You had too much weight behind the rear axle
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Originally Posted by allrightnow
I just brought home 32 boxes of Bruce 3/4" oak flooring and it was a real squirrelly ride. The boxes wouldn't fit in the bed and close the tailgate too. I have no idea how much the flooring weighs, but the ride was bouncy.
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A "bouncy", "squirrely" ride strongly indicates that you had way too high a percentage of the total weight behind the rear axle (Being unable to close the tailgate is a big clue.) All that weight behind the axle caused your front suspension to be become grossly "unweighted" or lightened (via a teeter-totter like action where the rear axle is the pivot point).
In addition to being bouncy, I suspect you had more than a bit of trouble with steering control (which would have been really bad if you'd had to deal with icy/wet roads and/or strong crosswinds).
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What can I do that would allow me to carry that weight a little more safely?
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Put at least 60% of the load ahead of the rear axle. If you can't close the tailgate, then you have too much cargo behind the axle. Make a 2nd trip or stack the load in the front of the bed. And do find out how much each box weighs...and then realize that your payload (including you and anyone/anthing else in the cab counts against it) is only about 1500 lbs.
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