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RuralRoute C-30 · 09-20-2010, 09:41 PM

Finally instead of working on the truck, today the truck got to work! About an 80 mile run to the woods and back home.

Yes, this is why I wanted a 1-ton dump bed as today was the beginning of stocking our annual supply of firewood and more. I already know I definitely have to build some stock racks for the truck like I have for the trailer though. Could have hauled more on this run if I hadn't been limited to the side board height. (the trailer was 'heavy' when the truck should have been)

Anyway just sharing the pics of the first actual hauling adventure for this truck, except one very large rock earlier this summer, and it did as it should. Love the dump bed!

Thinking I really need to find a tandem 14' trailer instead of this single axle 12'. This load was on the 'heavy' side for the trailer because the wood was all hardwood.

Sure is nice though when it all works like its supposed to! Now the fun part; stacking in the old corn crib begins after the day job this week before the next load.

Mark

northern 85 · 09-20-2010, 10:01 PM

Very Nice!!!!

**old Rusty C10** · 09-20-2010, 10:45 PM

typical old chevy takes a licking and never groans...

RuralRoute C-30 · 10-02-2010, 02:49 PM

Day started out raining but decided to go for another load of wood and road run today. I'm really beginning to like this truck now that I'm starting to use it as intended. Can't even feel it pulling the trailer empty or loaded like I did last year with the Dodge. Granted the Dodge was a 1/2 ton.

Sure is nice though just to get out and enjoy using it though. Need to work on building stock racks like I did for the trailer though so it can haul more and that rear glass doesn't become an accident. Looking for a 12-14' tandem to replace this single axle trailer too. Yet driving an older truck down country roads just enjoying the gettin' and going with a classic country station music on tends to take me back to thinking of slower times...especially with the gears in this one. I like slower times.

Finally think I found a truck worth hanging onto.This one seems to be made for hauling!

Mark

Savage · 10-02-2010, 03:12 PM

very, very nice!

*Stitch* · 10-02-2010, 03:18 PM

that's awesome man...a truck should definitely be able to work when called upon

Number21 · 10-02-2010, 04:34 PM

A nice classic still pullin' it's own weight...I love it.

*nbpro* · 10-02-2010, 05:22 PM

Very Nice like a rock

Shawn5488 · 10-02-2010, 08:29 PM

Very nice, I always enjoy your write-ups and post as well as pics, I love that truck having come from a farm back ground.

09-20-2010, 09:41 PM	#1
RuralRoute C-30 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: East Central Illinois Posts: 511	Actually worked the C-30 today! Finally instead of working on the truck, today the truck got to work! About an 80 mile run to the woods and back home. Yes, this is why I wanted a 1-ton dump bed as today was the beginning of stocking our annual supply of firewood and more. I already know I definitely have to build some stock racks for the truck like I have for the trailer though. Could have hauled more on this run if I hadn't been limited to the side board height. (the trailer was 'heavy' when the truck should have been) Anyway just sharing the pics of the first actual hauling adventure for this truck, except one very large rock earlier this summer, and it did as it should. Love the dump bed! Thinking I really need to find a tandem 14' trailer instead of this single axle 12'. This load was on the 'heavy' side for the trailer because the wood was all hardwood. Sure is nice though when it all works like its supposed to! Now the fun part; stacking in the old corn crib begins after the day job this week before the next load. Mark __________________ 1985 Chevy C-30 Hydraulic Dump Bed 2001 Saturn SC2 (go to work car) 2010 PT Cruiser (wife's car) "Reality is just a hallucination brought on by lack of alcohol." Last edited by RuralRoute C-30; 09-20-2010 at 09:45 PM.

09-20-2010, 10:01 PM	#2
northern 85 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fairfield Maine Posts: 1,759	Re: Actually worked the C-30 today! Very Nice!!!!

09-20-2010, 10:45 PM	#3
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,313	Re: Actually worked the C-30 today! typical old chevy takes a licking and never groans... __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

10-02-2010, 02:49 PM	#4
RuralRoute C-30 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: East Central Illinois Posts: 511	Re: Actually worked the C-30 today! Day started out raining but decided to go for another load of wood and road run today. I'm really beginning to like this truck now that I'm starting to use it as intended. Can't even feel it pulling the trailer empty or loaded like I did last year with the Dodge. Granted the Dodge was a 1/2 ton. Sure is nice though just to get out and enjoy using it though. Need to work on building stock racks like I did for the trailer though so it can haul more and that rear glass doesn't become an accident. Looking for a 12-14' tandem to replace this single axle trailer too. Yet driving an older truck down country roads just enjoying the gettin' and going with a classic country station music on tends to take me back to thinking of slower times...especially with the gears in this one. I like slower times. Finally think I found a truck worth hanging onto.This one seems to be made for hauling! Mark __________________ 1985 Chevy C-30 Hydraulic Dump Bed 2001 Saturn SC2 (go to work car) 2010 PT Cruiser (wife's car) "Reality is just a hallucination brought on by lack of alcohol." Last edited by RuralRoute C-30; 10-02-2010 at 02:50 PM.

10-02-2010, 03:12 PM	#5
Savage Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NY/CA Posts: 84	Re: Actually worked the C-30 today! very, very nice! __________________ United States Marine Corps 1986 USMC CUCV M1008 (daily driver) / 1984 Chevy K10 RCLB

10-02-2010, 03:18 PM	#6
Stitch Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Where I come from, it's cornbread and chicken... Posts: 3,122	Re: Actually worked the C-30 today! that's awesome man...a truck should definitely be able to work when called upon

10-02-2010, 04:34 PM	#7
Number21 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Oregon Posts: 611	Re: Actually worked the C-30 today! A nice classic still pullin' it's own weight...I love it.

10-02-2010, 05:22 PM	#8
nbpro Account Suspended Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Huntsville,AL Posts: 2,119	Re: Actually worked the C-30 today! Very Nice like a rock

10-02-2010, 08:29 PM	#9
Shawn5488 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Central IN Posts: 87	Re: Actually worked the C-30 today! Very nice, I always enjoy your write-ups and post as well as pics, I love that truck having come from a farm back ground.



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