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Offline GUITAR1989

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Re: Haulin' stuff with our Chevys!
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2011, 08:48:00 pm »
These trucks are great at hauling all sorts of stuff and looking good doing it! l haul all the time in my truck.....
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Re: Haulin' stuff with our Chevys!
« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2011, 01:13:03 am »
Like a rock like the old commercials say.not got a model specific to on here yet but I've had a couple Chevy trucks that I've weighed down.my grandpas 88 silverado half ton long bed hauled like a beast.it had the hitch in the bed when he first got it.they used to haul nursery with itwe put everythang in it.heck I also had a 88 s10 with a 4.3 I put 1500 lbs of equipement in the bed.it looked like the rear was bagged lol but it went and stopped like nothing was there we drove off step hills to the river then back up

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Re: Haulin' stuff with our Chevys!
« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2011, 11:06:32 pm »
Hauled some firewood today... Not a big load but the price was right...
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Re: Haulin' stuff with our Chevys!
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2011, 12:43:37 pm »
This 78 camper goes on my 79 K20.  It's about 2300lbs.  With the high center of gravity there is some body roll.  I'm rebuilding the truck and adding a rear sway bar and airbags so hopefully it will handle a little better!
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Re: Haulin' stuff with our Chevys!
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2011, 12:53:46 pm »
This 78 camper goes on my 79 K20.  It's about 2300lbs.  With the high center of gravity there is some body roll.  I'm rebuilding the truck and adding a rear sway bar and airbags so hopefully it will handle a little better!

I love the old school slide in campers.  My uncle used to haul one with my C20 when it was near new.
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Re: Haulin' stuff with our Chevys!
« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2011, 01:08:57 pm »
This one was a basketcase when I bought it.  It looked alright but when you got looking around there was a ton of rot.  I basically had to remove all the siding and rebuild all the outside walls and bunk area.  It was a bit of work and probably not worth it but it was actually kind of fun!!  It has a queen size bed over the cab, double sink, fridge, 4 burner stove/oven, hot water, AC and DC electrical, and a washroom with a shower.  I'll have to find a picture of it on the truck! 

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Re: Haulin' stuff with our Chevys!
« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2011, 05:25:46 pm »


Wish I had a camera or my phone when it happened, but I did have to move this gooney bird across the ramp with my '86 once. The bird wasn't really hard to move, and we usually used a 300ci straight six powered tug for it. I took this pic a little while later, but I guess I coulda at least hooked up the tow bar. ;)
I also pulled a Beech 18 with my Trailblazer once, and I did get a photo... but it's on a hard drive in my tech-pile right now.
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