Sled deck on 1/2 ton?

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Next time hit the brakes doing 120 downhill on a 10% grade and port your cab. Otherwise known as a hillbilly convertible. Remember to duck and take the 6 pack of Coors Banquet off the dash BEFORE you grab some whoa though.

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Hauled my fire pit out West
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1500 lbs of rocks on top of the 2280 lb camper
Packing heavy is what its all about...

Brakes are over rated and gravity is a constant,,, unless when We're air born over Frost heaves...

Lol
 

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Hauled my fire pit out West
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1500 lbs of rocks on top of the 2280 lb camper
Packing heavy is what its all about...

Brakes are over rated and gravity is a constant,,, unless when We're air born over Frost heaves...

Lol
Lem , you may have rocks in your belfry! ha

Does that old dodge need that much traction at the green light take-off?
 

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I saw a Ram 1500 pulling a one car hauler flat deck on a bumper pull hitch today. It was going the other direction on the freeway in the city. The trailer had a small-ish hobby farm tractor, like a 40hp open cab. The truck was totally squatted in the rear and the front end looked to be on the bump stops. I'm glad it was daytime because his headlights were pointed at the moon.
I didn't have a chance to get a photo but it was impressive.
 

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Lamb Lem is well...

Just gearing up a 3 place sled deck fir the old 1/2 ton,,, Tobago and Moose tucked in beside single sled,,, the other 2 sleds on top...

38 psi in the 5000 lbs bags ...

Great traction on the rear axle...

Yank the shifter down on the steep decents...

6000 too 7200 rpm will slow the Ford down... lol

Go Ford Go
 

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strong headwind get under the front overhang we had a camper back in the early 80 that would jerk the tie downs with a strong head wind looks like he will have a problem having it towed or put on a flat deck fords did that when they decided to drill holes in their frames to save weight
 
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