I checked the new tires put on the 95, first time ever bought stock size (hell getting old), load range E 3042lbs single.

Door sticker says GVWR rear = 6084lbs.

 

i watch as they load my truck and when the helper springs just get a little weight on them i take what i got. not saying it is legal but it seems to handle it pretty well. here is a pic with about 3 tons of gravel on it.

 

Yes the listed PSI for the rear tires on the door sticker is 80PSI rear, 51 front.

I definitely looked at the tires themselves to get the load range. They are listed at 3,042 at 80 PSI. Yeah, I thought it was odd that they added up exactly to the rear GVWR. But it makes sense because the tires themselves are the weak link. The tires are fairly new but they happen to have the same size, load range, and PSI recommendation as the stock ones.

Anyways, it looks like 3 trips is going to be the way to go. Probably 2,700 for the first two loads and the remainder on the last trip.

 

No way that is 3 ton of gravel. Maybe 3000lbs, but not 3 ton

 

So I ended up taking the 2.5 cubic yards it in just two trips. The fill gravel we used was listed at 2,800 pounds per yard. (Possibly a little more because we got some light rain the day before). They loaded up one yard, and the truck had only dropped about 1.5 ", so I had them put another half yard in, and it was not much difference. So with about 4,200 pounds in the bed, it squatted about 2.5" and I still had about 4" from the axle to the rubber stop. The truck probably could have handled more to be honest. Here's a couple pictures of it loaded up:




The truck handled nicely, it actually rode a lot smoother than usual. The 460 pulled the extra weight with ease. The only time I could really notice the weight was when braking. It was less than a mile from the stone yard to the job site.

I also had the bed full of topsoil (3,500 pounds?) the day earlier and it had no problems whatsover on the freeway.

 

oh ok just looked at the weight ticket it was 2.8 tons sorry.

 

So you are telling me you had 5600lbs on the truck? Yeah, I still dont believe it

 

yea 5600 lbs on the truck. it is sand and gravel mixed, we call it 304

 

 

Gotta say it doesn't look like a large enough pile but can't really judge as don't know the size of your flat bed, angle of shot?

I know I've had 4k in my 94 F250, the OP here had 4200# in his.

I know the exact weight of the slide in camper used to have, it was a monster weighting in at 4010#. Countless loads of wet black dirt , gravel etc (yard and a half loads), skid loads of baby sand 50 x 80# bags, shingles, mortar list goes on.

And run the xway with traffic doing so, some of them not what be considered "quick" trips.

A F350 running dualies and couple more main leafs, plus overloads helping them, could hold another 1600 lbs over that yet? No not really all that hard to believe.

I guess if couldn't?.......... why buy the F350? F250ies do tend be cheaper.

 

OMG a 4010# camper, I have no doubt the truck can handle it but damn, that's a lot to haul around camping and top heavy.

 

flat bed is 8 ft long 6.5 ft wide and it was just touching the helpers. it was also up on the side boards a bit and pushing out the end board a bit. it was also fresh run material so it was wet too.

 

Yea I could tell it was a heavy one, it was nice but it was heavy, reason I took it to a scale to have it weighted. I wanted to know rather then guesstimate it.

I sold it not to long after that, bought a trailer to replace it tow it rather then carry it.

Camper was huge, when you where in the bathroom in it you where not in the truck, the bathroom was in the section off the rear of the bed floor hung beyond it.

Worse part whole deal was attempts to keep it from creeping back in the bed failed, hundred miles or so on the expressway have it creep back 2-3 inches from the front of the box. Wood framed so eye bolts only get so good a bite, no point pulling so hard rip them out.

When I first got it was still running the 87, made sure it had front and rear sway bars! Same with the 94 carried it after the 87 was retired, it only did the job couple times though.