[El Jay]

Here's another true tale for ya.

Back in '74 I bought a '74 C/10; bare bones 350 with 3 OTT.

My aunt & uncle had recently bought a house & were doing the landscaping. My uncle asked if I would take him over to a local feed lot to get some steer manure for fertilizer.
"Sure why not?" It's family right? & he was more of a dad to me than my dad was.

We get to the feed lot & the manure is $X/yd; 1 1/2 yd. minimum; because the loader had a 1 1/2 yd scoop. My uncle bought 3 yd, and said we'll come back for a 2nd load.

I pulled up to the loader & the operator dropped that bucket of sh...., uhhhhhhhhhh, poop into the truck & I was looking at the sky through the windshield. The load was roof top high and dribbling over the bed rails (try to get away with that nowadays).
I got back to the office and asked if they had a compressor so I could air up the rear tires a bit. I pumped them up to about 60# & quit because I was getting skeered.
Heading back to the house (the road was very tight & twisty with some minor elevation changes), if I bogged the motor the front of the truck would literally bounce up a bit every time the engine fired.

Shoveled off the 1st load & then back for the 2nd.
I pulled up on the scales & told the guy something like, "I wanna know what I'm haulin' outta here."
Got the 2nd load & back on the scales, "You got about 3500# there."

Delivered it & shoveled it off.

IMHO, and experience, "Chevy Tough" is more than just an advertising slogan.

Sorry for the long story, but it just seemed appropriate, at least to me.