My 1/2 ton rode like a Caddy with 1800 lbs of gravel in the back. Poor leaf springs, lol.
And springs on these squares aren't as tough as springs on the 60's truck.
When in Cali, our local dump always charged me a flat fee when I took a load in. And I always like going to the dump cuz it was steep hill climbs around winding roads up this mountain of trash and landfill. So I pull up on the scale, expecting to give my $8.25 (Cheap back then) for my standard pick up truck load. Wellllll not this time, that 64 GMC 3/4 ton was damn near dragging the bumper and I ain't even kiddin'. It was heavy and didn't want to stop hardly at all with that little single resevoir master cylinder. So they tell me I have to stop and get weighed on my way out. I asked, WTH for? I never have to weigh out. Uhhhh, well, you're extremely overweight by the looks of the gross weight, and if I were you, I'd hurry up that hill and get emptied before the CHP officer over there notices your truck trying to drag the bumper. (CHP was there the whole the time the dump was open looking for violations, smoking brakes, bad tires etc on the bigger trucks, and known to write tickets if overweight too). Soooo OK, Roger that, on my way up the hill. Power wasn't a problem with this street/strip truck and 4.56 gears, though it did run about 220-240 climbing that 4 miles of winding roads. Get unloaded, come down to the weight station and it was some **** like $27 when it's normally $8.25. Again, I was like WTF? I normally pay $8.25. Well sir, that's based on a flat rate of Cu Yards for pick up trucks, but due to your weight, you get charged by weight like the commercial truck. Now damn, I know it was roofing material, and I had makeshift sideboards so we could heap it up, but it was 2 layers, maybe even 3 layers of shingles from an 800 sq foot house. They said I dumped 2.25 tons of shingles. I said, No friggin way, that's over 4000lbs. Yep, I was proud of that weigh ticket. And sure glad I didn't get an overgross ticket from the CHP.
