C60 Update - Finally got to use it!

Got the clearance lights all wired up on the "new" grain truck, it passed inspection, and I got to load it for the first time last
Thursday. Had a short load of 450 bushels. The most I've hauled is 500 - plenty, and very nearly completely full. Full enough for sure.
Must say I'm pleasantly surprised by how well the 350 handles that size load. I do use the 2-speed some, but not as much as I expected.
It'll raise a full bed at idle - another surprise. It'll cruise down the road at 40-45 easy. I'm impressed. 2 questions: 1) anyone every
hear of putting golf balls in the front tires to balance them? My deceased neighbor did that with his lime truck, his son told me recently.
2) This truck has a DOT number on the doors. What is that and do I need to transfer it to my name, or do I even need it if all I'm doing is
hauling grain and the occasional load of gravel for myself. Not even sure what it is. Thanks!

Pic 1 - at the house
#2 - on the scale at the elevator (500 bushel load)
#3 - dumping at the outdoor pit
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My tire store used to put equal in every tire that they mounted. That DOT number could be someone else's or more likely one that someone let lapse. It is not likely that you need one, so either paint over it or pull some of the numbers of so you don't get in trouble. In order to see if you need to be registered with DOT, go to the DOT website, and it will tell you if your situation calls for you to register.
 
(quoted from post at 13:55:33 02/28/16) Tarp is next. Luckily, the elevator isn't far.

I have one for a 17 foot body that I would let go cheap but I expect shipping would be too much.
 
I don't have any trouble with grain blowing out of the truck at 45 mph. I also do not have a DOT number for mine (72 C-50). Mine has Michigan farm plates and goes to the elevator, the gravel pits, the lumber yard and the other house. I don't ever take it on the freeway, can't imagine the fuel usage trying to keep it up above 55 mph. I just like tooling down the country roads with my loads. I asked a trooper about the legalities, he told me not to even tarp it as long as I kept the load down inside the box. A good solid 3-400 bushel load stays a foot below box level. That is enough weight in a 40 year old truck. They are great though, aren't they?
 
You need to remove the DOT #s,it belongs to someone else:just like having the wrong license plate on it.Mark
 
Are the front tires tubeless? Cant put compound in tube type tires. I can't tell from the picture. Best thing - take it to your local farm tire shop and have them put the correct amount of balancing compound in them. I've put over a million miles on those trucks, I never had any of those tires balanced. At 45-50 miles per hour, I really doubt you will either. Time will tell.
 

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