Will it hold it?
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Will it hold it?
Need opinions here please people. Tomorrow morning i have to go pick up some tile for one of my jobs. I just found out that the two pallets will weigh (combined just shy of 7,000 lbs. My question is if i put one in the bed of my truck and one in my trailer ( my big tandem axle flatbed is being used by a friend, otherwise there would be no question here i would just put both on that and have no problems at all) will she hold it? Its a 1974 f250 with overload springs. I'm not afraid to work my trucks i just want her to stand back up when i unload her haha. Thanks a lot for any insight!
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3500 lbs is a bunch of weight for a 3/4 ton truck. Also depending on what type of trailer youre using youll have to account for any additional weight added by the tongue of the trailer. I think Id find a tandem axle trailer myself.................
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So what does the data plate indicate the GVWR of the truck is? Is the data plate the correct one for this truck? All F250s are not created equal. The truck is going to weigh somewhere around 4000 lbs in stock form. Next thing to consider is how far are you going to haul this load?
Call your friend with your trailer and tell him to pick up and deliver the tile.
Call your friend with your trailer and tell him to pick up and deliver the tile.
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Sounds like it is unanimous haha. Oh and by the way my tag is original and it says 8100 lbs in the gvwr and front is 3100 and rear is 5300 so i don't know. Ill just use my trailer. Thanks for the replies.
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do it
brother in law hauls close to 5000 in the bed when he goes to the cattle yard and has no problem and goes 30 miles with it dad hauled 50 bushels of durum in our old 66 half ton ...... 20 years ago every farmer I knew hauled as many cows in the pickup cattle rack as they could get in there.... 2 tons in a 3/4 ton is doable...... durum 62 pd to the bushel times 50...3100 I have hauled 65 60 pound alfalfa bail on a 3/4 ton and it was top heavy but not on the rubber stops brother hauled 35 calves new born in the 1/2 ton pick up 250 miles and had the box double decked put it in their you will know if it is to much
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I think "you'll know if it's too much" is good advice too. If you have to pick up no matter what though, and can't back out if it ends up looking like it's too much, I'd take them one at a time on the trailer.
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I won't go as far as saying your rig can handle it, because I dunno what kinda condition your rig is in. But if it were one of my rigs, I'd do it, and have done it. I've done as much as 2 tons in the bed with a 3ton load on a trailer. It was handled with ease. My rigs are extremely well taken care of and are mostly stock...nothing special. I'd advise a 10 ply tire though, and keep in mind what the extra weight will do to your ability to stop. I'd also advise not going much over 55.
That said...chances are, a job that taxing is highly illegal. I know around these parts it's not uncommon for scales to be pulled out and you get charged $1 for every pound you're rig is over capacity.
That said...chances are, a job that taxing is highly illegal. I know around these parts it's not uncommon for scales to be pulled out and you get charged $1 for every pound you're rig is over capacity.