So, whats the most wight you've had in the bed of your truck?

[SMR1TL]

I managed to severly overload my truck (no lectures please) and ended up breaking my exhaust. My truck is a '03 4dr 2500 SRW 2WD BTW. I got about 4100lbs in the bed and pulled off a 25 mile drive home. 2 days later noticed the exhaust leak and where it was coming from. I have an 5" exhaust setup. Looks like the exh was hitting the axle and the stress broke the exh at the v-clamp on the turbo. No damage to anything except the exhaust thankfully



Other than the aftermarket exhaust, the truck handled the load like it was nothing... well it did squat pretty badly



Just curious if anyone else has some similar stories

 

[ttreibel]

I hauled 100 bags of wood pellets that should weigh 40 pounds each or a total of 4000 pounds no problems infact the guy who helped me load them comented on how you could hardly notice the load. However mines a 3500 maybe those extra springs do help.

 

[WyattEarp]

not sure if there is a difference in the overload springs on a 2wd compared to a 4wd truck but they may have been the difference but thats just my opinion, as i have to idea how the 2wd trucks are set up.

 

[bighammer]

Last night I loaded a pile of leftover sand/salt mix into my old truck. Piled as high as possible in front to almost spilling over the sides then about halfway up the tailgate. I was only going 2 or 3 miles down the road with it, and no way to weigh it, but I would guess it was about 6000 pounds.



I did a similar load in my old 69 Ford except almost spilling over the tailgate too. The pit had a scale to figue charges and the load was 3. 15 ton.

 

[bmoeller]

I've had about 3k in the back of mine. Was just enough to make it sit level. Man, does it ride nice that way.

 

[KevinO]

5860 lbs of 1" clean gravel it was rolling out the sides of the bed. Probably a little too much but i didn't have but 5 miles to go.

3500 short bed

 

[SRadke]

It takes about 4k to set a 2500 4x4 on the bumpstops in the back and I've had it there twice. Both times with toung weight from a goosneck trailer that has the axles way too far back.



-Scott

 

[SMR1TL]

How much more weight can the 3500 hold in the bed over the 2500?



I'm sure that the stock exhaust wouldn't have been a problem like the 5" ended up being for me. After the load was in my truck there was only about 3~4" clearance between the tire and wheel well! I never once thought to check the clearance of the exhaust pipe... oh well, lesson learned.



Before I got loaded up there was a early 90's chevy 1500 that got a similar load of landscaping bricks that, well, I doubt he made it home I watched him get loaded thinking my truck probably won't even notice the load FWIW I had 190 21lb concrete blocks.

 

[bighammer]

I was firmly on the stops last night. Took 3 more loads today but a bit lighter than the first one. (since I was un-tarped, I kept it just below the bed sides all the way around)

 

[Jengle]

I had 4k of logs in mine, weighed on a CAT scale at a truckstop. Hauled it home to VA from CT, 480miles, and no problems. Rode like your grandfathers caddy. Got 19. 6mpg with it, too. Calculated. They were stacked over the bed to cab height and about 2ft past the closed tailgate. Even with tailgate to the top, then overhanging a couple of feet.

 

[Jeremiah]

You win!

You guys win the prize! I haul 2500 lbs of water and the truck is 150 lbs. over what it's supposed to weigh. That's enough for me.

 

[mattymac]

I put about 6500 lbs in my work truck occationally maybe once a month thats about 12' or 13' high and climb hills and drive mountain and off road all day long and can still not pull my mileage below 14! I drive it about 150-200 miles daily and it usually has about 4000 lbs in it all day long. It handles the weight with ease, but it is a cab and chasis DRW 3500 with a 12 ft flatbed.

 

[Partyat33]

I hauled 4800 lbs of drywall in my second gen. Took it easy on the 10 mile trip home. Sorry to hear of you breakage.



Dennis

 

[Bouncy]

Don't have one for my RAM yet...



My Dodge Dakota has a good one. Loaded the bed with 3/4 washed stone. The stone was to the bed rails and heaping in the center. 6'6" box.



Guessing around 2 ton total. Had 2 miles to drive.



Springs held by my tires with 50psi were squished flat and wiggling around while I drove. Kinda a scary haul.

 

[Scrappy]

loaded

I hauled two full pallets of salt, I'm guessing it was about 4k# and it wasn't even to the stops yet!

 

[Fireman]

2 pallets of 18" porcelaine tile, 5000#+. Almost put the helper springs on the stops.



Fireman

 

[johncameron]

I hauled 3000# of crush stone (88LBS X 35 bags)for 70 miles and the truck ran great. I had about 2 inches before the stoppers.

 

[jimnance]

3 ton of 3/4" minus gravel in my '95 2500 2wd. Had airshocks so it rode fine. However, the brakes in the earlier trucks were a little weak and I had to be very careful to allow enough stopping distance.



Had a 11' Lance camper, three kids, three big adults, and a 20' flatbed trailer with about 6,000 lbs on it loaded nose heavy on my '99 2500 4X4. I figure I was about 7,500 on the rear axle and drove from L. A. to Oregon. That was too heavy, but made it OK.



The most I've had in the '03 has been 3400 lbs of pin weight. No sweat.

 

[dieselpilot1969]

full of pea gravel, weight?

 

[Peter Campbell]

I towed a little heavy on pin weight- 5140 On the front axle ( within pounds of GAWR ) 6020 on rear ( within pounds of GAWR ) and 10,500 on trailer axles. 21660# GCW ( 1340# short of GCWR ) Towed just fine weighed it to the end of the trip just to see- I was a little suprised how heavy the pin weight was. It did not help that the "forgotten items" tires and a lawn mower endud up in the bed and boxes to the ceiling ended up in the back floor. 1260# over on GVWR. Should have loaded better. Of course about 50# of that overweight was the driver