MORE BRAGGIN.... BIGGER LOAD!

[CaptTom]

Hoookay, first off, pic of Mizz Fugly with the heart of gold since none of you have seen her:

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BTW- she is loaded with 2000lbs aka 1 short ton of steel in the above photo.... sittin' pretty level huh?! Nothing but factory springs!! You can tell she's a little squattie, but, the load was also just aft of the axle instead of directly over it.


This is what she was hurking around:

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Doesn't look big, but it is one chuck of steel under a thin layer of fiberglass, fairing filler and paint.


Here's the proof it was 2000lbs:

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The thing is, I'm not necessarily bragging about the trucks capacity capabilities, but the freakin performance!! I haven't even installed typ4's new injectors, or Agnems Baby Moose, nor have I given it any flats, and this truck didn't even feel anything. The only thing different was stopping distance(Yeah I know... I got all the parts, just no time) and the ride was reallyreallyreally smooth.

The new HD torque converter and double clutches in my rebuild shifted very smooth, no apparent slip.... and I didn't even take it out of OD... I know... had to try. Top speed was 77mph up a slight grade for about 5-7 miles. No shift hunt or hard shifts. Temps sat steady, didn't climb or fall to the top or over the back of the grade.

Aweright!

After some injector system work... I think the ole girl will deserve some new make up and seating. No more Mizz Fugly by summers end... I hope?!

 

[gonecrazyi]

Nice. The stock springs are pretty tough. I've had mine sitting on the stood a few times when I had the bed over flowing with rock.

I wish i could find the receipt for 3800 lbs in the bed.

 

[CaptTom]

I thought for sure the stoppers were going to hit the rails...although this is a 250 rig, it came factory 1 ton sprung. Camper special type of set up.

Did you notice the bed liner looks almost new too? It was sprayed in 1990 and had a camper on it its entire life.... until I got it!

 

[gonecrazyi]

Does yours have overload springs?

I installed them on mine but never added the stoppers lol.

 

[CaptTom]

WTFIT????

I'm not too auto savvy... what do over loads look like??

My stoppers are stock.

 

[gonecrazyi]

Its a separate spring on top of the normal pack that is used when the main spring sag to a certain point.

 

[gandalf]

As just stated, the overload springs assist the stock springs. The overload springs I have on my F-250 in Maine are constant duty. That truck rides like the proverbial truck. There is NO give until the bed has a couple thousand pounds in it. I got them because of the cabover camper. I cannot remember the manufacturer, though it was well known at the time.

They are like the ones in the following EBay ad. That is, if the link works and is readable.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Heavy-Duty-...Parts_Accessories&hash=item2ebda33f8d&vxp=mtr


It just came to me. They are made by Helwig.

 

[The Warden]

What is that in the bed? Is that a keel, or a horizontal stabilizer, or what? Given the shape that it's in, I imagine it's below the waterline...

Not a bad lookin' truck...almost like a negative-slide of a picture of my truck

 

[typ4]

somewhere I have a scale slip of 13,600 gross then empty weight of 7400, I had the bed FULL of wheels starting with truck wheels and just kept nesting them smaller till it was full, the scale operator at the scrapyard who is a friend of mine made me back it off so they could zero it and then back on. Wish I could have done that at todays steel prices wheel steel is no.1 grade. 280 a ton here right now.

she went ok but complained when stopping.

 

[CaptTom]

Nothing like that Gandalf, more like this:

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Warden,

That is a keel on just a small sail boat... or was on a small sail boat.

We're cutting it up because there's some repairs that are more expensive than the boat is worth.

I was hoping it was lead, but to no avail, only .11/pound. Just enuff scrap value to pay the land fill fees.

Stabilizers aren't usually made of steel all fiberglass except for the stainless control shafts. Of course, depends on the size of the vessel. Much larger and faster or more powerful vessels will have to build to lateral drag forces as the vessels rock and controllers timing.

 

[plywood]

STEEL KEEL,,,,,must have been a Gayliner.

 

[CaptTom]

Actually, the Gayliners only made a few sail boats, and they were swing keels.... the rest of them, power boats, should have had steel keels so they'd sink faster! ;p

Bayliners get the bad wrap mostly due to deferred maintenance of previous owners. They're so affordable, that people can get into them with relative financial ease, but they think they're cars and don't need maintenance, so the next owner comes to the opinion it's the brand name. Funny thing is, they use exactly the same systems other better thought of vessels have.

I owned a 28' Bayliner and it was laid out pretty well, engine ran great, maintained well, and it was a lot of fun.

I've seen boats of apparent better quality just be P'sOS too.

Unfortunately, most boat owners, no matter the manufacturer, won't do the scheduled maintenance and they just rot out. Engine rust out, out drives corrode to heck, thru-hulls fail and sink boats, electrical systems are as green as the Irish, canvas rotted so brittle just touching turns it to dust, etc. Of course, this is where we come in, either through extreme's like this sail boat or repair, which I prefer. I love to see a vessel resurrected and become the water queen she deserves to be.