How hard do you make your truck work lets see

[72gmcworker]

My '72 GMC works 4-5 days per week pulling 4000lbs of trailer around for about 7000miles/year..April till end of Oct.

Trailer in back

[alschevy]

i pick up cars/trucks vans and any thing els

1967 chevy one ton tow truck

[454_72_4X4]

Mine pulls a RV camper during the summer and halls heat during the winter...LOL

[long71]

Originally Posted by Rokcrln

Now if you truly belive what you are saying then you should only have 1 not 14. One truck should be able to everything you could need it to do. So if you have 14 then 13 just sit around and get looked at

well put!

[arkracing]

I saw this cool truck the other day in my travels. 9' Stepper C20 with a glass carrying rig on the back

[1970 chev truck]

Originally Posted by 72 CustomCamper

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



Chuck

This is awesome, that there is a serious load, so much fer the toyota commercials where they brag about being able to pull 10,000#'s

Paul

[ThatOneBlue67]

Originally Posted by wibilly

if it don't work it's a toy not a truck imo

I prefer calling mine a Chevy Hotrod. The Toy is my 1984 Toyota 4x4 that's been up to the grille in water

BUT, this is all my Hotrod has ever seen (in my ownership anyway). That and it hauls parts of itself tha fall off

[OlChev67]

Going to get some gas money

[OlChev67]

a little better pic. 1.6 tons

[67CHIP72]

I didn't have a camera yesterday, but I used mine to relocate my office. Made about 7 trips no problem. Went to start it today and it said no. Still figuring her out. Once she starts every morning then I'll post a picture with confidence.

[69lnghrn]

this is what i am talking about !!! and why i love the old chevy workhorses !!!! ill post some pics later but my 69 and my 76 work their rear end off!!!!!!!!!!!

[GREASEMONKEY72]

mine doesnt work all that much but i do still use it as a truck now and then, i haul my rc crap all the time (fills up the bed) used to haul my spare tire all the time till i took it out a few weeks ago now it just hauls air for now, gotta fix the trailer light plug and maybe my bro will let me pull the trailer even if its empty around the block just so i can pull it, i did haul a 1963 coca cola vending machine a month or so after i got my truck



BTW how much can a 72 1/2ton pull? and carry? (bed/trailer)

[3/4tonterror]

hey oldchev67 is that a 56 chev fram i see an that trailer, hope you didnt scrap it if it was.

[OlChev67]

Naw, It was a frame from a 54 plymouth savoy.

[68c-10]

I don't have pictures but the biggest load my 68 has had in my ownership was wood chips all the way to the top of the bed sides. The truck didn't seem to even know it was loaded. Soon it will be heading to some swap meets loaded down with parts to sell and then help me and my girlfriend move.

[WorkinLonghorn]

Yesterday I had a lawn to take out. I figured it's pretty fluffy stuff,not too heavy,but with three of us loading,things got a bit out of control.At the dump scale we weighed 5.18 tons (with the three of us standing OFF of the scale).With us in the truck we would have weighed about 10,850 Lbs. or so.
What a great transmission that NP 435 is. On long uphill freeway onramp red-line in granny 1st; 26MPH.R.L. in 2nd;52 MPH.Then in 3d bring it up to 55 Which is about what traffic does in the right lane,Then cruise in 4th (~2200 RPM).Drum brakes stoppped on a dime on short steep downhill offramp.
What a great work-truck!!!
>> Only pic I have is during unloading. Eventually made 4 loads to dump.

>>On the job;

Incidentally; First load dump fee: $98.97.(!)

[Robert1970C20rstbukt]

Oh man................

hauled a 1200lb bale of coastal hay(in the bed of the truck, don't ask how we unloaded it!)
hauled about 2000lbs of scrap steel and cast iron
made a lot of trips to the lumberyard
hauled a lot of firewood
hauled a couple engines and trannys
pulled a 18ft dual axle trailer hauling a Ford 9N tractor
pulled a 20ft gooseneck hauling a Farmall H w/ shredder

That's about the hardest work the truck's ever done, since I've had it that is.

[jb4short]

no pics but I'll tell you how bad wet manure piled all the way to the top of stakesides squats out a 3/4 ton!!

[bb1979]

no pics but I've hauled 13000 pounds of crushed gravel with our 79 C30 flatbed, the axle was on the bump stops and the dead low got a hell of a workout, towed a 79 c20 on a car behind the C30 with the C30 loaded with parts up a mountain that most six cylinder cars struggle to make it up, pulled out and overtook every car up the hill, the 350 just kept purring up the looks on the faces as we were passing was priceless

[truckguy_69]

well i dont haul stuff but i do do burnouts in my c10 with a 307 and a muncie 4 speed.http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w...rent=gavin.flv

[franks72]

I work it at the track...
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...t=MVI_0948.flv

[SCOTI]

Not a very good pic but the only one I have of my Beater hauling home a 'new' frame for my RestRod....

[trkklr77]

the shorty doesnt get worked on purpose but it has had a few axles and such in it


my old long truck has had more than it fair share of multi 1,000 lbs loads, this was its last "job", bobcat, new fence, 2700 of concrete block, old fence

[Brad]

Originally Posted by stsalvage

I like what J Leno said about one of his cars the dusonberg that is worth over 5 million doller if you can't drive it to enjoy it why even have itwhat your going to put it in a seal Glass case and just look at it trucks are made to use not go one the weekendsand the New crap Please that stuff is made to brake when these trucks where built with the long bed back in 1958 the first Long bed fleet side metal bed with sides they intened it to last you for the rest of your life But not the eng or the trans they need rebuilding but the body made to go the distance


I laugh at you guy's that say OH i got a scrach in my paint BIG WAAAAAAAAA then drive your beater these old trucks where made to work and enjoy thats whay i own 14 of the dam things

Laugh all you want. Although my truck is a dd, I don't drive my Camaro much because it's already been rear-ended once. I don't want that to happen again, thank you very much. However, the day you start paying my insurance, gas, new paint, bodywork, and ALL other expenses associated along with the medical and mental health tx associated with the sentimental value it has, then that's the day I'll start driving it on a daily basis. Until then, it's too valuable to ME to use as a dd, or anything remotely similar.

[trkklr77]

if you dont drive it, its literly useless. vehicles were built with one thing in mind, to be used by someone. all the sweat and knuckle skin is an absoulte waste if it just sits there, no matter how pretty it is. ive worked every vehicle ive had into the ground. so what if they get mashed, it just gives you something to fix later.