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Steve Barker[_6_]

On 7/14/2010 3:50 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:37:20 -0500, Steve Barker
wrote:

On 7/14/2010 1:51 AM, mike wrote:
Kate wrote:
Hi All,

My Dad is loaning me his 1989 Dodge Ram, the sports model so it is not
a huge truck, to haul concrete and posts, etc. for a new vinyl gate
and fence. I just finished gating in one end of my back yard, but now
am ready to do the other end.

I need 15 bags of pre-mixed concrete. Each bag weighs 60 pounds.
Can this little truck handle 900 pounds?

I sure don't want to risk damaging this truck. You may get a chuckle
out of it, but Dad keeps it spit shined, and it only has 21,000 miles
on it. The only thing I really miss in it is that there are no air bags.

I will be hauling the concrete 24 miles from my home.

Thanks for your help.

Kate
You might wanna be kind to the object of your dad's affection.
Spend $6 and make two trips.

I once piled the trunk of an older, but low mileage car with all
my belongings and moved cross country. Blew the seals out of the
shock absorbers.

the way you loaded it had nothing to do with the shocks starting to
leak. They are designed to work properly all along their full stroke.
But they are NOT designed to go full stroke all the time.

The suspension stops will not allow the shocks to bottom out.

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Steve Barker
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