Ton in the bed
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Ton in the bed
I just unloaded a 1 ton pallet of wood pellets off my truck for the 3rd time this winter and out of curiosity I measured the hitch height before and after. Trucks a F350 SRW CC Long box and the difference was exactly 3" between loaded and unloaded. Obviously nothing too important here!Just a FYI.
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Yep been doing the same for yrs except i do five tons a season.. This is first yr I had bags installed in back of truck.I aired em up to 60 psi and brought it back to stock height.?Stopped any bouncing I had with the pellets in the back... Not the reason I got the bags but they def made a diff in ride comfort.
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Wow that seems like a lot for just 2000 lbs. The pin weight on my fifth wheel is over 3000 lbs and it didn't put my 350 below level before I added air bags which would probably be around 2.5". I guess it is possible that if you had the pallet all the way against the tailgate that the 2000 lbs was leveraging the suspension more than if the load were centered over the axle.
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I routinely haul between a ton and a ton and a quarter of quikrete. I get a pretty good squat but never measured it.
Matt is definitely on the money in regards to where the load is centered. huge difference.
Matt is definitely on the money in regards to where the load is centered. huge difference.
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The pallet was about a foot from the tailgate so not all the way back but not centered over axle either. This truck definitely squats more than my 05 did. On a side note I might be hauling more pellets by next winter. I currently just heat my 32' x 32' finished workshop area of my pole barn but if propane doesn't come down a lot then I may be adding a Pellet stove in the house. I will only have $600 into heating the barn from fall to spring, with me opening the overhead door 2-4 times a day, and I just payed $400 for 100 gallons of propane that will only last roughly 2 weeks!
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The 2011+ trucks definitely squat more than the earlier Superduties. I guess I should clarify that my 2011 squats more under lighter loads than the 2006 did, but only to a certain extent. I would say that the first 1500-1800 lbs make it squat worse, but after it hits the helper spring things even out and it seems to sit about the same overall as the 2006 did.
For my use with the big fifth wheel and occasional gooseneck towing, the air bags were a no brainer. They really aren't that expensive and offer me the ultimate control of the ride and ride height.
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With a 2820 lb. 30L 12 cylinder Diesel engine block in the back, my truck squats down to just about level. But the load is distributed pretty evenly, maybe even biased a little bit to the front. Those cylinder blocks fill the length of the bed to within 5" of the tailgate.
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Man, you guys are either heating mansions or you need to invest in some insulation! My house is only about 1900sf and our temperatures were 8-10 at night and 20-25 during the day on average last month. Maybe my wife is right......I must be freezing her to death! LOL
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We live in a historic home. It's insulated as well as it can be.
Are you on propane Deere? The thing to keep in mind is that at current propane prices, $55 worth of propane (11.26 gallons) provides the same amount of heat (1.03 million BTUH) as $9 worth of natural gas (1000 CF). So at this the coldest time of the year, heat for my home via natural gas would be $432, but instead, with propane it's $2651!
Are you on propane Deere? The thing to keep in mind is that at current propane prices, $55 worth of propane (11.26 gallons) provides the same amount of heat (1.03 million BTUH) as $9 worth of natural gas (1000 CF). So at this the coldest time of the year, heat for my home via natural gas would be $432, but instead, with propane it's $2651!
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That's what I'm saying. Even $432 for natural gas is a lot of money. My total electric bill which includes all of my heating costs was $423. I realize that we live in different climates, but with all the polar vortex action lately, I don't think our average temps were all that different.
People bag on heat pumps all the time, but I don't know anybody with any type of petroleum based heat that can heat their home any cheaper than my poor heat pump does. My wife complains, but we keep the house 68*F. I'm really not willing to pay hundreds of dollars more per month just so I can walk around in a t-shirt and shorts.
Sorry for the hijack. At least our trucks can haul 1.5-2 tons easily and still not cost as much to feed as our houses!
People bag on heat pumps all the time, but I don't know anybody with any type of petroleum based heat that can heat their home any cheaper than my poor heat pump does. My wife complains, but we keep the house 68*F. I'm really not willing to pay hundreds of dollars more per month just so I can walk around in a t-shirt and shorts.
Sorry for the hijack. At least our trucks can haul 1.5-2 tons easily and still not cost as much to feed as our houses!
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I am heating around 3000 sq. Ft including finished walk out basement. This winter has been brutal. House was built in 2005 and is very well insulated but -10 at night with daytime highs of 10 have been the norm this winter. Hopefully with temps getting into the 20's during the day we can stretch the propane a little further.
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We live in a historic home. It's insulated as well as it can be.
Are you on propane Deere? The thing to keep in mind is that at current propane prices, $55 worth of propane (11.26 gallons) provides the same amount of heat (1.03 million BTUH) as $9 worth of natural gas (1000 CF). So at this the coldest time of the year, heat for my home via natural gas would be $432, but instead, with propane it's $2651!
Are you on propane Deere? The thing to keep in mind is that at current propane prices, $55 worth of propane (11.26 gallons) provides the same amount of heat (1.03 million BTUH) as $9 worth of natural gas (1000 CF). So at this the coldest time of the year, heat for my home via natural gas would be $432, but instead, with propane it's $2651!
Nicely off topic...
These trucks can haul a lot of heat 
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We had oil, installed a new heat pump last summer with an expected 3 year pay back. Oil would average about $2,400 per year ($200/ month). Our electric bill last month was close to $400. We keep our house at 65*. The house is insulated in the attic however half the house is brick with 15" walls (built in 1897). We also have a pellet stove but we didn't run it this winter. Hopefully we have one more month of heating and then we can turn it off until July when air conditioning is needed.
When we purchased corn or wood pellets I always used a trailer to transport as the F150 doesn't haul one ton and the diesel has a hard tonneu cover on it.
When we purchased corn or wood pellets I always used a trailer to transport as the F150 doesn't haul one ton and the diesel has a hard tonneu cover on it.
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