4950 lbs of dirt in a 4980 lb truck
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From: Under a Rock
Now I have seen overloaded and the ill effects there unto. We took a 40' fithwheel on a 3000 mile trip to South Caralina's Myrtal Beach on the back of a old 1500 chevy, pulled the truck across the scales 16500 truck weight and 12500 trailer weight fully loaded minus 3/4 tank of gas. We found out the bump stops make for a lousy ride and the weak point was a rear u-joint, that exploded at 2 am. At 50 mph when one of those go it an't fun, when ours went it slammed the transfercase into 4h shortly after taking the engine to 7k+, when that happend the front wheels went crazy, a great deal of spinning and smoke with the added effect of, no steering.
Total casualties ripped both motor mounts free as well as trans mount, 1 blowen engine, exploded Tcase, a pretzel for a drive shaft, busted gas tank, broken rear yoke on axle, and a bent frame. The frame was bent when we where hit by the Lincoln Town Car after we finally got stopped. Took 4 days to get another truck... another 1500 chevy lol (...doh...). I was 15 so i didnt have any input
Bad thinks can happen from severely over loading a truck. The local rock quarry will not load a truck anymore. Why? Because a guy had them load his truck down (I believe it was a ram) and as he pulled off, he made it about a hundred feet the rear axle snapped in half. He sued and they had to pay for it to get replaced.
Total casualties ripped both motor mounts free as well as trans mount, 1 blowen engine, exploded Tcase, a pretzel for a drive shaft, busted gas tank, broken rear yoke on axle, and a bent frame. The frame was bent when we where hit by the Lincoln Town Car after we finally got stopped. Took 4 days to get another truck... another 1500 chevy lol (...doh...). I was 15 so i didnt have any input
Bad thinks can happen from severely over loading a truck. The local rock quarry will not load a truck anymore. Why? Because a guy had them load his truck down (I believe it was a ram) and as he pulled off, he made it about a hundred feet the rear axle snapped in half. He sued and they had to pay for it to get replaced.
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From: South Georgia/East Florida
Yeah, my 3rd Gen pig is right at 7000# with the tool box full of crap.
Most I can recall ever having in the bed of my 2nd Gen was about 3200# of sand. It hit the bump stops on every minor bump and you could actually hear the tires rub on the underside of the bed on those bumps. I stuck my trailer hitch down into the foot of my clay driveway when I started to back it in.
I've had about 2600# of river rock in my 3rd Gen, sagged pretty bad. Did the exact same thing about two years ago, after I installed a set of air bags and the back end didn't budge with only 40% capacity of the bags.
I like air bags as opposed to "helper" type springs, as you don't bounce all over the place when the bed is empty.
BTW, getting caught over capacity in the truck bed (or pulling too heavy of a trailer for that matter) will not only get you about a hefty ticket in my county in south Georgia, but will have you sitting on the side of the road rectifying the situation before The Man will let you move again...
Most I can recall ever having in the bed of my 2nd Gen was about 3200# of sand. It hit the bump stops on every minor bump and you could actually hear the tires rub on the underside of the bed on those bumps. I stuck my trailer hitch down into the foot of my clay driveway when I started to back it in.
I've had about 2600# of river rock in my 3rd Gen, sagged pretty bad. Did the exact same thing about two years ago, after I installed a set of air bags and the back end didn't budge with only 40% capacity of the bags.
I like air bags as opposed to "helper" type springs, as you don't bounce all over the place when the bed is empty.
BTW, getting caught over capacity in the truck bed (or pulling too heavy of a trailer for that matter) will not only get you about a hefty ticket in my county in south Georgia, but will have you sitting on the side of the road rectifying the situation before The Man will let you move again...
Yeah, my 3rd Gen pig is right at 7000# with the tool box full of crap.
Most I can recall ever having in the bed of my 2nd Gen was about 3200# of sand. It hit the bump stops on every minor bump and you could actually hear the tires rub on the underside of the bed on those bumps. I stuck my trailer hitch down into the foot of my clay driveway when I started to back it in.
I've had about 2600# of river rock in my 3rd Gen, sagged pretty bad. Did the exact same thing about two years ago, after I installed a set of air bags and the back end didn't budge with only 40% capacity of the bags.
I like air bags as opposed to "helper" type springs, as you don't bounce all over the place when the bed is empty.
BTW, getting caught over capacity in the truck bed (or pulling too heavy of a trailer for that matter) will not only get you about a hefty ticket in my county in south Georgia, but will have you sitting on the side of the road rectifying the situation before The Man will let you move again...
Most I can recall ever having in the bed of my 2nd Gen was about 3200# of sand. It hit the bump stops on every minor bump and you could actually hear the tires rub on the underside of the bed on those bumps. I stuck my trailer hitch down into the foot of my clay driveway when I started to back it in.
I've had about 2600# of river rock in my 3rd Gen, sagged pretty bad. Did the exact same thing about two years ago, after I installed a set of air bags and the back end didn't budge with only 40% capacity of the bags.
I like air bags as opposed to "helper" type springs, as you don't bounce all over the place when the bed is empty.
BTW, getting caught over capacity in the truck bed (or pulling too heavy of a trailer for that matter) will not only get you about a hefty ticket in my county in south Georgia, but will have you sitting on the side of the road rectifying the situation before The Man will let you move again...
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From: Riverton, UT
Yeah, my 3rd Gen pig is right at 7000# with the tool box full of crap.
Most I can recall ever having in the bed of my 2nd Gen was about 3200# of sand. It hit the bump stops on every minor bump and you could actually hear the tires rub on the underside of the bed on those bumps. I stuck my trailer hitch down into the foot of my clay driveway when I started to back it in.
I've had about 2600# of river rock in my 3rd Gen, sagged pretty bad. Did the exact same thing about two years ago, after I installed a set of air bags and the back end didn't budge with only 40% capacity of the bags.
I like air bags as opposed to "helper" type springs, as you don't bounce all over the place when the bed is empty.
BTW, getting caught over capacity in the truck bed (or pulling too heavy of a trailer for that matter) will not only get you about a hefty ticket in my county in south Georgia, but will have you sitting on the side of the road rectifying the situation before The Man will let you move again...
Most I can recall ever having in the bed of my 2nd Gen was about 3200# of sand. It hit the bump stops on every minor bump and you could actually hear the tires rub on the underside of the bed on those bumps. I stuck my trailer hitch down into the foot of my clay driveway when I started to back it in.
I've had about 2600# of river rock in my 3rd Gen, sagged pretty bad. Did the exact same thing about two years ago, after I installed a set of air bags and the back end didn't budge with only 40% capacity of the bags.
I like air bags as opposed to "helper" type springs, as you don't bounce all over the place when the bed is empty.
BTW, getting caught over capacity in the truck bed (or pulling too heavy of a trailer for that matter) will not only get you about a hefty ticket in my county in south Georgia, but will have you sitting on the side of the road rectifying the situation before The Man will let you move again...
Anyway, yea my truck box is full of crap as well, forgot to mention.
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From: orangeville ontario
i think my 81 d150 custom might have came from the factory with beefed up suspension. when i took it to be safetied the guy commented that it looked like someone had beefed up the suspension but i think that is the custom part. there are 7 leafs.