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Originally Posted by GOPAPA
Reminds me of one time I went down to the rock crusher for $2.00 a load for 3/4 minus rock and the front end loader guy loaded me all the way up and it ran over the sides and tailgate.. This was my 65 Chevy short /wide bed 1/2 ton and I drove it slow up a long hill ( 3 miles)to home and made it with out splitting my rims ... .. I have no idea what that load of rock weighed ,, any one know by my deminsions of the bed I stated ?
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I couldn't say, Larry, but your story reminded me of the time I drove over the mountain (about an hour) to get a load of topsoil. The guy running the loader says there ya go, I said no, add some more -- 2 or 3 times. Finally got the K20 as full as it could be. The steering was light, the brakes marginal, and the trip home was slower. Went to the county scales and it weighed 11,300 pounds. After I shoveled out the dirt, I went back and weighed it again. 5300 pounds. It had an even 3 tons in it. Never again.