Overloaded the payload today!
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Overloaded the payload today!
1st time hauling a load of gravel in the bed today, and I believe that I got real lucky. Truck doesn't seem to be making any sort of weird sounds or anything, nor did it while it was getting loaded down with 3 bucket loads while at the quarry (at least not that I could hear). From inside the cab, I could see that she had squated down a good bit, so as I was leaving the quarry, I crossed over the scales. A whopping 11,5xx lbs is what she weighed in at. Minus 6200 lbs with me in the truck, that made for a 5,300 lb payload. I don' want to ever do that again, but on the other hand, and although I'm kind of impressed, just glad nothing broke(knock on wood).
Has anyone here seen this before or perhaps have experienced it themselves?
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Definitely a tad overloaded, GVWR maybe 9 or 10k..
That is what I like about these trucks, load em up and move em out, without a lot of white knuckles wrapped around the wheel. Very happy w/ the way my similar standard cab truck hauls, MUCH better than the '83 chev squarebody that it replaced.
That is what I like about these trucks, load em up and move em out, without a lot of white knuckles wrapped around the wheel. Very happy w/ the way my similar standard cab truck hauls, MUCH better than the '83 chev squarebody that it replaced.
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The biggest limiting factors with payload are tires and brakes. Max load on those tires is 3,417lbs at max inflation (probably 80 psi), so theoretically you had about a 1,000lb margin of safety, but at highway speed your ability to stop in a reasonable distance would be severely impaired.
GVWR on my 2003 SRW Regular Cab F350 was 9,900 so I would guess that a 250 would be a bit less.
GVWR on my 2003 SRW Regular Cab F350 was 9,900 so I would guess that a 250 would be a bit less.
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The biggest limiting factors with payload are tires and brakes. Max load on those tires is 3,417lbs at max inflation (probably 80 psi), so theoretically you had about a 1,000lb margin of safety, but at highway speed your ability to stop in a reasonable distance would be severely impaired.
GVWR on my 2003 SRW Regular Cab F350 was 9,900 so I would guess that a 250 would be a bit less.
GVWR on my 2003 SRW Regular Cab F350 was 9,900 so I would guess that a 250 would be a bit less.
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Back when I was young(er) and dumb(er) I worked for one of those student junk hauling companies. We usually were carrying bulky stuff like furniture, so the trucks had really large dump boxes, but they were just standard F350 chassis cab trucks. Had someone loading bricks with a tractor one day and I wasn't paying attention. Ended up with four times more than what the boss said the max load was. Drove that through rush-hour traffic to the dump and managed not to rear-end anyone, which was probably more luck than skill.
Wish I had the scale ticket it was a ridiculous load.
Wish I had the scale ticket it was a ridiculous load.
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Back when I was young(er) and dumb(er) I worked for one of those student junk hauling companies. We usually were carrying bulky stuff like furniture, so the trucks had really large dump boxes, but they were just standard F350 chassis cab trucks. Had someone loading bricks with a tractor one day and I wasn't paying attention. Ended up with four times more than what the boss said the max load was. Drove that through rush-hour traffic to the dump and managed not to rear-end anyone, which was probably more luck than skill.
Wish I had the scale ticket it was a ridiculous load.
Wish I had the scale ticket it was a ridiculous load.
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I've gotta disagree with folks here, 5K in the bed of an SRW truck is well beyond the tire and axle capacities.
Dead empty you've got almost 3,000 lbs on that axle with just the weight of the truck. Add 5,300 lbs and you're north of 8,000 lbs on that axle that was never rated for more than 7K. I've overloaded things more than a few times over the years, but I've learned that exceeding tire and axle capacities can be a recipe for trouble. Sounds to me like you didn't hurt anything, but I wouldn't want to try that a second time. The risk of tire/rim failure is greater than you may think because the truck is riding on the bump stops without any room for the suspension to move when you hit a bump.
Glad you got it home okay, but I wouldn't suggest repeating the performance. Cool photo, though!
Dead empty you've got almost 3,000 lbs on that axle with just the weight of the truck. Add 5,300 lbs and you're north of 8,000 lbs on that axle that was never rated for more than 7K. I've overloaded things more than a few times over the years, but I've learned that exceeding tire and axle capacities can be a recipe for trouble. Sounds to me like you didn't hurt anything, but I wouldn't want to try that a second time. The risk of tire/rim failure is greater than you may think because the truck is riding on the bump stops without any room for the suspension to move when you hit a bump.
Glad you got it home okay, but I wouldn't suggest repeating the performance. Cool photo, though!
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