I realize that this topic may haev already been covered, but I could not find it anywhere. So, after a couple of hours of searching I decided to write this. Today I picked up a load of mulch totaling 24 2 cu. ft. bags weighing in at about a total of 8- 900 lbs.
Before load-

After load-
I hope ya'll enjoy it and I look forward to seeing all ya'lls photos.

 

no pictures but my dad told me back in like 96 he used the truck to pick up 3 yards of dirt and the suspension was bottomed out

 

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...-hauled-3.html

Mines halfway down the page. Most it hauls anymore is a 30,000lb sled about 300 feet.

-Jared

 

Here are a few of mine...my dad asked me to pick up a couple of pavers for him...needless to say it was quite a bit more than a couple...ended up being 24 2x2 reinforced with rebar, 2 statues and some other odd and end things...the pavers were about 150-200lbs each and the statues were about 300 give or take...truck didn't seem to mind one bit...

 

Ohhh, I'm about to haul a bunch of stuff tomorrow. A pallet of flagstone in the '79 F350 (it will weigh over 2 tons or 4,000 lbs) and some gravel in the '75 F250. I was tempted to use the F250 to pick up the flagstone, but it is rated only for carrying about 3,400 lbs so I'm going to stick with what I know.

I've hauled two tons of gravel in the F350 and it works just fine. The rock yard is only a couple miles from my place, which helps. I'll post some pre- and post-pictures.

I do want to say I appreciate this forum because it's helped educate me on what loads are OK. I've got the manuals, etc., but good knowledge about weight of vehicle, tire ratings, and others' experiences has helped me figure out things real well.

Here it is last year with 4,000 lbs of limestone. Didn't move the springs much.

 

Ugh...I was sore yesterday! Did too much, but it was kinda fun. Scary, too, because I think I loaded the F250 with too much 1.5" stones.

The load of flagstone went in the F350 first. Was going to get about 4,200 lbs but changed my mind at last minute and went with another color--so that pallet was about 3,500 lbs. Rode like a champ, but the pallet had to be placed at the rear of the bed because the wheel wells made the middle area too narrow. Had to leave the tailgate down. Pics of the truck full and empty--not much spring movement.

Ran back with the F250 to get the gravel. I thought I heard 2,800 lbs and said "load it up!" but should have done the math. It was more like 4,000 lbs (1.5 yards) and boy did the springs sink more than I expected. Rear tires were flattened a couple inches and started to worry. But it was a short trip home a couple miles and I drove the access road 35 mph.

Should have reversed the order (F250 carrying flagstone, F350 carrying rocks.)

 

Man 70 Bronco TX, that blue looks great. Both trucks are really nice. I've loaded about the same in mine. That's not all that bad looks like you still have a fair amount of travel. I've loaded some trucks up (at owners request) that I thought wouldn't make it out of the parking lot. Think S-10 with about 1/4 of the tire covered by the wheel well and bags of feed and fertilizer stacked as high as they'll go. lol I thought the tires were gonna blow right there. Don't remember exactly how many bags but it had to be at least 3500lb.

 

old pic got a bigger trailer now and 73 has a dump system

 

ReedRepower, I'd give anything for the ability to dump from the bed of either of my trucks--I'm getting tired of shoveling out loads of dirt, etc.!

 

Here's my heaviest. '79 f250 with mild 460 hauling '79 f150 mud truck...

 

living on a farm my truck does quite a bit, but I don't have many pictures.

77 f150 rebuilt 360 4spd

 

50 Arborvitae trees. 70 lbs per tree.

Most of the payloads that I haul in the back range from 2000 lbs to 5000 lbs. (gravel, blended soil, sod, barkdust, trees, etc) With overload spings, airlift load levelers and Rancho 9000 shocks, it handles the load beautifully.

 

Top this! This is a picture of my dads truck way back in the day. This is how our logging company started. haha He had to take off the stock back tires and put on tiny little tires cause the tires were completely pushed up into the well. Needless to say this is a little more than illegal today. 1976 Ford F250 with a 460. Built Ford tough! haha

 

That is ridiculous!! hahaha What is that 8, 10k?! We have a winner.

 

Haha i have no idea, every one of those bigger rounds weighs upwards of 200lbs. Theres 4 full fir trees in there. Alot of those trees have close to 100 rings at the base. the bases you cant really see because they're in the back/bottom but they weigh 300 each. So you can tell there is ALOT of weight in the bed. haha its 22 miles from Leavenworth (where he cut it) to here.