Well i work for king soopers and on the fourth of july week end we ran out of ice so i had to run to other stores to pick the ice up. When i loaded a full pallet of 20 pound bag ice my truck went down and definently was loaded, these pallets weigh just over a ton about 2300 pounds. My truck did fine and no damage after hualing about twenty pallets on twenty different runs, so i was thinking How much Weigt can our Trucks actualy take with no upgrades to the suspention.

 

I am sure someone will give you a number but I can add something: I believe our trucks will haul MORE than we safely stop.

 

trailer and hay is over 21,000 lbs.

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I towed that load almost 600 miles, would I recommend towing that much? NO!
as for in the bed I was feeding pellets and would load them rounded up in the bed about 3,000 lbs and haul them 130 miles every month with no problem.

 

I've had about 2600 lbs in the bed of mine and it hauled it no problem. it was 6 55gal. drums of oil, plus the pallets they were on, so I am guessing it was right around 2600 some odd pounds. It was down onto the helpers pretty good, but stopping it wasn't an issue. It's kinda nice to drive a truck that will haul just about anything you can get into the bed!

 

Ive pulled a small dozer and trailer about 23,500 lbs behind our 350 with factory overloads and 250 with aftermarket overloads. Its not fun to pull or stop but they will do it, just better have a good trailer with brakes. Far as just in the bed Id say 3-4K or so. But does you 250 have overloads? If no overloads then I'd say 2-3K. The other question is what ply tires your running? That alone can make a big difference. Sway bars also help when hauling that heavy of a load.

 

wow that is impresive, i am not sure if my truck has over loads. I have never done anything to the suspension really besides shocks. Another question on my 250 the top two springs are loose and sticking up should they be like this, or should they be secured? I am going to have to check my trie ply too. It is nice knowing you can hual about anything i mean i know the ponys are there at least in my 5 speep manual. I have had that thing loaded to the trafic lights with tree logs and brush and ive hualed a couple front loaders, but i just never thought about the limit. Ive seen people with dodges loaded to the floor and they are still driving them. Thats just crazy.

 

If the top springs are clamped in the middle and free at the ends then those are your overload springs. They only hit the supports once you compress the ride springs. They allow you to haul heavier loads. On these trucks I suggest at a minimum an 8ply, 10 and 14 is always better but not all tires come in those. The other thing about loading them heavy is watch for the hwy patrol unless you have a farm tag. Any truck and trailer over 26,000 requires a class A license

 

I have hauled full pallets of roofing and concrete that were in the 3500lb range no problem. I picked up a load of sand a couple months ago that was surprisingly heavy. The loader dumped it in until I said stop. I looked at the bump stops and had about an inch and a half to go before it bottomed out. When I went across the scales it was over 13K lbs. That's about 5500 lbs in the bed. Way too much, but it handled it fine.

 

Man i cant beleive that, that is serious hauling right there. I just looked at my truck and just the top spring is loose and the middle ones are secured, so i assume that the top is a stock helper spring. i did not get a chance to look at my tires to much but i caught three ply side wall, when i was just changing my oil im not sure on the actual tire ply i will have top check.

 

Most are designated by a letter. C-6ply,D-8ply,E-10ply

 

I second that one! I hauled 3 round bales (each at nearly 2000lbs) in the bed of my dually. A person does have to plan ahead for slowing down, but it did it without issue! Ohh.. this was also hauled when I had the 5.8ltr gasser in before I swapped out to the 7.3!

 

I've had 4,000 lbs of rock in my 250 with no problem (about 2" above bump stops IIRC). I've also had 2,300 lb skids of block BEHIND the rear axle thanks to the stupid gooseneck hitch. I pulled a trailer with a 2,500 lb tongue weight. I do have some serious over-load springs though (they look like 350 dually packs).

 

Trailer and forklift weigh 28k. Stock rear suspension

 

I've had 3700 pounds in the back of an 89 F150 before (load of driveway gravel) and have had that much or more in one of my F350 trucks....

It will haul it as long as you can stop it.