles down the road at 70 MPH.

Then stop and get out, I bet you can't lay your hand on the tire and leave it there.

Now go out and load the same tire to three times the max weight.

Drive 2 miles at low speeds.
The tire will be warm but not so hot you can't leave your hand on it.

A tire weight rating will assume you run 500 miles at 70 MPH and max weight on a 115 degree day.
In a perfect world with perfect roads, you should be able to do that.

 

I had a pretty light load today, hauled a mazda to scrap. We pulled the seats out and filled the car with misc. metal as well. Trailer is #3400 empty, had #3800 of scrap.

 

Syco,
Been meaning to ask you about your clear front lights. Where did you get them? Are the headlights stock or did you replace them as well?
I've been looking at the diamond headlight replacement lenses, but I haven't found anyone to tell me how the light pattern is.

Thanks,
Jason

 

This was my buddy's 86 pullin my 85 when I blew my head gasket. He pulled me home. On the Hwy that we went down there are some pretty good hills. Fun Fun