Turnkyle that look good, what backspacing/offset do the rims have?

 

0 offset and 4.5 or 4 7/16 in backspacing, I can't remember which. I think I paid about $120 a piece for them.

 

Oh... so they're 10" rims? Any rubbing at full lock?

 

Overloaded is overloaded. Your driving style has no bearing at all on how much weight you can safely tow.

Your job may require you to pull 9800 lbs, but that doesn't mean they're forcing you to do it with a truck that's only rated to haul half that much.

 

Well put. Some people have NO concept on ANYTHING, but running their mouth

 

Not to mention if you wreck while towing twice as much as your truck is rated for, you'll be sued into oblivion by just about every party involved in the accident.

 

ExACTly.

A friend of mine got into a boat load of trouble for that very issue. Got into an accident - two people in the hospital - he was overloaded.

Sued - and I wouldn't even want to guess at what his lawyer bill alone was - let alone what he ended up having to pay.

He won't talk about numbers - which means it was bad.

To this day he still grumbles about how the accident wasn't his fault.

But he'll never do it again either.

 

If you were smart, you'd put it in writing to your employer that you're overloaded.

They'll have to lighten your load - buy you a new truck - or tell you to keep doing it. And if they tell you that, insist their answer is in writing to cover you in an accident.

Don't ever risk your own well being for some employer not willing to do the same for you!

 

Or they can say, "Yeah you're right. Buy a bigger truck or you're fired."

 

No they are the 16x8's. They barely touch the radius arms at full lock. Much better than the 33's on the stock wheels

 

Just get that in writing so you can take them to court over it. Being required to tow 9800 lbs consistently is diesel territory.

My company won't even let you use your personal truck for any work related projects. I offered to use my truck to you're an empty flat bed to a job site and they decided to rent a truck instead. They just don't want to deal with the liability.

 

Same as my company. You dont use your own vehicles for work unless i9ts your company. I refuse to use my own truck for anything job related, they surely will squirm their way out of paying for whatever it is.

 

Has anyone looked at my Garage pic? I don't think I was over weight. Thanks

 

This is covered so far I have seen in every part of the forum of trucks. The F150 is great for towing but don't to much like one said around the ranch is fine but highway and biways isn't good. Our 86 F150 we pull loads with but make sure it isn't to much for it and never do we go over 1/2 of the GVRW unless on the ranch which is diffrent and if we do we never drive like crazy. If we have a huge load thats why we have 2 F250s and a F350 (except not running) the 02 F250 of ours does the huge hauling. My 1988 Ford F150 4x4 302 use to pull a 4 horse gooseneck trailer cross country and quite a few times according to the previous owner which is harsh on a F150. You can imagine how hard that is on the transmission and rear end. My F150 will see little to no work. If you are pulling loads over what the newer F250 and F350s are rated at you should just go buy a diesel rig and take a toll on the fuel mileage otherwise you will be spending even more on fixing your poor ol' F150.
Trav

 

Doesn't look like you are to me. I'm guessing the car/trailer weight was about 6k lbs. Maybe a little less.