andros Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 What is the most that you have hauled or towed and with what model(what motor)? I can't seem to find examples of anyone towing or hauling with their trucks. Does anyone know, from literature or experience, what the tailgate weight limit is? Any problems with faulty tailgates? Quote Link to comment
elmerfudpucker Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Rolled over the CAT scales at 4760lbs in my 81 720 with a stock Z22 motor with 80psi in the air shocks. The truck is around 2300lbs empty. That was with just over a half a pallet of heavy paver bricks. Scalehouse was closed that day so I ran thru real quick. :D Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 1,700 lb of lettuce in my '71 L16 521. Some early 521s were rated at 3/4 ton, most 620 are 1,100 lb. and the '78 and up cab chassis is I think 3/4. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 If the truck is stock [all leaf springs in pack] go ahead & load it up & call it good. Quote Link to comment
420n620 Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 I hauled a load of horse manure in the 78 620 L20 5 speed with no problems. 1 Quote Link to comment
andros Posted April 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 1,700 lb of lettuce in my '71 L16 521. Some early 521s were rated at 3/4 ton, most 620 are 1,100 lb. and the '78 and up cab chassis is I think 3/4. That's a lot of lettuce. :o Quote Link to comment
andros Posted April 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 If the truck is stock [all leaf springs in pack] go ahead & load it up & call it good. Will I have shock bottoming issues? Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 I haul engines, transmissions, quads, and whatever else i can in the back of mine. Never had one hit the bump stops, but drives fine. I just always allow my self plenty of braking time just in case.... micromachinery i think towed a z car with his 521 :D my truck empty is around 2300lbs also. Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Non-US spec 520s, 521, and 620s listed the payload of around 2055 lbs. US spec was always 1100 lbs except the cab/chassis model. Didn't mean they weren't capable of more, most '73-74 620s I've seen have very heavy spring packs (fewer but thicker leaves) compared to the later ones. By '79 they were getting kind of soft. Difference? Not much, except that non-US spec were almost always longbeds. But the spring packs and axles were rated for the same weight. Must have been a North American safety thing. My Mom's Ranger is listed as a half-ton, and it's on the bump stops well before my '74. 2K in a unmolested 620 isn't impossible. Stopping distance is the big thing. I remember my folks hauling full bedloads of gravel with my Mom's 620 back in the 80s, and bedloads of chopped green wood. My dad worried about overheating the brakes but not with the load, when full it rode pretty nice. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 That's a lot of lettuce. :o Yup, about 90 20lb boxes of lettuce. It looked like I had a camper on the back. I had a neighbor that worked about 50 miles away in Toronto at a produce company. He would bring the company truck home at night with spoiled shit in it. I fed it to the pigs and they loved it! Quote Link to comment
Iowa Mark Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 When we moved onto our place we hauled water to a cistern for the first year. "77 extra cab with a couple of light years on it and a 250 gallon plastic tank in the back. Water is about 8 pounds to the gallon and I would fill about 3/4 full. Steering was interesting, but it always made it the 15 miles home. Quote Link to comment
sinner720st Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 loaded y 85 720 z24 with camping gear and burn wood stock leafs one inch lower blocks. on the bumpstops all the way. had back problems later. but i was passing fools on straights up hils (goin to tillamook on hwy 6) Quote Link to comment
flyerdan Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 I know that I've had 1400 pounds of scrap metal in mine, went over a scale so I got accurate weights. Had a few loads of wet leaves that felt about the same. They do have a tendency to drive a bit nicer, and the lead time for stopping is much bigger, think tractor trailer mentality. I have noticed on my '73, it does have a pretty healthy spring pack, much beefier than the '75 I have sitting out back. Quote Link to comment
matchstyc Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 I used my 620 as a work truck for my remodel job everyday for three years. Carrying massive loads of drywall, dirt, tile. You name it. It rode on the bump stops but never had any issues. Also, I'd like to add. It's pretty slammed. I've recently retired it for work and now use a big ol' Ford for hauling. The guys at the dump all know me as "That Datsun guy." I had to inch up on the curb to get around their massive speedbumps down at the dump. Got pretty good at perfecting the art of not bottoming out. :) Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 I found my old 521 rode best with about 700 lb in the back. This would force the very stiff rear springs to actually flex going over bumps. Four wheel semi unadjusted drum brakes were scary. Quote Link to comment
74datsun620 Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 I went from Calif. to Indiana then picked up this miget with spare rear end, front end, body, motor, inand out boxs and nerf bars then drove pack to Calif. She cruised at 75 mph all the way. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 hauled wood from moms place, and from around my house, plus a cab up from Portland. all with my factory L16 4spd. braking was hairy but i made it no problem. The Black Walnut was the worst as that stuff is heavy but it made it no problem. Quote Link to comment
inline4 Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 a little off topic, but what about a 510 wagon that has a KA swap. would towing with a wagon be a bad idea? Quote Link to comment
andros Posted April 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 I went from Calif. to Indiana then picked up this miget with spare rear end, front end, body, motor, inand out boxs and nerf bars then drove pack to Calif. She cruised at 75 mph all the way. hauled wood from moms place, and from around my house, plus a cab up from Portland. all with my factory L16 4spd. braking was hairy but i made it no problem. The Black Walnut was the worst as that stuff is heavy but it made it no problem. You guys are serious about you hauling. I have no doubts that the 620 will do what I need it to do; I just need to weld in better tie down rings. Quote Link to comment
elmerfudpucker Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 I hauled a load of horse manure in the 78 620 L20 5 speed with no problems. I hate to give you any "crap" But your story sounds like it full of "horse shit"!!! :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 from the last major parts run :rofl: full ZX suspension/drive train and a complete L28et with auto trans + a few other things I haul tons of shit in the goon too :lol: Quote Link to comment
ariascarlos1990 Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Drove 2 1/2 hours loaded (with no suspension) full of wood, a fire pit, bikes, you name it and it was in there. That was a fun ride! :lol: Quote Link to comment
andros Posted April 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Drove 2 1/2 hours loaded (with no suspension) full of wood, a fire pit, bikes, you name it and it was in there. That was a fun ride! :lol: Do you have stock brakes? How did they hold up? & is the 620 lowered? Quote Link to comment
831Sunny Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 soo i been waiting a 70's KC truck for a while. do you guys think it would be able to tow something like this the specs are here http://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2012-Cruiser-RV-LLC-FUN-FINDER-X-139-109358790 just need something small for me and my GF, if and that is a big if i get the truck i want to do a KA swap should towing this be a problem?? edit- this is what i really want http://www.rrvintagetrailers.com/aljoa.html or this would be cool too http://www.socalteardrops.com/index.php Quote Link to comment
mantas Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 My 620 with a ka24de. Just hauled a 327 chevy engine with 2 tires, engine hoist and a bunch of tools. Also had the manifolds etc. and two people in it. All of that on only two leaf springs, had no issues at all. Quote Link to comment
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