Lwiddis
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“Numbers count, because that is what the engineers at GM have assigned to all these various components.”
*GMW has a pipeline into all the GM truck engineers!
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hilandfrog
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I look at this from a stopping standpoint... then I throw in a jeep.
I love CJ5's bought my first in HS.... drove it home from the Bay Area to Tahoe in a huge storm. Thought I was golden a Jeep with good tires in the snow PERFECT, not so much those things spin like a top then add in a snowmobile trailer and they jackknife all the time at will.
Take a long heavy trailer and a lightish truck, that trailer is going to push that truck IF something bad happens to brakes.
one needs a bigger ass to stop larger loads ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
That being said drag it around for a bit then make the call...
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totaldla
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SoundGuy wrote:if you're consistently 500+ lbs over payload on a 1/2 ton truck you can certainly expect to start seeing drive train issues.
What issues? Be specific please.
(Crickets chirping )
Reality is that a person can increase the payload capability with tires, shocks, springs and/air bags.
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SoundGuy
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SoundGuy wrote:if you're consistently 500+ lbs over payload on a 1/2 ton truck you can certainly expect to start seeing drive train issues.
totaldla wrote:What issues? Be specific please.
(Crickets chirping )
Reality is that a person can increase the payload capability with tires, shocks, springs and/air bags.
Nice try but no way I'm going to get into a tit for tat with you, other than to say I disagree it's that simple, not to mention the costs. Go ahead, chirp away on your own ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/rolleyes.gif "rolleyes") - I won't be there. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/awink.gif "awink")
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LarryJM
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totaldla wrote:SoundGuy wrote:if you're consistently 500+ lbs over payload on a 1/2 ton truck you can certainly expect to start seeing drive train issues.
What issues? Be specific please.
(Crickets chirping )
Reality is that a person can increase the payload capability with tires, shocks, springs and/air bags.
Now that is some of the most misleading, incorrect and unhelpful gibberish I've seen in some time and clearly shows a shocking lack of even the most basic understanding of the "weakest link" in a system's design.
Larry
2001 standard box 7.3L E-350 PSD Van with 4.10 rear and 2007 Holiday Rambler Aluma-Lite 8306S Been RV'ing since 1974.
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deleted. done.
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Copperhead
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totaldla wrote:SoundGuy wrote:if you're consistently 500+ lbs over payload on a 1/2 ton truck you can certainly expect to start seeing drive train issues.
What issues? Be specific please.
(Crickets chirping )
Reality is that a person can increase the payload capability with tires, shocks, springs and/air bags.
And after they buy the latest 1/2T with max tow package and then spend a wad on all that other stuff you mentioned, they could have spent less for a good 3/4T that would be still beat the capabilities, right out of the gate, of that beefed up 1500.
To each his own, I guess.
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mountainkowboy
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LarryJM wrote:totaldla wrote:SoundGuy wrote:if you're consistently 500+ lbs over payload on a 1/2 ton truck you can certainly expect to start seeing drive train issues.
What issues? Be specific please.
(Crickets chirping )
Reality is that a person can increase the payload capability with tires, shocks, springs and/air bags.
Now that is some of the most misleading, incorrect and unhelpful gibberish I've seen in some time and clearly shows a shocking lack of even the most basic understanding of the "weakest link" in a system's design.
Larry
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Terryallan
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totaldla wrote:SoundGuy wrote:if you're consistently 500+ lbs over payload on a 1/2 ton truck you can certainly expect to start seeing drive train issues.
What issues? Be specific please.
(Crickets chirping )
Reality is that a person can increase the payload capability with tires, shocks, springs and/air bags.
The real reality is that. NONE of that will increase the payload. In truth. there is nothing you can do to increase the factory payload of a vehicle.
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totaldla
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Terryallan wrote:totaldla wrote:SoundGuy wrote:if you're consistently 500+ lbs over payload on a 1/2 ton truck you can certainly expect to start seeing drive train issues.
What issues? Be specific please.
(Crickets chirping )
Reality is that a person can increase the payload capability with tires, shocks, springs and/air bags.
The real reality is that. NONE of that will increase the payload. In truth. there is nothing you can do to increase the factory payload of a vehicle.
I question whether you understand what goes into payload capability. Do you think the frame is thicker? Do you think the sheet metal is stronger?
Just what sort of magic do you think goes into the payload rating?
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