Robert Cardo wrote: >For some reason I just can't imagine that a passenger vehicle was >designed to carry more than half it's own weight in books, bricks, >cement, rocks, whatever. > > Luckily your lack of imagination does not in any way limit the universe. :-)
>And it isn't classifeid as a half ton truck. > > Ah, at last he gets something right. Yep it is definitely NOT rated 1/2 ton, on that you are 100% correct. It is rated 1 ton.
>(I do know that half ton trucks are speced heavier than a Vanagon in the >frame rails and suspension alone, and I'm not even thinking about the >engine yet) > > Not sure what the relevance of all this silliness is, but the weight of a vehicle has no direct connection to its load capacity. >No negative vibes, just using some good ole fashioned common sense. > > Oh, if only common sense were commonly available. -- Marc Sayer Journalist, Photographer, Dog Trainer (APDT member #062956) Board member - Western States Great Dane Rescue Association Director of Operations & Training - Deaf Dane Rescue Inc. Springfield, OR USA My Homepage - http://gracieland.org Deaf Dane Rescue Homepage - http://gracieland.org/DaneRescue/
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