any way to beef up suspension to more than 10000

[GMichaels]

Is there anyway on a 1993 dually to beef up the suspension so I can hual more than 10500lb in the pickup bed?



The 10500 is what the sticker says, will the factory springs handle more?

 

[AndrewKing]

Wow... . that's an awful lot of weight..... I suppose anything is possible BUT if you are going to be doing that weight regularly, the cost of modifications may outweigh just buting a bigger truck..... I hate to admit it but I have a grossly overloaded truck I use in Business... . It is a 1981 D250 that the previous owner used to haul a 500 gallon water tank on for his home drinking water... . I bought the truck from him (By the way... he put in a ton truck rear w/ 4. 10 gears and made it a dually)... . I currently use the truck to haul a 600 Gallon EZ Lawn Hydroseeder (Base weight of the spray rig is

1200 lbs plus say 7 gallons of gas (not sure how much gas weighs per gallon) but say maybe like water at 8 lbs per gallon?, and conservatively 500 gallons of water min for 4000 in water weight and I'm running an easy 5256 lbs in the bed of the truck... . brakes do get hot in stop and go city driving (this weight does not include me or the hundreds of lbs of supplies I have to put into the tank when mixing and spraying)... . Dodge trucks are tough but I am really not sure you'd want to nearly double the wight I haul... . I'm looking to get a 1981 S1900 Medium Duty International truck to better deal with the weight... . will probably be safer too..... Just my 2 cents but I'd be curious to see how 10K would work or not work... . Good luck!

Andrew

 

[KSommer]

Is there anyway on a 1993 dually to beef up the suspension so I can hual more than 10500lb in the pickup bed?



The 10500 is what the sticker says, will the factory springs handle more?

what kind of lead are you hauling? when i go to the feed mill for the corn and oats roled with molasses,(candy to the beefers) i can't hardly stack more than 25 bags (about 2500,3000 tops) without spilling over the sides.

i think if you look at the sticker again, 10,500 may be total for the truck, not just the rear. If you realy want to go nutz and park a backhoe on the front of your gooseneck, you could look into some airbags, i belive hellwig carries some, others on this forum may have better advise on that.

kent

 

[GMichaels]

4k more

Yes the 10500 is the truck total, I am looking to get maybe anther 3k more in the rear so total gvw would be around 13500. I see the f450 use dana 70 and rears carry 3k more than the dodge. so is it just the springs, and frame?

 

[MMiller]

What about tires? The 450 has the 19. 5's right? It sounds like you need a bigger truck or a trailer. I have put a couple tons of rock in the bed of mine, but only for a couple miles. Not every day.



Michael

 

[BHiggins]

The F450 also has ten lugs holding the wheels on, heavier springs, and much bigger brakes. I wouldn't go too much over what the door sticker says even with additional springs or air bags. Going over the max the truck is rated for becomes a legal issue, and here in New York they issue HUGE fines for being over-weight. Also if you were ever involved in an accident and it's determined you were over-loaded you open yourself up to lawsuits, not to mention the fact that your insurance company may not cover you due to negligence on your part by overloading.