[AT] History Exam, now kid memories

[Ralph Goff]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] History Exam, now kid memories


> One day this week I saw a local contractors 1 ton terribly overloaded.  It
> has a 12 foot bed with 4 foot sides.  The thing was rounded up with 
> bricks,
> concrete, and dirt from a job site.  The springs on the front and rear 
> axle
> were bottomed out to the point that the front wheels were cambered out at
> the road.

Thats quite the image Charlie. No doubt the driver did not own the truck and 
had no worries about vehicle damage.
I have probably been guilty of similar offences in the past as it seemed a 
shame not to fill up a grain box at least level. Trouble was that the people 
that originally installed an 8x15 foot box on a truck with just about 20,000 
pound GVW didn't consider how heavy grain was.
Nowadays the DOT is pretty strict about enforcing overload penalties and I 
don't push the limits.

Ralph in Sask.