yeah i had to go back for a second load i asked for half the yards i had the first trip... in all honestly i didnt think my truck was overloaded that much till i hit the scales i know it squatted but for 230xx miles and stock springs with block i was pretty proud of it yeah...the second load was right around 2200 pounds. and i looked it up payload is 2140 for my truck which i stayed pretty close to. i think i will invest in a set of air bags just cause i dont want to do that again. and break something. i have a trailer but didnt think dirt would stay on it to well with the broken floors and all...

 

from what i understand payload on the 2wd is more than the 4x4. if that was only a couple of wheel barrels of dirt. i sure dont know what i did wrong cause it took 2 healthy guys around a hour n half to scoop it all out. ( only one beer break). you figure i have 230xxx miles on stock springs and my tires were sunk in prolly 3 inches... not trying to start a argument just not sure how bad my truck should sag with the weight of another truck in the bed sorry guess i shouldnt be proud of the old clunker

 

here is a chart i found i know it for 01 but figured it should be close

http://dodgeram.info/2001/towing-charts.html

 

it's all good just teasing

 

I had Timbrens on my Dakota before I bought a Ram. They were great, and they do hit the axle when you hit a bump, but it has to be a pretty big bump!

 

If you can around here and started doing that I would be more than glad to take a pic and call DOT on you thats stupid.

 

If you have B license on your truck you can legally gross 8000 lbs in IL.
If you had got caught you would have had a nice fine and made to get it to legal weight or buy the next class license.
Each solution would be several hundred dollars.

 

thanks johnny law. I didnt realize how much weight it was i figured a level 8 foot bed should keep me with in payload. i guess wrong. hell i already paid for it and surely wasnt about to go back and have them unload it while i was on the scales. i only drove a few miles all back roads and i kept it under 20mph... but thanks for saying i'm stupid and you would call dot on me.

 

i agree with you. thats low of him to say that. you obviously didnt know how much weight you had until you hit the scales. i wouldnt have unloaded it either if i had already paid for it. big deal, you had that much in the bed. you did it once, and im sure it wont happen again because you wouldnt want to damage your truck. ive had well over 2k lbs in the bed of my quad cab short bed, and it was steel not dirt. and my truck barely squatted as well.

 

yeah u better beleive i now know how much weight is to much...i only looked at my springs and they still had arch so i thought i was ok... thats why the second load i got half and it kept me in payload range...and it drove great...I am building up a new motocross track and now know the limits of my rig when i go to get dirt i know what she can handle...and next time i will be doing the tarp and the trailer trick lol.