about how much would you guess my truck weighs
1988
f-350
ext.cab
7.3L dual fule tanks
dually
xlt- lariet

 

sorry left a little info out
2wd
c6

 

short of taking her to a scale,
here's a good read to help ya get in the ballpark, friend:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...50-weight.html


now that im pretty much done (as far as weight goes anyway) i guess i should take her in and see what its at now.
been so busy,i keep forgetting.

 

sticker on my door says front axle 3200 rear axle 7200
so i can have 3000lbs payload? its a 1 ton truck
the fourm link said truck weights roughly 7000lbs and i sub tracted that from numbers above on door sticker. can a one ton truck legally carry payload over 1ton?

 

and how much do you think it can leagaly tow on the street?
I can get a straight anwser of the web on that

 

The title to my truck says empty weight of 4944. Sounds a little low to me. But the registration says a different weight (not sure as it's out in the truck)...

 

you can carry whatever your tires are rated at. a standard e rated tire is 3800lbs, so your at 7600lbs in the rear, minus the 3000 or so the rear of the truck weight. so you can haul about 4500lbs. less if you have d rated tires, thats usually 3300 a tire.

 

Not true. If that were the case (and since the OP has a dually), then he could haul 15,200lbs in the bed?! NOT going to happen!

Just use common sense when loading your truck. If it's sitting on the bumpstops...you're overloaded. If it's just resting on the overloads...you're good.

I know I'm going to get 50 stories of how you hauled 10,000lbs in the bed of your truck going 70 down the interstate for 400 miles... Puhleeze...!

 

didnt see he was a dually. he can easily do 8k in the bed. i know ive had that and im srw

 

and 4 rear tires e rated is 11k, not 15k.

 

My 89 dually, 2wd, reg cab, with a flatbed dump weighs in a little over 7000 pounds. (I'll check scale receipts later when I go out to the truck.) 4:10 gears, C6 tranny, btw. I would guess that the extra weight of the flatbed dump would likely come close to your extra weight of the extended cab.

If I recall I'm legal here for just short of 3 tons on the bed, but have carried 4.3 metric (4280 kgs, or 9416 pounds.) I have a pic of it on my phone, and the scale receipt in the truck. I wasn't going 70 mph, in fact it takes about a mile to get up to 50 mph, as that pit has a long slow grade for the first 1/2 mile or so when you leave. I'm usually only going about 3-5 miles with that sort of weight on the truck too.

I'll admit it is a bit much, the handling starts to suffer at that weight. I find that 3 tons seems to be a nice medium, handling is still good, acceleration is still so-so but livable, (truck badly needs an IP and injectors too though.)

With my trailer I'm licensed for 9K kilos, or just short of 10 tons. That works out to a payload of about 5 tons, as the truck and trailer are 10,000 lbs empty. I've pushed it with loads of around 6 tons a couple times, and again, it's a bit much. 4.5-5 tons seems to be a nice balance, truck handles well, sits level with my setup and loading, and stops well enough even with the weight. It took me a few rounds before I got it balanced right at that max weight, I'm hauling large rocks for retaining walls, and put about a ton on the bed, ahead of the rear axle as much as possible, and the balance just slightly ahead of the axle centreline on the trailer.

 

OK...I will quote you:

3800 x 4 = 15,200

Either way. It's not safe. I never said it couldn't be done, but I would never do it. And if I were a cop/DOT, you (they/whoever) would get a hefty fine.

 

his truck is weightless? 4k lbs of the truck makes 11k payload. we are talking payload here...,.

 

Sorry then, I didn't know you were getting that technical on me. Even so, if one were to carry that much weight (even within the tire's ratings), I would be making sure your springs, shackes, u-bolts, and axle bearings were in tip-top shape.

 

technical huh? just answering a question. and depending on how/where the load is, its a lot less on the rear axle. think about the tongue weight on these 3, 4 and 5 car trailers that are 5th wheels. 10k may bottom you out, but it can be done. nothing was asked about comfort of the ride. he just asked what he "could" take. i know theres crazy guys here who have taken more, doesnt mean they should..... but they can.