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09-28-2006, 12:55 PM
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Java Mechanic
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Time to be stupid...
I have a 68 C-20 lwb. Is my truck a "3/4 ton" or a "full ton?"
I had assumed that it was a 3/4 ton, but a recent post has me confused. Thanks.. and please don't make fun of me.. :P
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09-28-2006, 01:06 PM
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Re: Time to be stupid...
We don't think you're stupid and nobody will make fun. There was a time when each of us knew absolutely nothing about cars or trucks. We all had to learn by asking and doing. Your truck is a 3/4 ton. The 1 ton carried a C-30 designation.
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09-28-2006, 01:17 PM
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Re: Time to be stupid...
it's a 3/4ton but they don't really get overloaded till about 2tons are put in the bed
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09-28-2006, 01:23 PM
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Re: Time to be stupid...
yep 3/4 ton, but those numbers are never really true on what the truck will haul, my dad use to help a local farmer who would haul 10 ton of fertilizer on a 2 ton grain truck, and I have hauled a 1.5 ton load of scrap to town on a dodge dakota better truck we have on the farm, but I would say that dakota was overloaded, it was squating pretty good and the front wheels were barely on the ground, it was all good though, never had to get her above 30 MPH on the way there, it was only a few miles.
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09-28-2006, 01:33 PM
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Re: Time to be stupid...
I thought so but someone was referring to a c20 flat bed in a different thread as a full ton .. just checking my ducks... :P
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09-28-2006, 04:37 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Time to be stupid...
many ppl see the full floater rear axle and automaticly say it has a one ton rear.
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09-28-2006, 07:15 PM
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Re: Time to be stupid...
Ive put over a ton in my 1/2ton and it just smiled and growled.
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09-28-2006, 07:32 PM
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Re: Time to be stupid...
That's the great thing about american built. There is always head room, if it is japanese and if it says 1 ton they pretty much mean 1 ton
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09-28-2006, 07:44 PM
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Re: Time to be stupid...
The ratings are way conservative.
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09-29-2006, 07:46 AM
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Re: Time to be stupid...
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09-28-2006, 07:47 PM
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Re: Time to be stupid...
Yep it's a 3/4!
Welcome to the club.
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09-29-2006, 03:25 AM
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Re: Time to be stupid...
I always thought the Japanese only made "won ton's"...
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09-29-2006, 06:35 AM
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Re: Time to be stupid...
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The tonnage rating was started as far back as when most vehicles had wooden spoke wheels,low-double digit horsepower,chain drive,mechanical brakes,and self-propelled cargo hauling was a thing of wonder. It just became a standard to the three ratings that light trucks have been available in.
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