8,620 lbs of gravel

Hauled 8,620 lbs of gravel home with the Deuce. The gravel hardly covered the bed. I expected the Deuce to "feel" heavy, but she handled fine except for hills - turtle slow.

Had to remove an old basketball pole before spreqading the gravel. I thought it would come out easily, but it turned out to be 4' in the ground. After bending the pole and then snapping my chain on the second try, I jacked it out.

Heck, you are still under the 5 ton limit. I've been weighed at 30,000lbs with gravel, and truck weighs 15,000lbs... And was really slow getting up to speed. Doesn't bottom out the springs, but rides much different. Stopping wasn't a problem, just tried to stop early. And can never have enough extra gravel around.

How long to unload it? Here's a pic of 13,000lbs of gravel.

I have hauled ~8k lbs of gravel in my deuce too and she steers and rides real nice with that much weight in the back. The only part I did not like was unloading it with a shovel.

I'm with you on the shoveling, but I still have 2 teenage boys at home and some of the shoveling was downhill.

Its even more fun when you are in the mud!

Sorry I couldn't resist

What Larry said!

Someday when I grow up, I'll have a dump truck.

Here's my gravel/shovel post from way-back.

tjcouch said:

I just made two trips from the recycled concrete plant - one at 4.5 tons and one at 5 tons. And yes unloading rock by hand is no fun at all.

I wish I could keep a couple tons in the back all of the time! It was like driving a Cadillac De Ville!

sorry for the cameraphone pic.

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I've done approx 14,000 with mine twice. The first time with 9.00's and the second with the 11.00's. Huge difference. The 9.00's were squating quite a bit and the truck looked like is was loaded heavy. With the 11.00 you could hardly tell there was any weight. Yes, shoveling it all out sucks!

nice pics guys ,but i have 1 question for mangus, what are you trying to build ,pic 2 your roof truces need a little more support there , dont you think steve from western maine

A buddy of mine was adding on to his shop. I dont recall (it was like 3 years ago now) but I am pretty sure they were still putting trusses up that day.... I remember someone being way up in the 'rafters' while I was there.

Getting back to "load capacity," I once hauled 3 1/2 tons (7,000 lbs) of reject limestone from the quarry where I worked to my dad's house, 60 miles away, with a 1941 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup. The truck handled the load okay. The tires did not! The old 6-ply tires I started out with on the rear lasted about a mile...just long enough to get me into town. I bought a pair of much better used tires on the back and replaced the spare while I was at it. I had to change one of those before I got to my dad's, leaving me with no spare. No more tire problems until after we got unloaded, when I ran over a screwdriver in the driveway and had to buy another well-used tire to get me home. Lessons learned: (1) start out with good tires in the first place, and (2) don't overload them!

No shoveling anymore with this baby!

mangus580 said:

Its even more fun when you are in the mud!

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no way a normal dump truck could do that.

anyone know if there is a bolt on dump kit for the duece?

Nope, not that i have heard.

I was thinking of doing this to my deuce anyone know of a good source for hydraulics?

Mangus, eastern New York looks a lot like western Washington.

**trying to think of a reason to buy a load of gravel**