I know It's late to post but I'm picking up a 2013 Ram 1500 Tradesmen/express today at the dealer and I am curious about it's ability to haul a load in the bed. With only a 6.4 bed I can't get much fire wood in there, how much do you guys think it will sag if at all? Any pics of loaded trucks? I did a search and got a mixed bag...
thanks

 

Mine has the shorter bed and is a 2wd, but I can put a 650lb snowmobile in there - hanging over the gate and the bed doesn't even hit level.

 

I've found that it doesn't sag very bad at all. Here are a couple pics with an ATV and my snowmobile back there. You can Google the weight of the Polaris Sportsman 500. The sled weighs about 440# before fluids.





As a side note, with the sled in the back and two guys with several hundred pounds of sled gear, clothing, and tools, the truck drove great on a recent 2200 mile round trip I just took. Other than the windy driving on I-90 in SD I was getting 14.5 to 15.6 mpg at 72-75mph avg. The sled rides great back there even though it sticks out about 3' past the end of the tailgate. All the weight is up front.

Rob

 

Barely sags at all with a grill in the back...

:-)



Rob

 

Thanks... Like that color Blue... They had a 2014 on the lot that color.. Too much for me.. Mine will be a Dark blue..

 

I wasn't certain either when I had my '09 Sport, until I transported a 1,150 lb. automotive scissors lift a hundred miles. Wish I had a pic. Even with five guys in the crew cab, and the lift, the truck drove and rode like nothing was even back there strapped in the bed.

 

I advise against this but I once had about 1800lbs of drywall compound in the bed of my truck, It was just enough to bring it down to the bump stops. That being said on the 15mile trip she drove just fine.
On a 2011 4x4 Crew Cab with beefier tires that can handle the weight.

 

How's that tuner 02regcab ?

 

Thanks for the reply's...

 

Tuner is amazing
HEMIFEVER really knows what he is doing
Got my Crew Cab doing sub 6 second 0-60's all day long