> From: Rob Agnew <ragnew@islandnet.com>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: *snip* Firewood
> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 1997 01:07 PM
>
> At 10:01 AM 10/14/97 -0700, you wrote:
> <snip>
> > Did my first full bed load of firewood last Sunday. Pine and Oak
> >up to the top of the shell, and I still had 1" of suspension left. Not
bad
> >for
> >a 1450# payload limit.
> > Sam '95 SLT
> >
> Dodge has always over-built their trucks. I packed an 8 ft. camper
> (approx. 2,200 lbs. loaded) on my '78 D100 with a 1500# payload rating
> ....used to pack a full cord of green alder (4,000 lbs.) in my D200 3/4
ton.
> Try running it over a weigh scale some time ... I bet you were packing
> 2,000 lbs.
>
>
> Rob Agnew
Funny thing, the ride was GREAT. Very smooth. Why is it when
I have my motorcycle on the rear hitch (class IV receiver- rack mounts to
that)
I have a very jolting ride?? The bike weighs in at 305# full tank o-gas,
and the rack
is about 65#... I guess 400# (or so) of tongue weight puts more strain on
the
stock leaf springs than 1400-2000# of payload in the bed.
Sam '95 SLT
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