41 ford commercial pickup

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Originally Posted by dicks41

Can anyone tell me how to tell the difference from a 1941 3/4 ton and a 1941 1 ton commercial pickup?

3/4 ton had 16" wheels (wide five pattern) all around, same brakes as a car, one ton had 16" on front and 17" on rear, with what was called a flatbased rim. I have a 41 3/4 ton flatbed truck and have converted to higher speed rear axle and self energizing brakes on front and I use 16" rims that came off a merc 5 on 5"