I'm surprised you could control that thing once you got going with that kind of load behind it! I'm impressed your truck has lasted as long as it has with that amount of abuse! That in itself is testament to the strength of these trucks.

 

It's kind of funny, I just finished saying you were going to blow your truck up in another thread, and then I see this. What is the matter with you? A one ton with dual wheels isn't even rated to tow "28,000 pounds*. Sod pallets weigh about a ton, unless the pallets you are carrying are double the height. I did several sod runs this summer. I had one pallet in the bed, which weighed 1900 pounds, and I had one in the trailer behind me, and it was a BIG LOAD. At least if you were going to be throwing that much stress onto your pickup truck, you would at least need a half ton truck that had the 8 ft. bed with the extended cab. You have the smallest option sized 1500, that thing is meant to go offroading and drive around town, period. Uh, makes me very sad to hear you were putting those massive amounts of weight on a tiny truck. It's already taxed to begin with those 36" tires. jee wiz.

 

It'sin the 2.5 ton weight class. It can carry 5,000 pounds in the bed.

 

i want one...

 

Correct. THat is the off road rating. On highway, they are rated for 10,000.

GVWR is 23,000/23,530 w/w, so it comes in just under CDL weight class.

Interestingly, the tires are only D load range. But since there's 10 of 'em, they're plenty stabl;e with a heavy load. A couple pallets of pavestone drops the bed a whopping 1/2"

 

the sod that i haul is very wet right now, and believe me they weigh more then 1900lbs. I know that these trucks are tuff, and I know I need a F750, but I'm just trying to help put food on the table. I'm not stupid, I didn't go on the interstate, I usually drove around 35mph-45mph, the trailer has good brakes, and I know that I need a longer truck, but I didn't know what I would be towing a year ago. Give me a break guys, I just thought you guys would get a kick out of it.

But believe me a 500hp 440 in a 3/4ton truck will pull this trailer of mine. I have personally seen a guy with a 1 ton and a goosneck trailer haul 14pallets. You do the math

 

Honestly I smell ****. Being that I'm from Lancaster Pa I know what **** smells like. I think you're greatly over estimating the weight of your load. With allthat weight you'd be lucky to end up with just a broken transfer case or tranny. Not to mention just stopping with a load like that. That trailer would push you clear off the road at a stop. Plus I couldn't imagin a single cop who wouldn't pull you over. Hell they pull us over for blacked out lights and tint. Honestly this whole thing smells like ****.

 

QFT

Our trucks are not as tough as the OP is making them seem. They are quite fragile really.

 

Yeah man, I really can't see 28,000 pounds. I towed a 8,000 pound excavator and man was she FEELING it! The trailer weighed 3,500 pounds. The engine handeled it great, but the truck was getting pulled around hard. And that was just at 11,500 pounds. That in itself is way too much for a half ton. I am having a hard time beliving sod weighing 24,000 pounds. These must have been massive pallets of sod. I would bet you were pulling 15,000 pounds at the most, because that would be astounding to begin with. Either way, anything over 10,000 pounds is really pushing it, let alone 20,000+ pounds, that'd be a load for any kind of dual wheel.

 

Dude, your license is only rated for 26,000 pounds, I don't care what pulls it. That's not net, either; that's whole kit and kaboodle. Truck, trailer, load, fluids, and you. You could get a HUGE fine. I know this 'cause we have a big dump truck, and it weighs 13,000 pounds, so at max we can legally pull 6.5 tons with a standard license. The truck can handle more, but Super Troopers are getting serious about this type of thing. Don't risk it.