Payload Question
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Payload Question
This past weekend, I think I significantly overloaded my SD (F350 Crew Cab, Shortbed, 4x4, Single Real Wheels, 20" Rims).
Anyway, I went to get a load of stones for some landscaping needs. Asked for 2 yards. The guy who loaded me up said I was crazy and that the SD would never handle that kind of weight. I guess I gave him a dumb a$$ look and said load it anyway. After I got home, I was bound and determined to prove to myself that he was an idiot.
Since I am not in the landscaping business, I had no idea that 2 yards of stone weighs roughly 5600 lbs....
I have to admit, I was pretty impressed with the fact that the bed didn't sag nearly as much as i would have expected.
Anyway, learned a lesson (but got my rocks on and off in one load).
So, how much weight can I hold? Looks like about 4200 lbs?
Fish
Anyway, I went to get a load of stones for some landscaping needs. Asked for 2 yards. The guy who loaded me up said I was crazy and that the SD would never handle that kind of weight. I guess I gave him a dumb a$$ look and said load it anyway. After I got home, I was bound and determined to prove to myself that he was an idiot.
Since I am not in the landscaping business, I had no idea that 2 yards of stone weighs roughly 5600 lbs....
I have to admit, I was pretty impressed with the fact that the bed didn't sag nearly as much as i would have expected.
Anyway, learned a lesson (but got my rocks on and off in one load).
So, how much weight can I hold? Looks like about 4200 lbs?
Fish
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Basically the limiting factor for holding the weight is your tires. Check and see what they are rated for.
Short hauls (crushed rock) at low speed, I've hauled 150% of the tire rating. No ill effects found yet.
Good luck.
Short hauls (crushed rock) at low speed, I've hauled 150% of the tire rating. No ill effects found yet.
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by BFSD350
This past weekend, I think I significantly overloaded my SD (F350 Crew Cab, Shortbed, 4x4, Single Real Wheels, 20" Rims).
Anyway, I went to get a load of stones for some landscaping needs. Asked for 2 yards. The guy who loaded me up said I was crazy and that the SD would never handle that kind of weight. I guess I gave him a dumb a$$ look and said load it anyway. After I got home, I was bound and determined to prove to myself that he was an idiot.
Since I am not in the landscaping business, I had no idea that 2 yards of stone weighs roughly 5600 lbs....
I have to admit, I was pretty impressed with the fact that the bed didn't sag nearly as much as i would have expected.
Anyway, learned a lesson (but got my rocks on and off in one load).
So, how much weight can I hold? Looks like about 4200 lbs?
Fish
Anyway, I went to get a load of stones for some landscaping needs. Asked for 2 yards. The guy who loaded me up said I was crazy and that the SD would never handle that kind of weight. I guess I gave him a dumb a$$ look and said load it anyway. After I got home, I was bound and determined to prove to myself that he was an idiot.
Since I am not in the landscaping business, I had no idea that 2 yards of stone weighs roughly 5600 lbs....
I have to admit, I was pretty impressed with the fact that the bed didn't sag nearly as much as i would have expected.
Anyway, learned a lesson (but got my rocks on and off in one load).
So, how much weight can I hold? Looks like about 4200 lbs?
Fish
I was very impressed with my truck, the overload leafs didn't even flex
I would def not make a habit of overloading it, but I think a few loads at max should not hurt the truck too much, IMO
make sure to just compensate for added weight when braking
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From: Arizona
Originally Posted by BFSD350
This past weekend, I think I significantly overloaded my SD (F350 Crew Cab, Shortbed, 4x4, Single Real Wheels, 20" Rims).
Anyway, I went to get a load of stones for some landscaping needs. Asked for 2 yards. The guy who loaded me up said I was crazy and that the SD would never handle that kind of weight. I guess I gave him a dumb a$$ look and said load it anyway. After I got home, I was bound and determined to prove to myself that he was an idiot.
Since I am not in the landscaping business, I had no idea that 2 yards of stone weighs roughly 5600 lbs....
I have to admit, I was pretty impressed with the fact that the bed didn't sag nearly as much as i would have expected.
Anyway, learned a lesson (but got my rocks on and off in one load).
So, how much weight can I hold? Looks like about 4200 lbs?
Fish
Anyway, I went to get a load of stones for some landscaping needs. Asked for 2 yards. The guy who loaded me up said I was crazy and that the SD would never handle that kind of weight. I guess I gave him a dumb a$$ look and said load it anyway. After I got home, I was bound and determined to prove to myself that he was an idiot.
Since I am not in the landscaping business, I had no idea that 2 yards of stone weighs roughly 5600 lbs....
I have to admit, I was pretty impressed with the fact that the bed didn't sag nearly as much as i would have expected.
Anyway, learned a lesson (but got my rocks on and off in one load).
So, how much weight can I hold? Looks like about 4200 lbs?
Fish
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From: Memphis
I had a pallet of river rock (wrapped in chicken wire) in my bed and a couple yards of mulch on the trailer this past weekend. Sat the bed down more than I thought but I have no idea how much that pallet of rock weighed, not near payload I assume.
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Ive put one and a half yard of screened top soil in mine and it handled it like a champ, I would have went with two yards if the short bed would have fit it. And if you think asking for 2 yards got a bad responce, I first asked for three yards. I was thinking that one bucket was one yard.
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Thanks for the feedback. I will check the info on the tires to see what they are rated for. As I said, all in all, I was very pleased with the results. The back end did sag a bit but it wasn't so noticable that I felt like I was pointed to the sky while driving (also, my neighbor so it and said, wow, you could hold even more, it hardly dropped at all)...
As for driving, I did leave a few extra spaces between me and the car infront of me for increased breaking, drove much slower than I normally word and avoided potholes and bumps in the road.
I won't make a habbit of this but it was nice to know it can do it for short trips.
Fish
As for driving, I did leave a few extra spaces between me and the car infront of me for increased breaking, drove much slower than I normally word and avoided potholes and bumps in the road.
I won't make a habbit of this but it was nice to know it can do it for short trips.
Fish
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I run 2 yards of topsoil in my F250 a few times a year. The heaviest load I had in the truck was 1.5yards of 2A stone and it was raining.
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