The truck will handle it no problem, but watch out for the DOT if this is going to put your truck over 10,000 lbs. At 10,000 lbs you become a commercial vehicle and you are subject to a whole new set of rules. Being over your GVWR is not a cheap fine.

 

If you are in the state where troopers pull over and weight 10,000 lb pickups, let us know, so we can avoid it?
Heck I still should have a receipt when I hauled 2200 lb on old El Camino.

 

Here in MN they pull pickups over all the time. The DOT has recently increased enforcement through a Federal program called CSA. One of the things they are cracking down on is people in pickups doing things like the OP is wanting to here. Many times I have seen them stop people in pickups while I drive right by in my 26 foot straight truck. It's not just state troopers doing this either. Quite a few local police and sheriff departments around here have their own commercial vehicle inspectors now too.

It's pretty unlikely that the OP would get stopped, but if he did he could be facing some big fines.

Funny thing is, you could haul the same load in an F-150 and even though the truck would be overloaded, the DOT won't even look at you because you are under 10,000 lbs.

 

I think MN is strapped for cash and they are doing it more for revenue. Not good in my opinion. If it was a true safety concern I could see it. I know I haul around a 9 1/2 foot truck camper on my f350 cc 4x4 long bed, about 3500 lbs, and I am not concerned. Air bags help too.

 

You know, people always throw that out there but there really isn't as much money to be made on tickets as people like to think. If they were really doing it for the money, they would be writing tickets for everything. For most things they just give warnings/fix-it tickets, but being overweight is the one thing they will almost always give you a ticket for. I've been stopped for inspection several times with minor equipment violations and they just gave me warnings.

I do agree that the OP's load isn't really a safety concern. The sticker on my truck says I can haul 3892 lbs, and as we all know the only real difference between the F-250 and the F-350 is the block under the rear springs.

 

States differ greatly on how the fine is distributed. Not sure how it works in MN. In Idaho most of the fine is really court costs and fees. Very little goes to local government, state gets the biggest chunk. Maybe OT, sorry.

 

Yeah, probably getting a little off topic, but I was just trying to save the OP some possible trouble.

 

Do you have picture of that? I can't image how angry you was.


Heavy load I had on 00 F350 with overload leaf spring. It was 1/2" to bump stop was nearby 5000 lb of cast iron counterweight.


I thought F250 rated 4,000 lb payload and SRW F350 rated 5,000 lb.

 

Just hopped off the scales it read 8220. Seems kind of heavy. I had a full tank of fuel and I have a brush guard but it doesn't weigh too much.10k isn't too far away

 

I don't have a pic of the truck but somewhere I have the material recipt, what were you doing with a counterweight? I used to haul them all the time when I worked for a Clark dealer and had the only boom truck, but that was many years ago!
Jim & fat Monty

 

Scrap it was on Nissan 60 forklifts. We was supposed to use but when my friend bought out that company. Long story that their employers use starter fluid to start diesel and didn't put air filter in. That forklifts were in dusty. Then it been sit for 3-5 years. When you crank it puff white. Not ever made sound fire. It actually spin too fast which show me it had no compression. When you loosen Oil cap it pop up when crank.


That F350 was pretty squat with that iron cast counterweight.

 

There a good chunk of iron that's for sure!

 

Agree I wasn't expect to be that REAL HEAVY when I load I was start think it definably dangerous idea. It went down about 8" down and tires look flat with 80 psi.

We end pull out and load on trailer with together forklift stuff. We was over 22,300 pound for 00 F350 reg cab 4wd with 26 foot tri axles flatbed trailer. Top speed was 60 with bad 3 injectors and 1 bad valve cover gasket wiring.

Next load with forklift we end use Fsuperduty for safety reason.

 

The curb weight Trey listed was for a 5.4. Your 6.0 adds almost 700 lbs, and that weight is with the smallest tires/wheels and absolutely no options. With the KR package, your base weight was probably 7,500 lbs or more. Add a couple hundred for fuel, another hundred or so for the brush guard, and whatever else is in the truck, and you're right at the weight the scales showed.

 

yea thats about right then. 7500+29gal 180lbs + 100lbs brush guard + 200lbs tool box + me 200lbs + odds and ins 40lbs= 8220