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My truck in rare form (doing work?

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Old May 4, 2011 | 07:45 AM
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My truck in rare form (actually doing work?)





I'm not sure how many yards I got in there, but with the air bags filled up she was still a little squatty.
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Old May 4, 2011 | 08:34 AM
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Way to go! I did similar work on my flat deck, with topsoil and sand loads, but the homemade wooden sideboards were so ugly I just couldn't get out the camera. And I dunno either how much weight I took on each load, several buckets of the little skid-steer, but the airbags with about 60psi held it about level, as opposed to a little high in back empty.
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Old May 4, 2011 | 11:20 AM
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Looks like 2.5-3 ish. Once I put 5.5 cyds into a 01 shortbed chevy, used plywood sides and mounded it 2 ft higher than the cab. I won't ever do it again.
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Old May 4, 2011 | 12:05 PM
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Imagine that, a pickup used to pick up something.
Somewhere, I have a photo of my old 81 with a load of horse poo parked in front of city hall during an election. No I wasn't making a statement, just dropped in to vote on the way and someone snapped the picture
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Old May 4, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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That's pretty funny.

You know what else is funny? Buying mulch in bags at home depot.

Wonder how many bags I've got back there for $40?
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Old May 4, 2011 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Subliminal
That's pretty funny.

You know what else is funny? Buying mulch in bags at home depot.

Wonder how many bags I've got back there for $40?
At Alaska prices, 4
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Old May 4, 2011 | 12:49 PM
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Ha.

Good old Alaska prices.
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