You might think this...but, if you do you're dead wrong. If there is any kind of load on the engine, there is far too little frontal airflow through our trucks, and too restrictive a flow through our rads to get enough airflow without a fan. I know this from vast personal experience
I... Um... did this? Like... I ran for a full 6 months with no fan(from like December through July). Period.
This was on my tan '88, a couple of years back.
I finally decided I needed a fan again after pulling an empty flatbed trailer 60 miles from my dad's place to where we were filling it with junk; the highway portions were fine, never getting over 205 or so, it was only when I had to idle at lights that it would slowly creep up.
The problem came right at the end when I had to pull it up a gravel road in second going 10-15, up a nice steep hill, then go perhaps 1/2 mile and stop. Temps got into the 215-220 range, which was a little concerning.
I had a digital gauge on it, and was able to watch the temperature at all times. I'm pretty sure it was accurate, because when unloaded, going 60, the temps climb from (cold) to about 185, then bounce in the 180-190 range.
So, yeah... I've done it.