Funny story, I bought my '56 chevy 6400 about 7yrs ago but only had a 1/2ton pickup to go get it with. 300mile trip. So before I left I tried to figure out what it weighed to be sure I was safe. Everyone kept telling me "oh it won't weigh much more than 7-8k". It's a short wheelbase, 13' bed with hoist, etc.
So off I go with an 18ft bumper-pull car hauler trailer (heavy duty trailer with 7k axles, thankfully). Back tires of truck were barely on trailer deck, but it felt wayyyy heavier than what I expected. Put 50lbs of air pressure in my airbags and headed for home. Went over a mountain pass in Idaho about 50mph, (390hp hemi had plenty of power). I run 10ply tires on pickup, 14ply on my trailer, and I'm pretty cautious about things but still, the tail was wagging the dog at times.
Decided to pull into a weigh station out of curiosity. Whole rig weighed 17,800. Station guy chuckled and said that's one hell of a load for a half-ton. I'll never do that again! Apparently that trucked weighs over 10,000lbs. Frame has been reinforced and the bed/hoist is stout as hell.
