I know this is an old thread. I just came across it and I thought you might find this amusing...or something.
I once worked at a remote camp in Northern Ontario. They had an old 93'ish Silverado 1500 4x4. One winter my wife and I got stuck with the Christmas shift. In other words doing all the maintenance, loading wood in all the boilers twice a day. Plowing the driveways etc. While the rest of the staff buggered off to see family, go to Florida or whatever.
We had a snowfall and a bit of melt and the camp road got pretty slick. The routine in that case was to go down to the highways depot and get sand. They'd give it to you free, but you had to haul it yourself. It was the week between Christmas and New Years so nearly everything was closed in town. The guy at Highways was new/ low man on the totem pole I guess and hadn't done a sand load for civilians before. He asked how much did I want. I said I dunno. The usual I guess, truck's outside, fill 'er up.
So I watched while he took the big bucket loader and dumped an entire bucket into the bed. Filled it overflowing! The poor truck was right on the suspension stops!
I drove her back to camp...7-8 km outside of town. She sure felt loaded down, but she made it. Then the Wife drove her up and down the hill and around the other camp roads while I stood on the sand pile in the bed, slinging sand on the road with a shovel.
That truck was still there several years later last I'd heard. Still hauling beds full of cut firewood out of the bush with 4-5 guys sitting in and on top. She may or may not have had the slightest hint of a bend to her frame.
According to Google and my calculator, a 4x8 bed, 2 feet deep full of sand is about 7500 lbs!
Oops!
I in no way recommend doing anything that stupid, but hey. Like a Rock isn't just a marketing slogan!
I once worked at a remote camp in Northern Ontario. They had an old 93'ish Silverado 1500 4x4. One winter my wife and I got stuck with the Christmas shift. In other words doing all the maintenance, loading wood in all the boilers twice a day. Plowing the driveways etc. While the rest of the staff buggered off to see family, go to Florida or whatever.
We had a snowfall and a bit of melt and the camp road got pretty slick. The routine in that case was to go down to the highways depot and get sand. They'd give it to you free, but you had to haul it yourself. It was the week between Christmas and New Years so nearly everything was closed in town. The guy at Highways was new/ low man on the totem pole I guess and hadn't done a sand load for civilians before. He asked how much did I want. I said I dunno. The usual I guess, truck's outside, fill 'er up.
So I watched while he took the big bucket loader and dumped an entire bucket into the bed. Filled it overflowing! The poor truck was right on the suspension stops!
I drove her back to camp...7-8 km outside of town. She sure felt loaded down, but she made it. Then the Wife drove her up and down the hill and around the other camp roads while I stood on the sand pile in the bed, slinging sand on the road with a shovel.
That truck was still there several years later last I'd heard. Still hauling beds full of cut firewood out of the bush with 4-5 guys sitting in and on top. She may or may not have had the slightest hint of a bend to her frame.
According to Google and my calculator, a 4x8 bed, 2 feet deep full of sand is about 7500 lbs!
Oops!
I in no way recommend doing anything that stupid, but hey. Like a Rock isn't just a marketing slogan!