I did my dad a favor and moved a few of boxes of grapes (he makes homemade
wine). I moved 55 count 'em 55 boxes @ 40 pounds a piece now the payload on
my truck is supposedly only 1800 pounds and yes 55 x 40 = 2,200 #'s. Truck
performed like a champ the motor felt nothing. I just had to be a little
carefull with the shitty roads on Long Island. And yes she was dropped to the
floor, but still ran like a champ.
Joe G.
Black '98 Sport plus 318 4x4 and a whole lotta haulin'!!!!
In a message dated 7/15/99 6:45:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rchapman@iserv.net writes:
<< > You all are probably just gonna go "Yeah, so?", but I was
> pleasantly surprised the other day, when I hauled the
> heaviest load I've had in my Dak. An 800# generator,
> probably 900# with the crate. I really expected it to be
> a bit sluggish with that much weight in the bed, but I
> couldn't even tell it was there! Had to keep checking the
> rearview mirror to be sure I hadn't lost it (don't look now
> Dad!) I was still relieved when they removed it with the
> mondo forklift without hurting my Baby ( DON'T DAMAGE THE
> TRUCK! "it's a work truck, what do a few dings matter?
> DON'T DAMAGE THE TRUCK!!!)
> Anyway,I was proud of Baby,and I just felt the need to
> share.
> Flip
> '98 V6, 2wd, RC, Sport
> >>
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