Just thought I would share this info. I put 5200lbs of dirt in the bed the other day. Didn't realize it was that much until we weighed it. I wasn't going to pull it out so I kept it. Truck handled it fine. Amazing truck. Step on the gas and it still has great get up and go. I could haul a concrete mixer and it would still have enough power.
However. I can't stand the helper springs. They were so smashed on that trip they didn't rattle much at all. But with 1000-3000 lbs in there those things make it sound like the axle is going to fall out.

 

so you probably have 6100 lb rear axles like me...If 5200 lbs loaded was the rear axle wt accross the scales then I would est that you had about 2100 lbs in the bed of the truck.

 

I think the load was 5200lbs.

 

If 5200 lbs was the load, then He had about 8K on the rear axles...

 

Is it a DRW truck?

 

SRW. 5200lbs in the bed (weight of the dirt). Had another load of 4700 today. Drives amazing with it loaded to the brim. With 4700 in there I had about 2" between the axle and bump stops. I probably had about 1" between the stops with the 5200lb load. No doubt thats more than it should carry but it was a short trip and it carried it with ease.

 

I believe the truck handled it well, but be very careful at that weight! Your rear tires were way overloaded. This shouldn't be a problem for very short trips but you risk an almost certain catastrophic tire failure if you take that load on the highway or drive it for more than a few minutes.

Glad to hear how well these trucks do when overloaded that much!

 

I carry over 4 k all the time in the bed. I have air bags to keep the truck level and have a F350. I weighed at the Cat scales at T/A and I'm within the 6080 rear axle and tire ratings but over the GVWR. The truck handles better then my 02 F350 does.
I had a F250 but traded it in because I was under the axle and tire rateings.

 

That seems off to me for some reason. I weighed my truck empty and loaded within the past week.

Empty my truck has roughly 3,200 lbs on the rear axle and 5,000 lbs on the front.

How can you load 4K on the rear axle and keep it under 6,080?

But anyway, as long as you are within the limits of the axle weights on your door sticker, everything is fine. I have never understood why the GVWR ratings are so far off what the axles are rated for.

But, with 3,200 lbs empty plus 5,200 lbs of stuff...that would be 8,400 lbs on a 6,000 lb axle!

 

Tom, (crazy1) you are right to be confused and I know you are smart enough to factor in that the weight while biased to the rear does disperse into the entire frame and therefore the front axle is taking load as well.

The 5200lbs. is being handled by 4 tires which takes the weight as distributed by the chassis/frame. Actual weight gain on the rear 2 tires is not 5200, probably just 60% of it would be my guess.

To the OP, just keep an eye on your tires for damaged belts after you are finished. Driving around after that kind of load requires just as much attention as driving with the load.

 

He's right...I have air bags too which level the truck thus putting some weight towards the front. Air Bags are for this not for carry the weight. Just for leveling the load. The Lance is designed to put most of the weight over the wheels and in front of them somewhat I believe. I know I can set the Lance down off the truck and use it with no problem. I use to think being a big guy I would tip the camper over while getting into the overhead bunk.LOL.

I didn't weight the Lance with this new truck. Only with my 01 F350 and 02 F350 7.3. This truck might be somewhat heavier I read. But it handles the load much better then the 02 did. Not nearly the side to side swaying while turning corners,etc.

 

I see what you're saying, Joel, but that depends entirely on how it's loaded. As long as the center of gravity of the load is placed in front of the rear axle, the load is certainly spread between axles.

But if the center of gravity is directly over the rear axles, the front axle doesn't get any of the weight. This can get worse if the center of gravity is behind the rear axle, where it actually levers weight off the front axle and places it on the rear axle!

I've never measured it, but from what I can tell on my SB truck, the axle is almost centered in the middle of the bed. Therefore assuming you load the bed to it's cubic capacity from front to rear the center of gravity of the load should be directly over the rear axle.

So unless the majority of the load is in front of the axle, nearly all of the weight would be resting on the rear axle.

 

Same truck, empty wt is 3160 on mine with full fuel and just me.