i sold my tundra and needed a truck today so i rented one from lowes. It wasa chevy 2500 HD. I put 8000 lbs in the bed and drove home. I kept it in third gear and drove slooowly, but it felt a little unstable. The truck suspension was almost bottemed out But that sucker sill had a bunch of power
Max payload for my '03 Access cab is around 1750lbs...a far cry from the 8000 you say you put in the 2500. Considering that the specs for the 2500HD on the Chevy website say that the max payload is around 4058, don't you think you might've overloaded it just a touch???
Max payload for my '03 Access cab is around 1750lbs...a far cry from the 8000 you say you put in the 2500. Considering that the specs for the 2500HD on the Chevy website say that the max payload is around 4058, don't you think you might've overloaded it just a touch???
LOL i dont care about the rental trucks! they said that its fine and could handel it so i drove it home
I took pics of the truck when i got it home. I had 2 pallets of cement and each pallet had either 42 or 50 bags and each bag was 80lbs. BTW i think it was the regular 2500...It was NOT the deisel model.
Il post pics as soon as i figure out how to resize them.
bad man. heehee remind me never to let you use my tundie.
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those must be some pretty hardcore tires. my load range E tires are only rated for 3500 lbs each at 80 psi. those were carrying over 4500 each. do they put semi tires on those lowe's trucks? LOL
those must be some pretty hardcore tires. my load range E tires are only rated for 3500 lbs each at 80 psi. those were carrying over 4500 each. do they put semi tires on those lowe's trucks? LOL
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.
What can I do that would allow me to carry that weight a little more safely?
Oh, while I was waiting for my purchase to come out, there was a Ford F150 parked next to me with what must have been a 15 or 20 foot enclosed trailer waiting on 144 boxes of the same flooring. That F150 was already sagging on the springs from the weight of the trailer alone. Mine was down, but not nearly as bad as that Ford. Hope he made it home OK.
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.
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?
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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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).
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.
Thanks Ray. The boxes were stacked lengthwise front to back, so the only thing I could have done was go a couple of trips, which I should have done I guess.
Yes the truck will handle it, but it's really overloaded.
That is quite a lot of weight though...
I dont remember how many bags were in one pallet. It was under 50 and above 40. The i dont think he counted them carefully. So i rounded up to 50 per pallet.
I know the truck can pull that much weight, but i dont know if the bed, frame, suspension, tires could handle that much weight. I made it home (about 3 miles) through some backroads keeping the truck under 20 M.P.H.
Max weight in bed
But that sucker sill had a bunch of power
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