are you running those on stock wheels , when I put the 315/75/16 on my 2000 7.3 the tires rubed the springs when I turned to the left , had to buy new wheels and 2.5 inch leveling kit to clear tires. On the 2004 I have now the 305/70/16 rub inner fender, but I do have them on 8 inch wheels. were those good year tires the wrangler ats.
I had 1900 lbs. of bagged rice coal in the truck yesterday and I have a F250, LB, 4x4,CC, Lariet, Loaded, and had no problem at all. Lots of mountain here too!
Rob
I have no problem with the 285's at all. I don't think they can rub.I think Forde says you can go to a 295 with no rubbing but I do alot of towing so I can't go too big.
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2003 F-350 CC FX4 SRW 6.0L King Ranch Edition with
Banks monster Exhaust and Predator Programmer
I'm having a hard time understanding this. I'm very critical of things about Ford which do not please me(like the new F150), so I'm the last guy who'd call BS -out of pure brand loyalty to Ford.
I can't see this happening. I like Dodge trucks just fine, and the Cummins motor is awesome, but if there's one truck out of the big three (Dodge / GM / Ford) which sags badly under load - it's the Dodge. Ford's and GM's always seemed to hold their rated payloads just fine with no sag unless overloaded, while the Dodge's seemed to always sag a bit before even reaching their rated payloads. The newer Dodges have 4+1 much beefier springs, but the older ones tried getting by with just three smaller ones.
This tells me either you had airbags on that Dodge( they benefited from them the most) or that pallet of sod weighs a whole lot more than 1500-2000 lbs - no way a SD bottoms out and limps home with such a light load.
Just my observations - either it's like I said or you got a defective truck.
I just transported 2,700 lbs of ceramic tile in my '04 F-350 SD w/ 6.0l Diesel. The truck barely reached the overload springs with all that weight. The final sprint was up a very steep driveway (between 35 to 40 degrees, damn people like the view up there) and had no problem getting there.
Good luck to the homeowner in the winter though... they'll never see the view... unless they park snowmobiles at the bottom of the driveway.
if need be spring's are one of the cheapest fixes there are. order a set from a f350 duelly. maybe even 450 550 if they fit. anyone know if they would?
The F250 is a 3/4 ton vehicle, you're hauling between 1500-2000 lbs of sod so starting out you're at the capacity of the vehicle and pushing it up to 2000 lbs, you're 500lbs over. If you want a truck to haul 2000 lbs, get an F350.
