Have a couple of thousand hours on C206/207 & C210 and they certainly handle the heavy loads. If you load the C206 then sit on the tail and it comes back up it's OK (freight technique - not recommended for pax ops). Hot and heavy in the NT you could only chop the remaining power when the wheels were almost on.. .. .Docker River landing technique brings back memories - but wasn't Giles more fun??? (especially when the strip was wet - could land uphill on the taxi way). .. .Don't recommend running a tank dry on the 206 - heard of one that did and ended up in the ocean.