+1
and i'm only 23

 

Hate to bring an old thread back to life, but it covers exactly what I am worried about. I have a 2003 Dodge Ram, with the Hemi, quad Cab 1500, bone stock basically, few real little things here and there. Anyways, just yesterday I needed to move some bags of concrete about 1/2 a mile inside a suburb on normal roads at a max speed of 25 mph. I did not know my load limit, so I figured I would just go for it. Loaded up 22 8 pound bags, 1760 pounds, in my bed, and made sure to drive slow, and avoided all bumps and potholes.

Now seeing as I just got this truck, and am still in the "Oh my god, what was that noise, I hope nothing is wrong" phase, i.e. I am still babying it until I am 100% confident in its and my own abilities, I was worried about busting anything up. I checked it out after I unloaded it, don't see anything wrong, nothing looks cracked, bent, or leaking, so I figure all is well. Basically, do you guys think I have anything to worry about? I figure I am fine, but just want some more opinions. Thanks.

 

Well, with 22 8lb bags you got nothing to worry about. I think you meant 80. These trucks can handle the load but technically you were overloaded. Your truck will live. Welcome to DF.

 

What else would a helper leaf spring do besides help with loads?

 

Thanks for digging this thread up, I needed it too. I was wondering the same thing. I have an 07 Megacab 1500 and I was actually wondering what it would take to make it a 2500 because I've been doing home improvement projects and I don't want to do anything overly unsafe. I put it next to a 2500 and I honestly couldn't visually detect the difference. I carried a pallet of pavers and it did fine.

 

Your Megacab 1500 is built on a 2500 frame. It is rated for more load than a standard 1500. Welcome to DF.

 

Yeah, I did mean 80, lol. Thanks for the reply, I figured everything would be ok this one time. I was thinking about it and it seems like if something horrible were to happen, like a leaf spring to snap, it would have happened right away, or very, very soon after putting the load in the bed.

 

All megacab trucks are rebadged 2500's -- you've got the hardware you need already.

This makes my 1300lb-thread from last week kind of pointless!

 

here are a couple pictures of my truck loaded with 2400 lbs of water. i have a 2wd and a 4.7. my truck handled it perfectly fine, i even have the stock goodyear hps on there. its squated quite a bit but i still had spring left in the rear end. i drove approximately 20 miles like this and on main roads.

this was about 2 years ago when i took this pic, i now have airbags on the back to reduce the squating.

 

i pulled a bobcat for my mx track with my 07 1500 across ct worked fine..didnt even have electrionic brakes...just loaded it in the trailer and went for it my truck towed it just fine