1st haul under new power

[RalphG]

Originally Posted by 41panelmark

Again note the GVW painted on the doors.Not sure how it would have been 18,000 but given the old bed set up having been out on a farm who knows.

My truck weighs in at almost 6 thousand pounds empty now, 1500+ more with the old bed.

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.

[41panelmark]

Originally Posted by RalphG

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.