"U.9,000" on my doors. Is this really the capacity?

[Mister-B]

My '69 Custom 20 LWB 3/4 ton has these stickers on each door. They look like they are probably as old as the truck. I'm assuming this is the weight the truck was rated to carry, but on the metal door plate, it says 7,500. So, which is it? Did the truck get some sort of extra add on to allow it to carry more weight, or is this sticker the 1960's equivalent of someone buying emblems from a higher end Mercedes off eBay, to put on a lower end Mercedes to make the neighbors think they've got something they don't?

Maybe I'm missing how the weight is calculated, so please let me know. Thanks


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