Well quite a trip, and quite a haul back! Went with the GF to Regina, then the Balgonie where we picked up this load from her father, then went to Moose jaw and then home. Long day, 600~km round trip and about 60$ in fuel lol. on way up I had been driving around for 70km first. then drove to regina, (fighting the wind all the way there and no passing) then did all the running around up there and then filled up. 378km on $36 of diesel (37.149L @ 0.969/Liter) Fuel Cost $36 Distance travelled 378km 234.89miles Fuel Amount 37.15 litres 9.81 US gallons 8.17 Imperial gallons Cost of Fuel $0.97 per litre $3.67 per US gallon $4.41 per Imperial gallon Fuel Economy 9.83 litres per 100 km 23.93 miles per US gallon 28.74 miles per Imperial gallon Mileage Costs 9.5238 ¢ents per km 15.33 ¢ents per mile on way back loaded I filled up just before we went to get the load. I made it 350km on $35 of diesl @ 0.949/liter Fuel Cost $35 Distance traveled 350km 217.49 miles Fuel Amount 36.89 litres 9.75 US gallons 8.11 Imperial gallons Cost of Fuel $0.95 per litre $3.59 per US gallon $4.31 per Imperial gallon Fuel Economy 10.54 litres per 100 km 22.32 miles per US gallon 26.8 miles per Imperial gallon Mileage Costs 10 ¢ents per km 16.09 ¢ents per mile So, having 915KG of dirt in the back of the truck was easier on fuel bill then having a head wind! lol
Loads Dude, you need to find your dirt closer to home. Looks like some special dirt. Happy gardening. My latest hauling feat was 408 lbs of 6 volt golf cart batteries (6) in the trunk of the '87 535is. Not easy to get in. Not easy to get out. I missed the Sambar on this load. It is laid up with a dual rear axel/shock replacements. It takes forever to get axels. Hope it is ready in time to take the cores back. ;0) r PS: That ain't no mini truck, but I like the deisel concept. You'll never, ever regret finding that one.
lol yup i got 2 stickers on there, one of each kind, acerguy Rick, ya its from gf's dad's place. he's a landscaper guy and apparently its from out of a bog. should be like miracle grow
Pretty cool pics so far! I se the tittle just says largest load in your "trucks" and not "minitrucks" So I'm bustin in here with a load or 2. Lots of hardwood lumber, and some very heavy wet Western maple logs. My added leaf sure helps.
I've hauled some pretty good loads with my Acty. Please don't try this at home, kids. Those are 16 footers in the first pic together with a whack of metal sheeting in the box. The steering got pretty light, especially going uphill. The second shot is just for laughs, but I had a few people drive into my yard that afternoon to see if it was actually hooked up to the trailer.
Brill , fantastic and Grade "A" go show it to a F150 guys!! and the reply would b ... " thats not possible" and the answer is, A picture Tells a 1000 words. So Go F*ck Off v8 and u cant pull a bag of spanners!
You think that's power? How about my highly modified Diesel Smart... That's a good one of the 16 footers, when I put 16's in my truck and drop the lift gate, they only stick out 3 feet or so. Coole eh?
Hiya Stuff. Yep, I'm not too far from you. I get to Estevan a couple times a year or so, but I've never seen your Toyota running around the streets any of the times I've been there. I just did a bit of work on my Acty and finally have it back on the road after a month of being parked. Looking forward to some cheap transportation again.
I was reading this thread the other day and spent a few days thinking about it... Do you think that we are able to haul the larger than normal loads in these trucks simply because of who built them? The Japanese... What I mean by that is they built them to run on the stock 12" tires, not to be lifted, not to have any springs added or anything like that... Then they say that the bed has a load rating of a few hundred KG's... The way I look at it is they say the bed can only haul X number of KG's... Before any noticeable difference in say, suspension, smoothness of ride, acceleration, or handling. Well... thats great... It allows you to haul something and still get 100% of the trucks performance. Or maybe even as low as 95% of the trucks stock/empty performance. Yet we can clearly lift them, run bigger tires, and haul 2 to 3 times what is painted on the tail gate... And the truck still runs just fine... For American standards... So maybe in reality in a US Based Review of the trucks capacities... maybe it actually has a load rating of 1000, or even 1200 KG's? Just a thought...
Years ago I was helping a friend restore the interior on his 1940's dodge truck..a stamped plate behind the seats stated that max bed capacity was 1500lbs..warranty void if load exceeds 5000lbs.. my #s may be off a bit but I think it speaks volumes as to why manufacturers put those type of limits on them..the manufacturer decides what load is safe to use under all operating conditions and shouldn't affect performance /braking/handling /safety...beyond that they understand that as as you stated, reduced performance will be observed ..and they want no liability for that..so they wash their hands of you when you wipe out on dead mans curve going 110kph downhill in the rain with 2000lbs of possum shanks,and a dead hooker in the bed of your Sambar...that sounds fun tho.....the possums not the hooker
the ones of my truck with sand and dirt etc is pretty much at max hauling capacity. the earlier shots of fine sand and the clay dirt was when i was running JDM tires still (shhh dont tell anyone )
that may be big and heavy but my load today was odd and over length I ripped apart a camper for my skoolie. protip - take out appliances and just throw everything else away! so many staples and bad ways of construction and rotten woods >.<
I haul newspapers every day Friday paper is my biggest load No pictures, because its just not that impressive 130 bundles I want to say 15 lbs per bundle But I'll say 12 lbs until I weigh them 1560 lbs closer to 2000 if its 15 lbs each