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Anybody else ever smelt that funny smell you get when you have someone else pull out in front of you and you push hard on the brakes(stock) and gear down. Only later to find out the reason you had to gear the old '66 down to stop was because the truck and trailer weighed 10'000lbs.(don't tell D.O.T) Just thought I would ask. Maybe no-one else loads their 42 year old 3/4 ton like I do.

I have overloaded my Viking before (5 tons of gravel), and the brakes always stop me, but sometimes I almost have to stand on the pedal.

I forgot to dis-engage my parking brake once, now that smelled funny.

John

The term "Stand on the Brakes" comes from trucks loaded when drivers literally have to "Stand on the brakes" to reduce the forward velocity. I remember driving a fully loaded straight axle truck thru Chicago traffic only to understand brake fade due to heated brakes and was pulling my self upward by the wheel and standing on the pedal with both feet.

See I was hauling scrap and at the time for me it was a 100 mile round trip through a town that had plenty of red lights which meant I had brake fade then some dude in a honda pulled out in front of me. note-this old truck has sat in the weeds for at least 15 years before it was brought back to life and I hanvn't replaced anything but two lines on the brakes. John- looks like you have a lot of big-bolts do you have a hauling buisiness or do you just like the real workhorses?

No hauling business, I just like old trucks, and the big ones are less expensive. I originally wanted several of the art deco's so I could learn more about them. When they are that old, most of them are not completely original, and I wanted to get as much information together as possible before I started working on my red '42.
I have an extra large yard, and therefore do need one big truck to use for my landscaping projects, (hauling mulch, rock, etc). A big flatbed is also a great work platform for trimming trees and tall shrubs.
Now that I have added a couple 1/2 tons to my fleet, I may thin the herd as parking space in the city comes at a premium.

John

All Spring/Summer/late Fall, I don't feel it is overloaded but my Teardrop trailer and all camping gear weighs approximately 1000 lbs. I haul it every weekend and now and then someone will pull out in front of me or STOP for no reason. My brakes stop me but they don't stop my heart from taking off.

TooManyTrucks, was the smell you smelled brake smell or soiled linen smell?

Thruwurkin
Kennewick Man

No soiled linen. Unless it was the guys in front of me when he heard that 250 start fart poppin'. John-- I understand the "Big Yard" Philosophy right now with mom and dad I've only got 5 acres and the ol' 66 has seen its share of yard truck use- ecspecially this summer since both cotrol arms were broke and he wasn't road worthy but when something big needed moved guess what had to be cranked. Note--- when both control arms are rusted pretty bad, REPLACE THEM, do not use the truck to haul scrap or do excessive burnouts with 31" tires. Don't ask me how I know.

My truck has seen its share of heavy loads, look in my webshots and youtube for the evidence. Its a '66 C-10, and has crossed the scales at work with 1700 lbs of gravel in the back, and now that I have sideboards on it, I regularly stack firewood halfway up the boards. If you watch the video called "Loaded" on my youtube page, my girlfriend was kind enough to video me starting and stopping at a stop sign with close to 2000 lbs of softball-sized rocks in the back.

Worst thing I've ever hauled is my grandpaw's 7' by 16' tandem axle trailer with his '87 John Deere 750 and a 5' bushhog on it. I felt like I was going to push the brake pedal through the floor trying to get that blasted thing to slow down.

One thing I learned from him pulling the same trailer and tractor in his '71 C-10 was to take it easy and leave several hundred yards ahead of you, and when the load is exceptionally large (read sitting on the bump-stops) don't go too fast and listen to the engine, she'll tell you what she likes.

Guys there are load limits for a reason. It is very dangerous hauling/pulling too much weight. You are putting yourself and others in danger. At work I drive a dump truck and pull a 17,000 lb. backhoe around and the fact is people are going to pull in front of you. They dont like to follow vehicles they cant see around so allways leave pleanty of extra room when following or stopping.
Not getting preachy, just want everyone to be safe. You would feel awful if you mamed or killed someone cause you were overloaded.

Darin

You know lets change the set up of this discussion. Lets start talking about different ways people still put their old bolts(or parts of bolts) to work. Or the way things get rigged on site for a purpose... may not be stock but it is what keeps these rigs running. for example... When you can't afford to put pre-cut lumber in, 8-2x10's wil make a pretty good looking bed or how you mounted an engine hoist in the bed or maybe even the fact that '68 c-10 rear shock mounts even though they are 2 inches shorter than stock for a '66 C-20 they will fit and work nicely with no cutting or welding.