Tree-Farmer
Member
I bought a 1973 F600 grain truck last year. I got lucky and got it for only $1,000 at a farm sale. It seems to be in good condition, has an 18 foot Omaha bed, with a tag axle and the 361 motor.
I?d like to ask how much weight I can haul on this truck? The GVWR on the door is 20,200. I weighed it empty and it weighed 12,800.
If I take 20,200 minus 12,800, I get 7,400 capacity. Take 7,400 capacity divided by 60 pounds, the weight of a bushel of soybeans and I get 123.
Is that true? Can I only haul 125 bushels of soybeans on this grain truck?
That doesn?t seem like very much to me.
Is the GVWR the maximum weight the truck can carry? What?s that 20,200 mean, really?
I would have thought the tag axle would let it haul more.
I?m doing a specialty crop, and need to haul it 100 miles on secondary road, so the truck has to be able to handle the weight on the road. And be able to stop at stop signs in small towns.
Is 12,800 pounds high for an empty grain truck?
What does your older F600 or C60 weigh empty?
I?m now wondering if the 18 foot bed is NOT a good thing. If it makes the truck weigh more when empty, then it decreases my capacity to haul corn or beans. Is that right?
Thank you,
Doug
I?d like to ask how much weight I can haul on this truck? The GVWR on the door is 20,200. I weighed it empty and it weighed 12,800.
If I take 20,200 minus 12,800, I get 7,400 capacity. Take 7,400 capacity divided by 60 pounds, the weight of a bushel of soybeans and I get 123.
Is that true? Can I only haul 125 bushels of soybeans on this grain truck?
That doesn?t seem like very much to me.
Is the GVWR the maximum weight the truck can carry? What?s that 20,200 mean, really?
I would have thought the tag axle would let it haul more.
I?m doing a specialty crop, and need to haul it 100 miles on secondary road, so the truck has to be able to handle the weight on the road. And be able to stop at stop signs in small towns.
Is 12,800 pounds high for an empty grain truck?
What does your older F600 or C60 weigh empty?
I?m now wondering if the 18 foot bed is NOT a good thing. If it makes the truck weigh more when empty, then it decreases my capacity to haul corn or beans. Is that right?
Thank you,
Doug