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As far as hanging weight on/off the tailgate, if I recall correctly the FMVSS for light truck tailgates is 400lb. static, resting in the middle of the tailgate such as bags of cement spread out next to each other as opposed to stacked. The mfg's I dealt with years ago did the least they could do just meet the standard. Pro'bly why we see so many convex tailgates.
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If they do, that'll give their coworkers something to talk about since one will be sitting in other's lap when it folds! (a line from the movie when they're in bed together in "Throw Mama From the Train" "Sooooo---how 'bout them Bears?"
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Peters: You are correct, of course. Can you believe that was 20 years ago. Time flys.
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It must have been REALLY overloaded if he had a weight dist. hitch and still sagged. Okay Tony---don't keep us in suspense--what happened.
A few years ago a friend told about a guy in an F250 crew cab flying past him with his family and a big bumper tow camper. The guy had to have been 90 since my buddy was about 70. A few miles later my buddy starts seeing debris---clothing, camping gear--on the left shoulder then more and more stuff like metal siding, 2x2's, insulation---and then the mother load--the F250 and the trailer (read: frame) up side down on the shoulder.
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Here's something else to think about when loading a truck bed: I have seen several pickups used by repo guys who have mounted a wrecker lift in the bed, those hauling heavy sod, and masons with cement blocks. The weight crushed the horizontal cross members toward the rear which are nothing more than hat-section ribs made of sheet metal. Going down the road from the side it looks like the frame is bent
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Double posts? errr? Somebody's been drinkin' again...
Are they fgure 8's or circles cuz there IS a difference.
Turcks? The turcks (so you have fat fingers too, I see) I've seen have a turbin-like wrap affair.
The canopy I got for the TC, well, was a cluster. The first one was cracked (supposedly in shipping) and had polishing burn marks and areas that had been filled with resin that weren't sanded but were buffed anyway. Called the mfg. and they were good about sending me another one in perfect condition. Got to keep the old one as a spare or sell it. I really haven't a chance to really use it or as you say (okay, I did) go in circles (which doesn't look as good in print as it does as the finished product---thank you very much). I did pick up one of those perforated retracting sunshades (like to keep a baby shaded in the rear seat) but it's way too thick, so I'm looking for a fine sun blocking, see-thru mesh. The canopy sits down on the roll bar and it's wider than the roll bar and extends to the cowl.
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Thompson: I considered using those plastic visors which are used on school buses also. The problem with my situation is the conditions are extremely dusty and dry so constant cleaning is as issue. The mesh will get susty too but shouldn't be as hard to keep clean.
And I know yer 'razzing me 'bout going in circles, but just for the record they are overlapping circles which an old timer told me how to do when it comes to grading large areas. If you have never tried it, you should.
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broken: With all that caffeine in chocolate, those bears are gonna be awake for weeks!
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