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Shimmy1

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Most of the retards that get into trouble with a hoe behind a tonner deserve it, IMO. You cannot load it like a semi, and drive it like you're behind the wheel of your Suburban. If these guys actually respected the rig they are driving, and drove it like they weighed 80k, there would be a fraction of these stories.
 
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Shimmy1 said:
Most of the retards that get into trouble with a hoe behind a tonner deserve it, IMO. You cannot load it like a semi, and drive it like you're behind the wheel of your Suburban. If these guys actually respected the rig they are driving, and drove it like they weighed 80k, there would be a fraction of these stories.
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There you go wanting to apply common sense Shimmy1. You should know better. :)

The little youtube video with the srw pulling the backhoe - the driver says "I'm horribly overloaded for this truck" right in the video. At least he's got that part right (of course if he's smart enough to know that- it begs the question then of "why is he doing it?"). 2021 GCWR on a SRW 7.3 with the tall rears he has is only 23,500. And he crosses the scale at 32,000?

From what I saw the truck was running 4-5,000 rpms getting 5.2mpg only hauling 32,000lbs. The little truck sounds totally wound out, I'd hate to listen to that poor thing howl. What part of that makes any sense? I guess it gets Youtube views.

CM1995 has it right on the Youtube guy being a moron.

Then again, its nothing like the wood haulers:

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DMiller

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We have independent Stave company at New Florence and Salem MO so Slabs, Blocks and Bolts get hauled A LOT for wood burners. See quite a few as those CO!!
 
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Well there is just something about hauling firewood that causes people to outdo the next moron.
{Ralph look at that-why he ain't got no load of wood. Hell he could 'a piled another two cord on
there. Heck just last week we got 4 cord on my 1/2 ton, we did blow a couple tires, broke a spring
and bent the axle but look at the money we saved!}

Morons come in all shapes and sizes, most of them in these videos have a hat size of 3.
 
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I had a 1969 Jeep 1/2 short bed i think they are 7 feet bed Dana 44 axles one extra leaf spring on each side out of a f500. I would stand on the tailgate and stack wood as high as i could. I realy liked it but some one like it way more and i sold it. That guy some how broke 2 axles and tore the bed up. He had trouble finding axles so i put a 9inch ford under it for him he moved after that so i dont know how it worked out. I got one out of a van because the jeep pickups have wider axles than other pickups. If money was no deal i would find another jeep pickup it made other 4x4s look like 2wds . Theres something about a pickup that was made to be a 4x4 not a converted 2wd. I had a 1972 f250 it sat up high and had a good 390 but they are worthless as a 4x4 the jeep could towbar it places it could never go.
 
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We lost our collective asses selling firewood in 1980. I always thought it was too many guys and equipment, but maybe it was because we did not haul jackwagon loads?
The best little hauler was a 1968 Datsun pickup that dad got new when he worked on I-82 between Selah and Ellensburg.
We had plywood sides that reached up over the cab for a little porch. It would haul a full cord of split and dried, legit. That thing weighed a ton, hauled a ton, and rode like it empty. It was an epic kidney beater.
One of the advertisements in 68 was one of the trucks set upside down and backwards on another, going down the road.
 
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Old Doug said:
I had a 1969 Jeep 1/2 short bed i think they are 7 feet bed Dana 44 axles one extra leaf spring on each side out of a f500. I would stand on the tailgate and stack wood as high as i could. I realy liked it but some one like it way more and i sold it. That guy some how broke 2 axles and tore the bed up. He had trouble finding axles so i put a 9inch ford under it for him he moved after that so i dont know how it worked out. I got one out of a van because the jeep pickups have wider axles than other pickups. If money was no deal i would find another jeep pickup it made other 4x4s look like 2wds . Theres something about a pickup that was made to be a 4x4 not a converted 2wd. I had a 1972 f250 it sat up high and had a good 390 but they are worthless as a 4x4 the jeep could towbar it places it could never go.
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I had a 1968, my father had a 1977, I then had a 1976 full sized Cherokee. I loved them! The 68 had a barely adequate inline six, three speed on the column. 1977 had a 360 V8, three speed stick, 3.73 ratio. Cherokee was 360 4 speed & 4.11 ratio, nicest highway 4 x 4 I've ever driven.

I've had 20+ Jeeps over the years. Now, I'm part owner of a 1998 Wrangler, great machine, & Mrs. B lets me drive her 2020 Grand Cherokee occasionally.

I've always loved Jeeps.
Yes, I still have the 1947 CJ2A.
 
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My pickup had a 350 Buick th400 3.89 gears. I rebuilt every thing on it i replaced the front springs with scout springs to move the front axle forwared . It was a great pickup but the didnt like summer it would run hot i met others that had a jeep with a 350 Buick that had cooling problems also. I have 6 Jeeps the best 2 are a m38al and a 47 CJ2a. I am thinking of selling the m38a1 i got it running and drove it one summer and havnt had it on the road after that. When i got it i wanted a CJ to modify but i hated to cut up a army jeep. I need to figure out what its worth some how.
 
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JPV said:
I have backed into one with a loaded dump truck trying to do a favor for a homeowner with some free dirt. He told me where he wanted it, I tried to get it there, guess who donated the labor and machine time to replace the tank! Lesson learned...
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The reason why we turn down every request to dump our excess dirt on residential lots. No good deed goes unpunished.
 
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Reminds me of a time when Bob M. was delivering hay with a 50's cornbinder single axle flatbed. He cut the corner at the customer's driveway and over she went on the driver's door. The passenger door pops open, out comes his husky pup and out climbs Bob. The customer comes out and Bob naturally says " I hope that's where you wanted the hay!"
<this story recounted to me by my brother, who was following in his pickup to help Bob barn the hay>
My brother did indeed help barn the hay. One pickup load at a time.
 
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CM1995 said:
The reason why we turn down every request to dump our excess dirt on residential lots. No good deed goes unpunished.
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That loading dock dig and haul off I did last month, I took it right past the corner of the drainfield, but the tank was easy to see. It was exposed!
That is what the dirt will get used for among other things. And I will be placing it with an excavator.
 
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