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70gmcjimmy · 03-08-2007, 11:16 PM

Hey 3/4tonterror, cool to see the '66! IMO that is the best lookin Chevelle of all. You have a fine one there. Great lookin young'ns too. Thanks for the pic!

Later---DAC

stllookn · 03-08-2007, 11:30 PM

Wood hauler and cab hauler while waiting for its turn at restoration.

Jerry Jones · 03-08-2007, 11:33 PM

ready for the dump saturday morning

Jerry Jones · 03-08-2007, 11:35 PM

That was definatly not the hadest this 'ol girl worked... by far, it is just what is in it now!

68C15 · 03-08-2007, 11:54 PM

I'm not afraid to use mine as a truck. this load was like many others weighed in at 4400#. I've had as much as 5200# in her. last summer I had about 4200 # of crushed rock in the back while pulling a trailer (80 C10 converted to a trailer) loaded with another 4000#. that load was a little tough to stop.

72 CustomCamper · 03-09-2007, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TP from Cntl PA

'72customcamper...............The DOT would love to crash in on that load

What axle setup is under that trailer? We've hauled some unreal weight with ours, but I can't say we can out do that.............30+ ton on a bumper pull trailer.

I have no idea.I know it was a pintel hitch set up. That pic was taken by my uncle before I got the truck from him. Usually that trailer was pulled behind a dump truck but he needed the dozer and the dump was down for service...

67chevemall · 03-09-2007, 12:58 AM

Just maken her sweat

**oldiron** · 03-09-2007, 02:39 AM

This is what stllookn got rid of and I put to work.

stllookn · 03-09-2007, 02:48 AM

I just hurt my leg kickin myself in the a$$!

3/4tonterror · 03-09-2007, 07:53 AM

It looks like there really are some work horses out there.Nice to see im not the only one useing my rige for what i bought it for.

**special-K** · 03-09-2007, 08:49 AM

Here`s a work truck takin`it easy:

1fast71 · 03-09-2007, 03:12 PM

i hulled a cord of Madrone while pullin a 89 acura legend on a tow dolly from oregon to Idaho lol made the trip fine

1fast71 · 03-09-2007, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stllookn

Wood hauler and cab hauler while waiting for its turn at restoration.

Nice lol

klownkar · 03-09-2007, 03:29 PM

I don't have pictures but two good true stories. 70 chevy long bed with 3-4 drop drove two hours to mexico and just across the boarder picked up 1200 lbs of ceramic tile, grout and thin set and the drove home. bumper almost on the gound. That one pretty much ruined the truck. but I had no other truck.

the other story is a little more out there. Christmas in college, just lost job, no gas money to go home. Best friend works at mortuary asks to borrow truck. I told him that I would help. Drove two hours to douglas, az and exhumed a body that had been in the ground for eight years. Rolled tonneau cover up loaded casket (leaking fluid), and two headstones (still don't know why there was two). and headed back. The best was the looks on the peoples face as a nice lowered truck pulls up along side them at 65 mph and then they look in the bed and see a coffin. Priceless. Payment? a full tank of gas to get home on.

Yes its true

Blue'72 · 03-09-2007, 03:34 PM

Quote:

the other story is a little more out there. Christmas in college, just lost job, no gas money to go home. Best friend works at mortuary asks to borrow truck. I told him that I would help. Drove two hours to douglas, az and exhumed a body that had been in the ground for eight years. Rolled tonneau cover up loaded casket (leaking fluid), and two headstones (still don't know why there was two). and headed back. The best was the looks on the peoples face as a nice lowered truck pulls up along side them at 65 mph and then they look in the bed and see a coffin. Priceless. Payment? a full tank of gas to get home on.

Yes its true

Ok, you win for the most dead weight in the back of your truck.

Orange · 03-09-2007, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 72 CustomCamper

This is the most my truch has ever towed. It's a 30 tom bulldozer...

Chuck

THAT'S AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I SAVED THAT ONE!
DLB

**special-K** · 03-09-2007, 11:20 PM

Chevy Tough!!!

jeffspower · 03-09-2007, 11:38 PM

Back when my '72 was stock height, I'd go to the quarry & tell them to load me 2 yards of crushed rock. they would say, uh... in a pickup? Every guy that loaded it would tip the bucket load slowly & watch as the suspension quit dropping after the first 1,000 lbs- 8 leafs & 5 more in the overload stack did the trick

**Stocker** · 03-10-2007, 12:16 AM

Many years of hauling dirt, gravel, rock, sod, sheetrock, and lots of firewood... often full cords of green hardwood.

Only load I actually weighed was dirt; came in at 6000#. Not too bad for a light-duty K20 with cheap overloads.

Though it's still driven daily, it doesn't work nearly as hard anymore... kinda like its owner.

72 CustomCamper · 03-10-2007, 12:27 AM

A few times my uncle had 12000 lbs of rock in the bed...

Chuck

70gmcjimmy · 03-10-2007, 01:48 AM

Hey folks-
Here's another light weight workin' pic (sorry bout how crappy the pic is)of my 3/4 ton bein' used for a rollin' billboard. Taken from a 1985 speedway program of our local dirt track. She done advertising chores out there at Black Hills Speedway for a couple years. Had a lot of fun packin' the track altho doin' that after a rainstorm was hard on the exhaust system. Lost pipes from the headers back a couple times with basketball size globs of clay on the track.

Later---DAC

3/4tonterror · 03-10-2007, 07:31 AM

coffin in the back,thats gross weight.alright.

jake60 · 03-10-2007, 11:11 AM

Two years ago, I moved 12 large round bales of feed loaded on a 24' goosneck trailer that didn't have working trailer brakes. Total gross weight was 25,000 Lbs. I had to travel 75 miles with this load. I think I might have exceeded the GVW rating of my pickup. I'd never do that again. I sure wish I'd gotten photos though.

**Yukon Jack** · 03-12-2007, 12:07 PM

Here's a pic from Friday

And a few others

metalmassfab · 03-12-2007, 01:31 PM

Two thumbs up for you guys that use your trucks as....well, trucks! Aint nuthin like a classic work truck! The most I ever hauled was 2800 lbs of landscape blocks in the bed of my '69 C-20, still looking for pic. I may be guilty of pouring near $15k into my truck, bbut that was all drivetrain, suspension and brakes so she could haul more...faster... rough and ugly, scratches-give'er-character paint...

30-ton dozer...you the man a few times over!!!

03-08-2007, 11:16 PM	#26
70gmcjimmy GMCDAC Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rapid City, SD Posts: 837	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see Hey 3/4tonterror, cool to see the '66! IMO that is the best lookin Chevelle of all. You have a fine one there. Great lookin young'ns too. Thanks for the pic! Later---DAC __________________ 1970 GMC K5 Jimmy Custom 4X4 Mom's driver from 1971 to 2001!! Under rebuild! 1972 GMC C2500 Pickup owned since 1979 Needs a rest and refurbish! 1955 GMC 100 2nd design driven almost daily! Rest In Peace Mom. "Dolly" 7/15/23 - 5/18/09 GMC driver for 30 years!

03-08-2007, 11:30 PM	#27
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see Wood hauler and cab hauler while waiting for its turn at restoration. Attached Images __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

03-08-2007, 11:33 PM	#28
Jerry Jones Happy Camper Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 8,407	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see ready for the dump saturday morning Attached Images __________________ RIP El Jay! Love you brother!

03-08-2007, 11:35 PM	#29
Jerry Jones Happy Camper Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 8,407	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see That was definatly not the hadest this 'ol girl worked... by far, it is just what is in it now! __________________ RIP El Jay! Love you brother!

03-08-2007, 11:54 PM	#30
68C15 blood type; Retumbo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: next to my reloading bench Posts: 10,269	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see I'm not afraid to use mine as a truck. this load was like many others weighed in at 4400#. I've had as much as 5200# in her. last summer I had about 4200 # of crushed rock in the back while pulling a trailer (80 C10 converted to a trailer) loaded with another 4000#. that load was a little tough to stop. Attached Images Last edited by 68C15; 03-08-2007 at 11:55 PM.

03-09-2007, 12:58 AM	#32
67chevemall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NB Posts: 3,367	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see Just maken her sweat __________________ 1968 Chevy C10 307 3ott fleetside 1967 Chevy C/10 V8, 3spd, fleetside lwb.Sold 1967 Chev C/10 step, 383, M21. SOLD Last edited by 67chevemall; 07-09-2010 at 02:26 PM.

03-09-2007, 02:39 AM	#33
oldiron Designated Grumpy Old Man Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: arlington, washington usa Posts: 3,094	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see This is what stllookn got rid of and I put to work. Attached Images __________________ Never let the truth get in the way of a good story 71 Chev 1/2 ton 4X4 LWB Fleetside SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=361222 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LgREwtDfaA 68 Chev 1 ton flat bed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bO8szzlD4A 56 Chev Handyman Wagon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y-6ddpBTkM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbLzZ7zY8wA 56 Chev Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=410667 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoW0Ei7ZNIg

03-09-2007, 02:48 AM	#34
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see I just hurt my leg kickin myself in the a$$! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

03-09-2007, 07:53 AM	#35
3/4tonterror Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: jaffrey,NH Posts: 325	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see It looks like there really are some work horses out there.Nice to see im not the only one useing my rige for what i bought it for.

03-09-2007, 08:49 AM	#36
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see Here`s a work truck takin`it easy: __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

03-09-2007, 03:12 PM	#37
1fast71 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: medford oregon Posts: 152	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see i hulled a cord of Madrone while pullin a 89 acura legend on a tow dolly from oregon to Idaho lol made the trip fine

03-09-2007, 03:29 PM	#39
klownkar Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: southern az Posts: 35	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see I don't have pictures but two good true stories. 70 chevy long bed with 3-4 drop drove two hours to mexico and just across the boarder picked up 1200 lbs of ceramic tile, grout and thin set and the drove home. bumper almost on the gound. That one pretty much ruined the truck. but I had no other truck. the other story is a little more out there. Christmas in college, just lost job, no gas money to go home. Best friend works at mortuary asks to borrow truck. I told him that I would help. Drove two hours to douglas, az and exhumed a body that had been in the ground for eight years. Rolled tonneau cover up loaded casket (leaking fluid), and two headstones (still don't know why there was two). and headed back. The best was the looks on the peoples face as a nice lowered truck pulls up along side them at 65 mph and then they look in the bed and see a coffin. Priceless. Payment? a full tank of gas to get home on. Yes its true __________________ 70 chev c-10 long bed (prepping for second go round and short bed)

03-09-2007, 11:20 PM	#42
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see Chevy Tough!!! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

03-09-2007, 11:38 PM	#43
jeffspower Well, Whoop-dee-do! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Easton, Mo. pop.- me & scarcely a few others Posts: 2,302	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see Back when my '72 was stock height, I'd go to the quarry & tell them to load me 2 yards of crushed rock. they would say, uh... in a pickup? Every guy that loaded it would tip the bucket load slowly & watch as the suspension quit dropping after the first 1,000 lbs- 8 leafs & 5 more in the overload stack did the trick __________________ '68 GMC shortbox 4x4 350/SM465/T221- bought it in '83 SOLD '72 K20 500 Cad/TH400/NP205 SOLD '92 Chevy 2500 6.5 mech TD 4L80E crusty daily driver '72 Monte Carlo... sweet low mile toy '11 Dodge Challenger IE 392 6spd... midlife car

03-10-2007, 12:16 AM	#44
Stocker 20' Daredevil (Ret) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jefferson State Posts: 13,728	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see Many years of hauling dirt, gravel, rock, sod, sheetrock, and lots of firewood... often full cords of green hardwood. Only load I actually weighed was dirt; came in at 6000#. Not too bad for a light-duty K20 with cheap overloads. Though it's still driven daily, it doesn't work nearly as hard anymore... kinda like its owner. __________________ - Mike - 1972 K20 LWB 350/350/205 RIP El Jay



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03-10-2007, 12:27 AM	#45
72 CustomCamper huh ??? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fredericksburg,Va. Posts: 3,368	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see A few times my uncle had 12000 lbs of rock in the bed... Chuck __________________ 90 Blazer Silverado 350w/ 700R4 and 32" Kelly's "I am a bomb technician. If you see me running try to keep up!"

03-10-2007, 01:48 AM	#46
70gmcjimmy GMCDAC Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rapid City, SD Posts: 837	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see Hey folks- Here's another light weight workin' pic (sorry bout how crappy the pic is)of my 3/4 ton bein' used for a rollin' billboard. Taken from a 1985 speedway program of our local dirt track. She done advertising chores out there at Black Hills Speedway for a couple years. Had a lot of fun packin' the track altho doin' that after a rainstorm was hard on the exhaust system. Lost pipes from the headers back a couple times with basketball size globs of clay on the track. Later---DAC Attached Images __________________ 1970 GMC K5 Jimmy Custom 4X4 Mom's driver from 1971 to 2001!! Under rebuild! 1972 GMC C2500 Pickup owned since 1979 Needs a rest and refurbish! 1955 GMC 100 2nd design driven almost daily! Rest In Peace Mom. "Dolly" 7/15/23 - 5/18/09 GMC driver for 30 years!

03-10-2007, 07:31 AM	#47
3/4tonterror Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: jaffrey,NH Posts: 325	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see coffin in the back,thats gross weight.alright.

03-10-2007, 11:11 AM	#48
jake60 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buffalo Park Posts: 75	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see Two years ago, I moved 12 large round bales of feed loaded on a 24' goosneck trailer that didn't have working trailer brakes. Total gross weight was 25,000 Lbs. I had to travel 75 miles with this load. I think I might have exceeded the GVW rating of my pickup. I'd never do that again. I sure wish I'd gotten photos though. __________________ "Common sense is very uncommon" Rudyard Kipling

03-12-2007, 12:07 PM	#49
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03-12-2007, 01:31 PM	#50
metalmassfab Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sunny CA Posts: 98	Re: How hard do you make your truck work lets see Two thumbs up for you guys that use your trucks as....well, trucks! Aint nuthin like a classic work truck! The most I ever hauled was 2800 lbs of landscape blocks in the bed of my '69 C-20, still looking for pic. I may be guilty of pouring near $15k into my truck, bbut that was all drivetrain, suspension and brakes so she could haul more...faster... rough and ugly, scratches-give'er-character paint... 30-ton dozer...you the man a few times over!!! Attached Images __________________ Ryan Metal Massacre Fabrication New Projects: -New radiator core supports, steel and stainless -Aluminum radiators -Aluminum dual electric fan shrouds '69 C-20 Custom '69 Nova...BIG BBC soon '72 3-door 'Burb...in a few '94 K2500 454 'Burb

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