I believe a full 55 gal barrel might exceed it's structural limits, but only because the rim of the barrel would be the only contact area vs the weight load. It might work if you set the barrel on a piece of plywood to distribute the load beyond the rim of the barrel.
With a load of dirt or rock, the weight is distributed across a much wider area [although perhaps the same weight] against the "tarp" which slides across the bed of the truck as you wind the handle. I've used one for landscape rock... worked really well. On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 5:17 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Has anyone seen one of these in action? > > https://www.harborfreight.com/truck-bed-cargo-unloader-60800.html > > Would it work to slide a full 55 gal. barrel from the rear of the bed onto > the tailgate? > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
