I used to carry a Hammond B3 Organ with bass pedals, bench and 2 Leslie Speakers in my 69 bus... at other times a nice size JBL sound system.........Amazing what the bus could carry..... it was great ... I worked at a music store in New Orleans..... Trey -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sounds like you should have been driving a Bus all along. They are 1 ton > rated from the factory and will carry quite a bite more than that. > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:38:37 -0800 (PST) Mark Sawyer > wrote: > > > I have been a commercial printer for the last 29 years and I hauled a lot > > of paper in the bed of that truck. Do you have any idea how much paper > > weighs. It had a 1/2 ton front suspension and a 3/4 ton rear suspension. > > never hit the over load springs on the truck but ran it across the scales > > once with a load on. 2400 pounds of paper. I'm suprised I never did really > > break anything in the suspension. I miss that truck. > >