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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoosiersmoker View Post
    At least this one is somewhat about woodworking and creating your own tools!

    Bootlegger's Delivery Truck:

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    If that was such a FULL load of lumber on that single axle truck, it would certainly be sagging, and the tires squished unless they were solids.

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    Yea. old timber merchant, me, always calculated actual load weights...I get approx 15 wide x 26 high, look to be rough sawn 2x4s, assume 8', assume Doug Fir ...would be about 2.8 US tons!

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    Looks like an old real woody to me!

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