View Single Post
Old 06-18-2016, 06:37 PM   #14
41panelmark
Senior Member
 
41panelmark's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,264
Default Re: 1st haul under new power

Quote:
Originally Posted by RalphG View Post
18,000 GVW sounds about right. My dad had a similar Ford, but he newer "jailbar grille" style. It had a wooden grain box and he used to figure it held 200 bushels of grain if he filled it up. Thats 12,000 pounds right there and that leaves 6,000 for the truck. Single speed axle and the old well worn flathead used to frequently boil over hauling a heavy load across the fields at harvest time. No hoist on it either so dad got plenty of exercise shoveling grain when it was time to unload.
Ok this may explain that number, thank you. I have been curious for sure. The bed configuration when I bought it was very long and large.
41panelmark is offline   Reply With Quote