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How do you tell a 1/2 ton from a 3/4 ton

  
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How do you tell a 1/2 ton from a 3/4 ton

 
g_n0va g_n0va
New User | Posts: 15 | Joined: 09/09
Posted: 09/13/09
11:28 AM

I have a 69 Chevy Long bed but has no emblems or nothing to tell me if its a C10 or C20. i researched the Vin but did not get what i needed. I believe it is a 3/4 ton because it has 6 lug wheels, but someone told me that does not matter, that in those years 1/2 tons were made with 6 lug wheels.  

 
smurf1 smurf1
User | Posts: 198 | Joined: 12/07
Posted: 09/13/09
12:00 PM

If it has 6-lug wheels, it's a 1/2 ton. The 3/4 ton trucks had 8-lug wheels in 69  

 
g_n0va g_n0va
New User | Posts: 15 | Joined: 09/09
Posted: 09/13/09
12:03 PM

Thank You  

 
mpayne mpayne
Administrator | Posts: 895 | Joined: 11/07
Posted: 09/14/09
02:01 PM

Smurf hit it right on. For any of the Chevys if it had 8 lugs it's most likely a heavier duty vehicle. Most Silverado are the same way.  

 

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