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I no luvs can handel 1100 pounds but how much wheight have you guys put in a stock Luv I no seens I put the new motor in it about 700 pounds that with the camper shell and it ran good

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If you cant find it grind it

79 4x4 1.8 liter
75 K 10 Lifted with 383 stroker
69 Jeepster comando v6

i have hauled 2,000lbs in the bed of mine, alot
i have also towed a 3,000lbs trailer whith mine

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1980 LUV 4x4, going under re-construction...

MEPR.. you got me beat all to hell.. i've hauled about 1500 lbs of concrete bags in mine a few times...

I hauled somewhere between 2000 and 2500lbs of rocks in my 77 2WD once, not very far though. I also hauled 1200lbs (confirmed) of old computer equipment to the recycler in my 79 4x4 once. It seemed to handle it ok, though it could have had a bit more power.

One day at band camp, ohh nevermind.

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Certified pilots, looking down on people since 1903.

I'm sure I've had close to 2,000 lbs in the back of mine, I'll have to weigh it next time I have a load

back in 80 when i had my 74 i would load 3200/3500 lbs of hay out of the fields never drove it on the road only to the barn really slow not to tip over or drop any but it would do it up and down the hill at my friends 1000 acre ranch

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My old but now gone Luv...

3500lbs of hay would be somewhere around 50-60 bales, you'd have to stack a LUV something like 8-10 bale layers high to get that much on there. I can't see doing that without rope not to mention scaffolding, and by the time you tie a load it could have been in the barn and loaded again. I've gotten 60 bales on a full size longbed pickup but I never even tried to do hay in the LUV. Too small of a bed to get much in a load, and the full size farm pickup had an auto tranny so I could stick it in 4L, L1 on the trans, and I could jump out and load myself as it coasted along.

If I remember right, we got 18 or so bales to a ton. so around 35 bales would be about 3000+

buch of farmers..... oh did I say something!?!?!?


I've had one full load of oak logs in the back of my little diesel, started out and drove with no problem, handled alot better but was still kinda slow (duh my bed was pretty much oak). It went maby 3"-5" over the bed and have no idea how much it is, let's just say there was only 1" b/w my tire and the quarter panel's lip, oh and i had mad tires on too, imagine that!

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-Old ride-82 Luv diesel 5spd with some upgrades
-Past rides-82 Sierra, 78 Coupe De'Ville, 91 2dr Blazer, 86 RX7, 86 Porsche 944T (rear-ended and totaled)
-Curr. rides- 1970 Ford LTD 4dr, 390 4Bbl, 2nd owner! With a few Extras 00' Civic beater...

One thing to keep in mind when loading up your LUV:
It may be able to physically haul a big load & make you proud. But remember that bigger loads require more stopping distance & braking is gonna be pathetic w/ an overloaded little truck. Too big of a load puts you & everyone on the road w/ you in danger. I'm not saying its not possible to haul 3K of trailer w/ your LUV- its just not recommended.

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'46 Studebaker truck "project"
'90 Trooper 4X4, 2.6L 5 spd

I made sure I wasn't behind anyone while i was towing all that crap, yeah it did take forever to stop.

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-Old ride-82 Luv diesel 5spd with some upgrades
-Past rides-82 Sierra, 78 Coupe De'Ville, 91 2dr Blazer, 86 RX7, 86 Porsche 944T (rear-ended and totaled)
-Curr. rides- 1970 Ford LTD 4dr, 390 4Bbl, 2nd owner! With a few Extras 00' Civic beater...

Well I asked my cousin who remembers everything it seems like he’s a little slow but like a genius in other things he said we would get 23 bails that would weigh between 130 and 150 each so on the low side it would be
2990lbs to 3450so I would guess 3100 average and yes the rear springs would bend the other way, they would go down not up and it was way light in the front but I was a dumb kid and thought it was cool to se how much I could carry with out braking anything. hay this was 25 years ago so dont hold me to it, my cousin said he wouold try to find the photo of us haying with the truck

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My old but now gone Luv...

Yeah I suppose there are quite a few farmers out there with balers that put out a lot heavier bale than we did. One of my first jobs working for someone else was picking up 100-120lb alfalfa bales. Was pretty sad when some of the bales and I were damn near the same weight.

That load of landscaping rock I hauled had the springs bent backwards too. That is the only time I've ever seen that big fat overload spring on the bottom bend.


And one time, at band camp, we laughed SOOO hard....

the only other thing i hauled was 800lbs in my stepside already lowered told my uncle ill try but don't know if it will do it, it leveled out the springs and did great but not something i want to do al the time

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My old but now gone Luv...

i regularly haul around 500-700lbs in the back of my LUV and she still pulls Snoqualami pass in 4th at 60mph.
As far as the trailer towing goes, Stude i do agree whith you. You must be VARY aware when hauling a big load in anything. I wouldnt think of hauling that much wiueght long distances either. I did that becouse my F150 was down at the time. Other wise i would have showed that load some Ford Six awsomeness.

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1980 LUV 4x4, going under re-construction...

i posted this a year and a half ago..........



for the record, i think things like this are why i toasted the input shaft bearings in my 5spd

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That pic reminds me of the time my Dad gave my brother the chore to pick up some fertilizer at the feed store in town. He said he needed 90 bags, 80lbs each. My bro took the 78 Chevy full size, came back with it all in one load, 7200 lbs, stacked well over the bed rails. Dad was not happy.