um...... wow! Yet after 11 pages I could not look away!!! I have pulled some heavy loads but some of yours are astonishing. The most I ever overloaded a truck was when I pulled a 67 caddy fleetwood on a flat bed trailer with a 00 4.2 and m5od ( never used 5th.) But to my credit I had helper springs, surge brakes on the trailer, bfg commercial tires,and even weight distribution (it had another engine in the trunk.) I have no idea as to the actual weight but it was definatly heavy. it took a little to get her going from a stop. but once she was rolling, 65 mph wasn't hard at all. feathering the brakes and downshifting made stopping a breeze. Of course, in the Marines, I drove m900 series 5ton trucks pulling a m198 16,000lb howitzer for 4 years in all types of terrain. the funny thing is the m900's max towing weight was actually 15,000lb and therefore the howitzer was actually overloading the truck! So shifty, I guess if the government can do it, why shouldn't you?
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I could not stop laughing about that rubber mat. By far the funniest thing I've seen in quiet some time. The arguments are some of the best on here. Keep hauling shifty just use some tie downs lololol.
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Skipped through this thread and thought it was pretty funny, Although i wouldn't agree with the extreme weight of this shifty guy, some of you on this forum are total. I imagine some of you would refuse to throw a cooler in the back if you and 3 buddies weighing 250lbs each along with your 500lb wife were in the vehicle.
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well i noticed the ole girl was sagggin a little to the drivers side and making a thump when i would back up. so i checked if a shock was bad. nope. cracked leaf? nope. the shackle went buh bye!
doesnt sag to bad for having no rear shackle. i may get drop shackles and lower it an inch or so.
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Not that I like to admit but I once hauled a yard of 1 1/2" drain/river rock which I think weights in at just over a ton in the bed. Wasnt a fun ride to the job
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Man this thread is great. Shifty you are the man. Hope to see some more heavy loads coming our way this year.
Years ago i was with an older fella that had an 80's f150 not sure the year exactly but we overloaded it with wood(unintentionally). After about 2 minutes down the hwy we realized we had severely overloaded this truck as any little bumps would cause the back end to sway around. Fortunately this doods cottage was en route to my house so we took it easy until we reached his cottage and halved our load. Ride was much better after that. I was impressed even though it was not our intentions to "over load" that the truck even though required low speeds had no problem.
Does no one remember the old commercials where the F150 climbed that hill with the Chev in the back? What about Chev's counter with the Chev with 2 F150's in the back? The companies make the claims.... its up to us to prove it.
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I have pulled some heavy loads but some of yours are astonishing. The most I ever overloaded a truck was when I pulled a 67 caddy fleetwood on a flat bed trailer with a 00 4.2 and m5od ( never used 5th.) But to my credit I had helper springs, surge brakes on the trailer, bfg commercial tires,and even weight distribution (it had another engine in the trunk.) I have no idea as to the actual weight but it was definatly heavy. it took a little to get her going from a stop. but once she was rolling, 65 mph wasn't hard at all. feathering the brakes and downshifting made stopping a breeze. Of course, in the Marines, I drove m900 series 5ton trucks pulling a m198 16,000lb howitzer for 4 years in all types of terrain. the funny thing is the m900's max towing weight was actually 15,000lb and therefore the howitzer was actually overloading the truck! So shifty, I guess if the government can do it, why shouldn't you?
99 5.4L 4x4 SC/Leveled with 33x12.5x17 on 17x10 polished Boyd Coddingtons/ Gotts mod/ Magnapacks/ Billet grill /Pioneer deh-p6000ub head unit/ 12" Kicker L5/Custom rear center ported box tuned to 33hz/ Alpine mrp M500.1 amp
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