Re: [A/S] GM 454 motor

["a9464 <a9464@xxxxxxxxxxx>" <a9464@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

  Hi folks, I work on these trucks on a regular basis. It is true 
that a half ton may have enough "get up and go" to pull your trailer, 
but what about durability? They are built rather lite next to a 3/4 
ton or one ton. Lighter differentials, drive lines, and trannys. 
Smaller brakes and lighter spring packages. Less of the weight 
necessary to manhandle a trailer. There are shops just like mine all 
over the country making a good living repairing these over worked 
trucks. Just since Xmas I have done three clutchs, two trannys, and 
rebuilt a differential. All towing too big a trailer with too small 
of a truck. Todays half tons are no more than passenger cars with 
truck bodys on them. They look great sitting in the church parking 
lot on Sunday morning. Every once in a while someone on this site 
checks in and sez "back in the good old days they towed big trailers 
with ordinary station wagons." So did I. We were darn lucky. Good 
luck,,,, Arnie