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2004 International 7300

Willie B

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Dido Inc. in Dorset has one, a few towns have them on some loan program. They are capable of a whole lot more weight than nameplate allows. I don't know if you can legally increase the weight they are registered for.
 

DMiller

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Mil Spec is generally a Half to a quarter of actual functional capacity.
Tandem even single wheel trucks quoted at 5 ton, beds sized accordingly as that 5 yard without side rails, Never challenge the suspensions of them. Same truck commercial manufacture rated to 20t easily. Capacity charts I suspect not revised since WWII or Korea.
 
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