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jruths
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1978 K10 in Dallas
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May 05, 2021, 10:31:27 PM »
Hi All - I was very happy (relieved!) to find such a great community like this after buying this truck. I've never owned a truck and never really worked on cars, but that's the point. I'm excited to learn. I'm getting rid of my car and this is going to be my "daily driver" (I don't go far fortunately!). I'm sure I'll have many questions in the future when inevitably something goes wrong, but seems to be doing fine right now.
One immediate question though:
I got this also so I could get some utility out of it. I don't always haul stuff, but when I do I usually try to haul flowers...
(see last pic). Right now I've got the option to pick up some pavers with this or pay the surcharge on delivery. The pavers would be 2000lbs (probably a bit less than that) and about 20 minutes away. By the GAWR in the manual, this should be fine. But is this not a great thing to do to an old truck? I guess this depends on the condition of the truck, but wanted to get a sanity check in case there's an obvious answer.
Really impressed by the knowledge in this forum and look forward to chatting in the future!
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JohnnyPopper
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Re: 1978 K10 in Dallas
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May 05, 2021, 11:41:45 PM »
Welcome, beautiful truck!
The rating is a half ton, so 1000lbs.
Your description is very mild in terms of weight/distance.
Can you split the load/trips?
If you chose to double the load, go real slow.
Keep in mind, if the rear bearings are stock, it may cause them to accelerate wear that has accumulated for years.
In other words, howling may be the result.
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1957 Apache 3100 235 Inline 6, 3 on the tree
1973 C-20, 3+3 454 4BBL TH400 Water Injection
1978 K-10, 350 4BBL TH350 NP203 M.M. Part time Kit/Hubs
1980 C-10 under construction
Shifty
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Re: 1978 K10 in Dallas
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May 06, 2021, 09:24:03 AM »
Really nice piece of Squaredom! Welcome from AZ!
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Mike81K10
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Re: 1978 K10 in Dallas
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May 06, 2021, 04:56:20 PM »
Nice, Welcome from AL!
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carmen77
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Re: 1978 K10 in Dallas
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May 18, 2021, 06:29:55 PM »
That’s a Beauty!
Welcome from California
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Re: 1978 K10 in Dallas
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August 22, 2021, 04:06:46 PM »
welcome from maryland. and i know its a little late but a load that big would also effect steering and a trailer would be highly recommended
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1980K20
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Re: 1978 K10 in Dallas
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January 01, 2022, 11:48:31 PM »
Welcome from Washington!
I love the truck and the color, always a sucker for blue.
I realize this is very late. I moved up here after 18 years in Plano (including Dallas, Addison, garland). Really liked living there.
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JohnnyPopper
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Re: 1978 K10 in Dallas
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January 03, 2022, 06:15:19 PM »
Whatever happened to your pavers? Did you burn out your bearings?
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1957 Apache 3100 235 Inline 6, 3 on the tree
1973 C-20, 3+3 454 4BBL TH400 Water Injection
1978 K-10, 350 4BBL TH350 NP203 M.M. Part time Kit/Hubs
1980 C-10 under construction
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