Ford Ranger Hauling Pallets Exceeds Its Payload Capacity by Just a Tad
With a bevy of wooden pallets crushing it, this poor Ford Ranger looks like a rolling road hazard.
While some choose to ignore them, our trucks come with maximum payload and tow ratings for a reason. Exceeding these maximums is possible, of course, but not terribly safe to do. Regardless, time and time again, we see truck owners throwing caution to the wind and loading their rides down with a dangerous amount of weight, which is certainly the case with this Ford Ranger spied by a Reddit user recently.
This loaded-down Ford Ranger is certainly a sight to behold, even in today’s world, where the internet has shown us just about everything there is to see. The poor pickup has so much weight in its bed and on its roof that the suspension is crying out for help, pushing the Ranger down over its tires like it’s had a couple of coils cut out.
It’s hard to see exactly how many pallets this thing is carrying, but one commenter on the post guesses that it’s around 66. Given the fact that the average standard wooden pallet weighs somewhere between 30 and 48 pounds, that means that the Ranger is carrying roughly 2,000 to 3,000 pounds, which, as one might imagine, far exceeds this truck’s maximum payload rating of 1,420-1,560 pounds, which varies depending on engine size.
That makes this Ranger a bit dangerous for both the driver and those around him, but it’s unclear if the law got involved. Regardless, the most ironic thing about this wild sight is the fact that the driver went to the trouble of moving his license plate up from the bumper onto the pallets, presumably in an effort to keep things legal. Perhaps that would help his case if he got pulled over, but we’re not so sure about that.
It goes without saying that exceeding a truck’s payload capacity is never a good idea, but that clearly won’t stop people from doing it. As we’ve seen time and time again, some folks just don’t care about their trucks or the safety of those around them. But luckily for us, the internet exists to remind us of that.
Photos: Reddit, Ford
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