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andyr354 · 04-14-2003, 04:26 PM

Pull my jeep around about every couple of weeks now. Heading out to do some offroading.
I think my truck has a 3.07 ratio, 2300 rpm at 65mph. Still don't know its back there.

ZOOMY · 04-15-2003, 02:34 AM

Does anybody know what kind of wheels are on VFRDUDES 72 red stepside posted above ??????....Thanks......Zoomy

ZOOMY · 04-18-2003, 06:01 PM

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knucklebuster · 04-18-2003, 07:48 PM

I mostly use mine for collecting rain,pollen,rust and spare parts for the reassembly!!!That reminds me anybody need a set of the overload leaf springs(or whatever you call 'em).

Project1970 · 04-19-2003, 03:06 AM

Well, come mid May, I'm going to be using mine big time...gonna bolt the hitch back up, because I'll either be hauling a UHaul enclosed trailer, or the GT on a flat trailer...not to mention a full load in the bed and cab!

conman · 04-19-2003, 07:47 AM

Does anyone use a trailer? I have a 72 longhorn with a plywood bed. I haul all I need on the trailer and small things in the bed of truck. Works great. That way I just unhook trailer and my truck is free.

wildmann · 04-19-2003, 12:22 PM

my 68 extend acab is driven year round hauls campers trikes snowmobiles parts buildind materials houls the trailer withe patrs trucks customers vehicles the race car even hauled 9000 lbs of ceramic tile back from calgary hauled a 69 chev 1 ton dually with an 11 foot steel deck with a 120000 lbs winch and gin poles on the trailer of course took 4 and a half hours to go just over a hundred miles lets see you do all this in your new overpriced tin can

texnician01 · 04-19-2003, 12:28 PM

I had 2 tons of pea gravel in my truck one day and it's only a half ton. then I had to drive several miles down the interstate and then 20 miles down one of the worst stretches of highway. one of those that has the bunps at every seam of the pavement so the truck just gallops. kinda hard on axles and springs. but I just had to use first gear to get going and then it was smooth sailing.

My grandpa had a 67 half ton 2wd that he used in his heavy construction business for 217,000 miles. he hauled 100 gal of diesel(800 lbs) and severl hundred pounds of tools and oil in it every day of it's life(close to 1500 lbs). the heaviest load it carried was prolly a set of tracks from a D8 Caterpillar over 50 miles to the shop. he pulled model 70 and 80 Caterpillar pull scrapers with it once in a while. had to be careful where you went though cause you couldn't stop those things very well.

He had a set of dayton tires on a 73 chevy 4wd once and he was practically the poster child for them cause he ran those tires for over 70,000 miles with tread still on them. the sidewalls started to dry rot apart before they wore out. the tire dealer told people about this set of tires when trying make a sale and the people usually replied that they must've babied the tires the salesman then told them whose truck they were on and the people knew that the tires wern't babied!!!!!

he used his trucks for everything and pushed them to the max but he never did stupid stuff just trying to tear up the truck. that should say something about a Chevy for ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

540 Stroker · 04-19-2003, 02:18 PM

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Originally posted by vfrdude
I don't buy into that line of reasoning. Being lowered doesn't necessarily mean that you can't haul anything. I've used my truck many times as a 'work' truck - I used to do side work working for a roofing contractor. Now I didn't do anything crazy, like throw scrapes off the roof into the back of the truck, but I did haul a fair amount of material around.

Oh man! That truck is just too nice to be used as a "work" truck!

1972ChevyGuy · 04-20-2003, 04:15 PM

The best ride I ever had in a stock longbed was when i was hauling a huge grand piano around, talk about squatting, my exhaust was touching the road

Wish i had a pic, if some of you strong guys wanna come over and pick this beast of a piano up, ill show ya, lol

ZOOMY · 04-22-2003, 06:46 AM

ttt

ZOOMY · 04-25-2003, 01:39 AM

Doesn't anybody use their trucks for plowing snow, pulling boats, campers, hauling Harleys ????? ......Zoomy

Scrub · 04-25-2003, 02:09 AM

OK,
I hauled this Cow squeeze today with my 86 K30, but I looked up the pictures from the first trip in 1998 with my old 70 GMC.
The Squeeze weighs 6500 pounds and is about 30 feet long. The trailer weighs 1400 and is only like 17 feet long. If that wasn't bad enough, I threw a full load of crap in the bed of the truck and junk up inside the squeeze. I started at 3000 feet in the Sierra's near Grass Valley Ca, and dropped down to like 300 feet at Marysville and then to Mt. Shasta over Hebron at 5200 feet and on to K-Falls Oregon then Bend. 500 miles in a mere 17 hours at 45 max, over that and it would sway like heck. On Dunsmuir grade, I was in second gear of a 465 box.

**Palf70Step** · 04-25-2003, 07:32 AM

That's a lot of cr@p

Mike76251 · 04-25-2003, 09:13 AM

Is there a trophy or something??

Here is my entry;

It weighs 7500lbs and is 31ft long.

It has been pulled with my "Camper Special" from coast to coast several times including several trips up and down Grapevine Pass in California.

I might add the last two times with over 1000lbs in the back (welding machine).

ZOOMY · 04-30-2003, 03:15 AM

Hey Scrub, that's quite a trip with a good load, but what's a cow squeeze ? Never heard of one here in wI........zOOMY

ZOOMY · 05-02-2003, 02:48 AM

ttt

Iron-Butt · 05-02-2003, 04:12 AM

mine hauls lumber and motoercycles.

68 Suburban · 05-02-2003, 05:12 AM

I haul this.

ZOOMY · 05-07-2003, 12:58 AM

ttt

1969 GMC · 05-07-2003, 02:23 AM

2 days ago I hauled 20- 80 pound bags of softener salt (1600 lbs) the truck rode like a Caddy but to look at it didn't even squat but the sidewalls bulged a little bit.

MAC67 · 05-07-2003, 02:32 AM

first off 68CST327 gets my vote for best avatar,,ha ha ha,,and i dont have any pictures either, but once on my long gone 68 k 20 i had to go get a load of wood, i stacked split hickory corded in the bed 2 feet above the top of the cab , how the leaf springs kept from snapping ill never know ? i had 44" ground hawgs on it at the time, and the got knocked down to about 38's,, they were bulging quite nicley,,i think it gave me about 20 inches of foot print ,,ha ha ha ha ha

Bilgewiper · 05-07-2003, 08:46 AM

mines going back to primary transportation mode next week when I put the wifes Avalon up for sale.

68CST327 · 05-07-2003, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MAC67
first off 68CST327 gets my vote for best avatar

ZOOMY · 05-09-2003, 01:52 AM

I agree, 68cst327's wins.........Zoomy

04-14-2003, 04:26 PM	#51
andyr354 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mahaska, KS Posts: 82	Pull my jeep around about every couple of weeks now. Heading out to do some offroading. I think my truck has a 3.07 ratio, 2300 rpm at 65mph. Still don't know its back there. __________________ 1970 C10: 2WD, LWB, 350, 350 auto, Headers, Duals, Edelbrock 1406 with 2101 intake, and optional rust.

04-15-2003, 02:34 AM	#52
ZOOMY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: WIS Posts: 1,752	wheels Does anybody know what kind of wheels are on VFRDUDES 72 red stepside posted above ??????....Thanks......Zoomy

04-18-2003, 06:01 PM	#53
ZOOMY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: WIS Posts: 1,752	ttt .

04-18-2003, 07:48 PM	#54
knucklebuster Failure is NOT an option! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: greenwood s.c. Posts: 811	I mostly use mine for collecting rain,pollen,rust and spare parts for the reassembly!!!That reminds me anybody need a set of the overload leaf springs(or whatever you call 'em). __________________ House payment or truck parts?????.........why does life have to be so complicated? 1969 Chevy Shortbed Fleetside 1969 Camaro ps pb a/c(drove in high school now it's just a yard ornament,but it's next on the list for resto) 1990 Ni$$an hardbody( daily beater that has been really beaten!) 1999 Grand Am GT(wifes ride...never buy a pontiac!!Trust Me)

04-19-2003, 03:06 AM	#55
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	Well, come mid May, I'm going to be using mine big time...gonna bolt the hitch back up, because I'll either be hauling a UHaul enclosed trailer, or the GT on a flat trailer...not to mention a full load in the bed and cab! __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!

04-19-2003, 07:47 AM	#56
conman Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Fayette, Alabama Posts: 155	Does anyone use a trailer? I have a 72 longhorn with a plywood bed. I haul all I need on the trailer and small things in the bed of truck. Works great. That way I just unhook trailer and my truck is free. __________________ Fayette Alabama

04-19-2003, 12:22 PM	#57
wildmann Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: west of red deer alberta canada Posts: 16	my 68 extend acab is driven year round hauls campers trikes snowmobiles parts buildind materials houls the trailer withe patrs trucks customers vehicles the race car even hauled 9000 lbs of ceramic tile back from calgary hauled a 69 chev 1 ton dually with an 11 foot steel deck with a 120000 lbs winch and gin poles on the trailer of course took 4 and a half hours to go just over a hundred miles lets see you do all this in your new overpriced tin can __________________ owner builder of ol bue the 68 chev extendacab 68 ext cab 4x4 68 lowrider 350 w/sag 4spd lngbx summer truck 68 305 w/sag 4spd lngbx daily driver 64 impala 2dr hdtp 350 4spd

04-19-2003, 12:28 PM	#58
texnician01 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: 12 Miles South of Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 359	I had 2 tons of pea gravel in my truck one day and it's only a half ton. then I had to drive several miles down the interstate and then 20 miles down one of the worst stretches of highway. one of those that has the bunps at every seam of the pavement so the truck just gallops. kinda hard on axles and springs. but I just had to use first gear to get going and then it was smooth sailing. My grandpa had a 67 half ton 2wd that he used in his heavy construction business for 217,000 miles. he hauled 100 gal of diesel(800 lbs) and severl hundred pounds of tools and oil in it every day of it's life(close to 1500 lbs). the heaviest load it carried was prolly a set of tracks from a D8 Caterpillar over 50 miles to the shop. he pulled model 70 and 80 Caterpillar pull scrapers with it once in a while. had to be careful where you went though cause you couldn't stop those things very well. He had a set of dayton tires on a 73 chevy 4wd once and he was practically the poster child for them cause he ran those tires for over 70,000 miles with tread still on them. the sidewalls started to dry rot apart before they wore out. the tire dealer told people about this set of tires when trying make a sale and the people usually replied that they must've babied the tires the salesman then told them whose truck they were on and the people knew that the tires wern't babied!!!!! he used his trucks for everything and pushed them to the max but he never did stupid stuff just trying to tear up the truck. that should say something about a Chevy for ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ 69 C-10, 340HP 327 55 chevy 4 door 150 47 Willys CJ-2A 05 Harley Night Train 06 1200 Sportster (Wife's bike) 70 Honda CL350 OIF2 & OIF7 Veteran Nathan & Tiffany

04-20-2003, 04:15 PM	#60
1972ChevyGuy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kannapolis, NC Posts: 552	The best ride I ever had in a stock longbed was when i was hauling a huge grand piano around, talk about squatting, my exhaust was touching the road Wish i had a pic, if some of you strong guys wanna come over and pick this beast of a piano up, ill show ya, lol

04-22-2003, 06:46 AM	#61
ZOOMY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: WIS Posts: 1,752	anyone else ttt

04-25-2003, 01:39 AM	#62
ZOOMY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: WIS Posts: 1,752	snowplow ??? Doesn't anybody use their trucks for plowing snow, pulling boats, campers, hauling Harleys ????? ......Zoomy

04-25-2003, 02:09 AM	#63
Scrub Collector of rusty Items Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sisters,Oregon USA Posts: 731	OK, I hauled this Cow squeeze today with my 86 K30, but I looked up the pictures from the first trip in 1998 with my old 70 GMC. The Squeeze weighs 6500 pounds and is about 30 feet long. The trailer weighs 1400 and is only like 17 feet long. If that wasn't bad enough, I threw a full load of crap in the bed of the truck and junk up inside the squeeze. I started at 3000 feet in the Sierra's near Grass Valley Ca, and dropped down to like 300 feet at Marysville and then to Mt. Shasta over Hebron at 5200 feet and on to K-Falls Oregon then Bend. 500 miles in a mere 17 hours at 45 max, over that and it would sway like heck. On Dunsmuir grade, I was in second gear of a 465 box. Attached Images __________________ Scrub Sisters, Oregon - Home of the Sisters Rodeo. 70 GMC 1,000,000 + miles 72 K-20 project, 456 Dana60 front, Corp14 rear w/locker, 265R19.5 tires 20-ply. Warn 12k winches both ends, Cross-over steering with raised tie-rod, Powerbox steering, 4500 watt 120-AC power, Air, Hydraulic aux power, 4 inch lift, 5000 lb air-bags both ends. Last edited by Scrub; 04-25-2003 at 02:11 AM.

04-25-2003, 07:32 AM	#64
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,083	That's a lot of cr@p __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

04-25-2003, 09:13 AM	#65
Mike76251 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,500	Is there a trophy or something?? Here is my entry; It weighs 7500lbs and is 31ft long. It has been pulled with my "Camper Special" from coast to coast several times including several trips up and down Grapevine Pass in California. I might add the last two times with over 1000lbs in the back (welding machine). Attached Images

04-30-2003, 03:15 AM	#66
ZOOMY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: WIS Posts: 1,752	truck use Hey Scrub, that's quite a trip with a good load, but what's a cow squeeze ? Never heard of one here in wI........zOOMY



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05-02-2003, 02:48 AM	#67
ZOOMY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: WIS Posts: 1,752	truck use ttt

05-02-2003, 04:12 AM	#68
Iron-Butt 454 club Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,348	mine hauls lumber and motoercycles. __________________ David 1965 Chevrolet c-10 454 automatic Custom bbw swb. 1965 Chevrolet C-10 swb (Sold) 1963 Chevrolet C-10 6 Cyl automatic with dual exhaust, pb, ps and 17's. R.I.P "I will miss you. 1967 Chevrolet C-10 6 Cyl Custom lwb 1939 Chevrolet Coupe, 350 v8 automatic. 1935 Chevrolet 2 Dr Standard in the works. 2015 Harley Davidson Street Glide. 2023 Chevrolet Stingray Z51 Convertible. I never want to grow up.

05-02-2003, 05:12 AM	#69
68 Suburban Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: From Chicago, Live in Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,802	I haul this. __________________ Just sitting here contemplating contemplation.

05-07-2003, 12:58 AM	#70
ZOOMY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: WIS Posts: 1,752	usage ttt

05-07-2003, 02:23 AM	#71
1969 GMC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Rubber City Posts: 5,498	2 days ago I hauled 20- 80 pound bags of softener salt (1600 lbs) the truck rode like a Caddy but to look at it didn't even squat but the sidewalls bulged a little bit. __________________ 1969 GMC K2500 1996 Honda Accord 2007 Kawasaki KLR 650

05-07-2003, 02:32 AM	#72
MAC67 " SHOW ME" Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: shelbyville illinois Posts: 2,624	first off 68CST327 gets my vote for best avatar,,ha ha ha,,and i dont have any pictures either, but once on my long gone 68 k 20 i had to go get a load of wood, i stacked split hickory corded in the bed 2 feet above the top of the cab , how the leaf springs kept from snapping ill never know ? i had 44" ground hawgs on it at the time, and the got knocked down to about 38's,, they were bulging quite nicley,,i think it gave me about 20 inches of foot print ,,ha ha ha ha ha

05-07-2003, 08:46 AM	#73
Bilgewiper Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Citrus Heights Ca. Posts: 186	mines going back to primary transportation mode next week when I put the wifes Avalon up for sale. __________________ Ethan '71 C-10 LWB Cheyenne 85K miles. "Time spent Boating is NOT deducted from ones lifespan".

05-09-2003, 01:52 AM	#75
ZOOMY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: WIS Posts: 1,752	best avatar I agree, 68cst327's wins.........Zoomy

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