Unless he has strengthened the frame or changed it to a later model heavy duty chassis it is in for serious problems IF he uses it to haul all the gravel that dump body will carry full. Likey about 8+ yds. The AD's were originally built with about 16,000 GVW or a few heavier, perhaps 18,000. Gravel weighs 3500+lbs/yd so a lot of weight on that old girl. I hope he only hauls feathers of light stuff. It looks great.


1953 Chevy 5-window 3100
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Dave
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