Ratings.. ROFL.. I think the only people that follow the ratings are those
that are governed by DOT requirements. I know my 1200 pound payload Dakota
can carry closer to 3500 pounds; but I don't ask it to every day.
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Oliver" <barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Utility Trailers
>
> jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> > Jason Bleazard <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
> >
> > : David Henry wrote:
> > :> Wouldn't they just ship to your place as usual?
> > :>
> >
> > : I'm concerned that if I shipped a military truck to Jon's, I might
never
> > : see it again, except the occasional glimpse through the trees as he
> > : tears through the woods with it.
> >
> >
> > Well, it *would* need regular excersize of course... :-)
> >
> >
> > Hmmm, when we play paintball at the BBQ, I call dibs on the 6x6!
> > ;-) If we can get Barry to build about ten gattling guns for the back,
> > it could be a formidable platform. :-)
> >
> >
> > Heck, as long as we are sort've off topic - something I don't
> > understand about those trucks is that they are called a deuce and
> > a half, because their payload is 2.5 tons (5,000lbs). That's not
> > the part I don't get; the part I don't get is that my Ram dually
> > has a payload of nearly 5,000lbs, and that 6x6 has got to be so
> > much more heavy duty than my Ram that it isn't even funny. Are
> > they just seriously underrated? Another example is the 1/4ton
> > trailers that were pulled behind the Jeeps. That's only 500lbs.
> > Heck, we throw more than 500lbs into the cheap little ATV trailer
> > here all the time, and those Jeep trailers are clearly much more
> > sturdy than this ATV trailer. ???
> >
> >
>
>
>
> I would give it a go, esp if I could get my hands on a few of those 300
> psi scuba tanks....
>
> A Deuce and a half is exactly that, a 2-1/2 ton truck. It is rated
> [IIRC] to carry that two and a half tons under any conditions, up/down
> 50% grades, 5' of standing water, etc. it was not produced to satisfy
> the bigger is more demands of the american consumer market. If they
> were marketed like that, they would be known as 10 ton trucks or worse.
> The salient point is that if you tell a soldier the max capacity of
> something is 10 pounds, then turn around for a second, he will have
> loaded 21 pounds of junk on it. With a M35, that's not a problem.
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