thats got to be sum type of pine,, oak would be to heavy

good pic's mopar1973man takes we back to my tree cuting back with my d150 with a V6 and a dump bed ,,, cant tell you how many times that axle hit the frame.lol

 

i also on different occasions have easily hauled about 1800 lbs with it sitting level in the rear, have had the bed full of firewood, nothing as big as the stuff in that red one with the cummins though, but i bet my truck could haul it

 

The bark doesn't look like pine. And I'm pretty sure thats his cummins.

 

One more thing, air up your tires to the max of what they can handle.

 

Red Fir like what 2x4 are made from... At least in Idaho... As for the side racks I've got a ratch strap band tie in the center to keep the bed wall sfrom bowing out. I put on about 1.25 to 1.5 cords of wood every trip and haul out of the woods over 35 miles. I need about 10-12 cords of firewood a year. All stock on my truck no extra springs or air bags...

Stock 265/75 R16 tires aired to 65 PSI (Max'ed 80 PSI)

Yeap that is my Cummins... My Mom's 1500 Dodge gasser can't EVEN think of hauling a lod like that... (LMAO!)



Start gruntin' and hurting... (Red Fir again!) My buddy's 92 Cummins pulled this one up on the road about a 30 foot chunk...

As a matter of fact I just rode ATV's back into the firwood hole and it still snowed in yet... I'm getting itchy to get hauling again.

 

Your not actually wrong. Used to be the 1500, 2500, 3500, 4500, 5500, and 6500, used to denote the bed payload. That really hasn't held true for a very long time. (Like since the 1930's) Now its just merely a model number.
In today's trucks, the only real way is to look at your GVWR and subtract your total weight (IE: Curb weight)

So assuming that the above holds true, finding out your pay load would look something like this: Curb weight= 6,500 GVWR= 8,600 So, 8,600-6,500= 2,100 pounds of pay load capacity. (Numbers were just made up, I'm not referring to any of the 2nd gen models)

 

Dam it is pine! U heat yr house with pine!!!!!! Yr crazy, have heard of chimney fires???

 

I know a guy who once hauled 2 tons of scrap steel in the back of a Dakota with a 2.5L 4cy 5sp. Talk about crazy but that little truck hauled it.

 

I've had over 2800lbs in mine. Had a ton of rock in it many times. Not counting the 3-400 lbs of stuff in my toolbox in the bed already.....

 

Most chimney fires come from burning old wood containing Creosote.

That pine chimney fire stuff is a myth.

Pine does tend to pop more than hardwoods, though. I'd be more worried about the rug than the chimney.