Typical Chevy Owner

[LEB Ben]

Found this on another site I'm part of. The guy was on the job, and some jacktard swung in. As I'm told, the conversation went something like this:

Chevy Owner: I want that log

CAT operator: Can your truck and trailer.....

Chevy Owner: Of course it can handle it.

CAT operator: Ok, well it's alot of weight.

Chevy Owner: Listen man, this ain't a compact pick up. This is a made in America Chevy 1500 4x4.


I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking:


That is definitely quite the log

Looks alright from this angle

Hmmm...might be exceeding the tongue weight max:

Oh dear God...well at least he has a half ton chevy 4x4:

I bet there's not a hard core wheeler here, that's ever experienced flex like this, frame flex that is:

I guess with all the money he saves on his heating bill next winter, he'll be able to fix his truck...hahaha. It's instances like this, that makes me worry for Matt's well being.

 

[TexasNomad]

ptttttbbbb HAHAHAHAH!!!! Jesus! was he insane!
Shame they cut down that old tree..

 

[radialarm]

He shoulda bought a Ford!!!

A brain wouldn't hurt either!!!

 

[LEB Ben]

He shoulda bought a Ford!!!

A brain wouldn't hurt either!!!

Why...he had it all figured out...a half ton full size, with 4x4...and it was even a Z71 package...hahahaha

 

[john112deere]

If they'd put it back over the trailer axle like they should have, it wouldn't be so bad. Dunno what the trailer'd do...but the truck would survive better. And trailers are usually cheaper than pickups.

Call it an average diameter of 3.5' and 10' long...assume a unit weight of 50 pcf, and the log weighs about 2.5 tons. Heavy, but a half-ton Chevy should be able to haul 5000 lbs on a flatbed trailer.

 

[john112deere]

Call it an average diameter of 3.5' and 10' long...assume a unit weight of 50 pcf, and the log weighs about 2.5 tons. Heavy, but a half-ton Chevy should be able to haul 5000 lbs on a flatbed trailer.

It might be a little closer to 4' average diameter, which pushes it up a bit over 3 ton. 50 pcf, from a Google search, is a reasonable conservative number for oak/maple.

 

[LEB Ben]

Yeah Ian...you're right...log placement coulda helped alot...just thought the story was funny, and the result was even funnier. If they coulda moved it 2' further back...there woulda been no problem. But seeing as they were using a fork lift...the tire guards woulda forced them to drop that log a foot...haha.

 

[john112deere]

But seeing as they were using a fork lift...the tire guards woulda forced them to drop that log a foot...haha.

Tire guards?? You mean fenders?

They'd have been in the way...but I think a competent operator could load that log onto that trailer without too much trouble.

 

[LEB Ben]

HAHAHAHAAH...yeah fenders...and yes I was stumped (pun intended), and couldn't think of the name when I was typing that.

And again...you're right, but from the sounds of it, they just wanted to get the guy outta there...and with the guy's attitude they really didn't care what the end result was.

 

[SuperCab]

It's instances like this, that makes me worry for Matt's well being.

:flipoff:
Besides... Mine's a 3/4 ton - a 2500. I'd move that log no problem. (With my Ford - wouldn't try it with the 'burb by a long shot!!!)

 

[LEB Ben]

With my Ford - wouldn't try it with the 'burb by a long shot!!!)

Your mod status should be revoked for that. BTW...that's one of the perks of reading the email notifications prior to seeing the actualy post.

 

[Blue Goose]

:flipoff:
Besides... Mine's a 3/4 ton - a 2500. I'd move that log no problem. (With my Ford - wouldn't try it with the 'burb by a long shot!!!)

Note to Ben:
I think you struck a nerve!!


On edit:
I just saw the hidden message the Jack Leg posted!!!

 

[SuperCab]

Your mod status should be revoked for that. BTW...that's one of the perks of reading the email notifications prior to seeing the actualy post.

Why, does the text show up in the email? Darn. Ruined the fun of it

It's true though. I wouldn't trust that GMC suspension to a load like that. That's why I'm not getting rid of the Ford.

 

[LEB Ben]

Yeah...I think Matt is slowly being converted...it's ashame too...I actually kinda liked the kid

 

[LEB Ben]

Why, does the text show up in the email? Darn. Ruined the fun of it

It's true though. I wouldn't trust that GMC suspension to a load like that. That's why I'm not getting rid of the Ford.

Yeah everything that is typed shows up in the email notification in one uniform size and color.

So which is it? You would or wouldn't trust the GMC? Same question for the Ford.

Yeah, he used to be pure as the driven snow,......till he drifted...

Three Stooges nyuck nyuck nyuck

Yeah...seems like Matt went all to hell when he moved outta NC.

 

[SuperCab]

I don't think I'd trut the GMC with that. I'd go for it if I had the Ford though. I think it could take it no problem. ~6,000 lbs? No prob.

 

[Raptor22]

My truck towed a 1963 Thunderbird on a car trailer from Sacramento to Davis in 1999. Scary as hell, but it did it.

 

[rambler]

the loader didn't position this correctly on the trailer, too much tounge weight, the trailer looks like it could have handled the load if properly postioned over the axles like it should have, not sure if the truck could have pulled it.. but dang.. sure did bend that frame!

 

[Ridgerunner]

:flipoff:
Besides... Mine's a 3/4 ton - a 2500. I'd move that log no problem. (With my Ford - wouldn't try it with the 'burb by a long shot!!!)

Your mod status should be revoked for that. BTW...that's one of the perks of reading the email notifications prior to seeing the actualy post.

Why, does the text show up in the email? Darn. Ruined the fun of it

It's true though. I wouldn't trust that GMC suspension to a load like that. That's why I'm not getting rid of the Ford.

Yeah...I think Matt is slowly being converted...it's ashame too...I actually kinda liked the kid

Yeah everything that is typed shows up in the email notification in one uniform size and color.

So which is it? You would or wouldn't trust the GMC? Same question for the Ford.





Yeah...seems like Matt went all to hell when he moved outta NC.

I don't think I'd trut the GMC with that. I'd go for it if I had the Ford though. I think it could take it no problem. ~6,000 lbs? No prob.

Lets see he was looking for a 454 for the gay mans chevy,he moved from NC cause the Carolina women were too much for him. It didn't take much to convert him from Ford the word Free was said. And Yes Matt would try to carry that log inside his Chebbie.

 

[5.0]

I've hauled more than 6,000 pounds with my old 1/2 ton Chevy trucks with no problems. The '88 to '98 trucks seem to have a stronger frame than the newer trucks, though. Anyone ever see the pics of when a shop lifted a Chevy on the car lift thing and it bent the frame?