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Did you pull the travel trailer with your truck? How far did you go with it? That's what I intend to do. A month ago I start out on a trip with mt 22 ft 3700 lb. trailer but I didn't have the rear springs and rear air shocks set up right so I chickened out and turned back for home. I think it will work fine now that I've added 1.5 inches ofd arch to the springs.
[QUOTE=pintoplumber;16638275]Well, I had the old girl working this weekend. Dennis
I was told about this truck years ago and finally stumbled onto it about a month ago. It's at a truck repair shop about 30 miles from my house.
It's still working although it hasn't moved an inch in probably decades. The truck repair shop uses it to store used motor oil until it's picked up for recycling.
[QUOTE=das54;16642131]Did you pull the travel trailer with your truck? How far did you go with it? That's what I intend to do. A month ago I start out on a trip with mt 22 ft 3700 lb. trailer but I didn't have the rear springs and rear air shocks set up right so I chickened out and turned back for home. I think it will work fine now that I've added 1.5 inches ofd arch to the springs.
Originally Posted by pintoplumber
Well, I had the old girl working this weekend. Dennis
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Dan, ours is 22' 4" bumper to tongue with a rear bed slide out. Loaded we weigh around 5400. I have a 4.27 rear 8 plies on the springs and 6 plies on the helper springs. Weight distributing hitch. 75 to 100 miles is as far as we've gone with it. The truck is pretty thirsty on gas. Dennis
Take a look at the rear bed corners on that Mercury. Is that an aftermarket modification or is that factory? Maybe someone's attempt to repair the rusted out sections and beef them up or something?
Take a look at the rear bed corners on that Mercury. Is that an aftermarket modification or is that factory? Maybe someone's attempt to repair the rusted out sections and beef them up or something?
Bobby
That is an attempt to firm up the bedsides. As the truck got older and perhaps the flange on the bedside at the bed level rusted away the bedsides would flop especially when the tailgate was down. So various ways were developed to firm it up.
Look what was done to my truck when my grandfather owned it. A thick piece of steel was cut out to frame the bed on two sides and the bottom beneath the tailgate.
Take a look at the rear bed corners on that Mercury. Is that an aftermarket modification or is that factory? Maybe someone's attempt to repair the rusted out sections and beef them up or something?
Bobby
I was thinking it was an attempt to make a sturdy bracket to support some kind of farm impliment.
Don't forget these trucks were mainly farm work trucks. My F3 was used to haul cattle to market, hay, manure, fertilizer and any other thing needed on the farm. The bed sides were rusted out along the whole side. It had angle iron supports similar to those also. We tend to baby these beautiful old beast and our ancestors used them like the trucks they are. Have fun
Sounds reasonable to me.
When I got my 49 the stake pockets were completely rotted along with the rear lower bed channel. The stake pockets and that channel are the only thing supporting the bed sides. If you dropped the tailgate the bedsides would flop just like you described
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