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| | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 | Not that I'm planning on setting any records but I'm wondering what kind of loads have been hauled with this type vehicle. It's a 51 GMC, 1-ton, split-rim duals, overloads.
Who's got some good stories? | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | If it was originally sold in Mexico then how much it will haul is determined by how high the bed sides are. :p They just fill them up.
Now that I said that here is how the terms came to be;
the notation of One Ton or Two Ton goes back to the 20's and perhaps into the teens. It referred to the amount of weight that could be carried on the front axle. So I guess if you could get it on the truck and the weight distribution was within the "one ton" limit then you could haul it or so it would seem. This is a totally false presumption of course but that is what I've been told by the old timers who instructed me and I've been around trucks and equipment for over 40 years. Oddly enough, if you check it out and deduct the front end dry weight it still isn't too far off. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 53 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 53 | The original use of the term referred to the maximum recommended payload. For military trucks made in the 40s and 50s, the nominal designation referred to the "off-road" payload. Hence, a 2 1/2 ton truck had a payload rating of 5000 pounds off-road, or 10,000 pounds onroad. For your '51, see the complete specs with GVW and axle capacities at http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/photos/51_SpecsAllModelsG.gif | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | I had a gross weight of 9,320 (truck and load) loaded with scrap iron on my 48 1-ton with single rear wheels 
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | my cuzin put about 3000 lbs of feed in a 58' 1 ton pherd - he said it didn't even squat the springs in back! | | | | | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 | I've hauled over 2 tons in my 3/4 ton and wasn't even into the overload springs. But the front end better be in good shape.  Even with new kingpins and tight rod ends, she likes to dance above 45 with that kind of load.
Fred
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69 C-10
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 31 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 31 | I had 109 cases of Merlot one time. And 3 yards of gravel another. Didn't set any land speed records...but did it with pride! 
Thomas Mott
1949 GMC 250
1957 Dodge COE c-700
1959 Chris Craft 17' w/big journal 327 for more power
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | T Mott....109 cases - wow! But is that what you left with or what you arrived with? :p | | |
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