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Dave made me do it 
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how do those 2 horses pull that load. Seems like motor HP is over rated. I doubt a 5 hp motor could pull that load... I'm having my doubts about 400hp truck pulling that load.
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It isn't about hp; it's about traction.
i do wonder about the condition of their brakes though.
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Once upon a time, long, long ago, I loaded up a solid cord of green hickory firewood on a 3/4 t. pickup. Hickory is one of the densest woods in North America and green hickory actually will sink in water. A cord of hickory is on the north side of 6,000 lbs. The springs on that pickup were dead flat and the tires were nearly flat. Fortunately, I was only traveling 10 miles and I made it to my destination with no incident. As I recall, we drove over the scales to get a weight and the gross weight was a few lbs. over 12,000 lbs.
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What scales? The highway patrols truck scales? And they let you go?
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No, a private scale in a local defunct feed mill. My Mama didn't raise no dummy. I was able to drive back roads to the destination but I also had a farm plate on the truck and IIRC, the gross vehicle weight on that plate was 12,000 lbs.What scales? The highway patrols truck scales? And they let you go?
Interesting tidbit, My ex actually rented the property a few years after and the scale was being scrapped. I actually ended up with that scale less its platform. I scrapped it out a year ago.
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