My best guess would be about 2k in weight.

Food for thought.

I put two pallets of potting soil on a flatbet trailer with a 3500# axle drove 1 mile back to my house and I bent the axle. :shocked:

 

As the previous poster said, a pallet of sod does weight about 1800 to 2000 pounds. The maximum payload for a 2006 DC is around 1875. I think hauling the sod would be stretching the limits of your truck. Let's not forget having to stop the 2000 pounds. I have hauled about 800 to 1000 pounds and it was definitely an experience I care not to do again. If I were you, I would look at other options.

Take care

 

A quick search on google found this information...

"A normal pallet of sod holds 500 square feet and weighs about 1,800 lbs.."

 

I don't know that I would recommend it, but I did once haul a pallet of sod in the bed of my 99 Nissan Frontier 4x4. It hauled it, but it didn't like it. It didn't seem to hurt anything as I drove it for about another 90k after that with no problems.

 

Yup. That payload includes driver, passengers, and all the junk you haul around in the cab. So the practical weight in the bed is around 1,000 lbs. I put exactly 25 cinder blocks in mine at 40 lbs each = 1,000 lbs. It felt maxed out.

The farm-boy rule of thumb is to watch the rear leaf springs. When they lose their curved appearance and flatten out with weight, stop loading.

Ask your sod guy for an empty pallet and divide the sod into two loads. Then make two trips.

 

I often get a ton of pellets for heating our home, I split it into two loads. The place I get them is about 5 miles away and a 1000 lbs is all I ever want to do in this truck. The slightest bump and I hit the bump stops. I have a 2002 trd 4x4 so maybe my suspension is softer than a normal tundra.

 

I have hauled numerous pallets of sod with my EX gen1

 

agree on the 1000pds. Ive put around 1000pds of gravel in my 2000 many times and that is pretty much maxed for these trucks. 1800pds is way to much and unsafe.

 

Too many people forget that they are driving a TRUCK.
You are a little over the weight limits, but 40 miles down a smooth paved road is not gonna kill your truck. Just dont have them put the pallet at the end of the bed and call it a day- get them to push it all the way up to the front of your bed, next to your cab, and that will help put some of the lbs. on your front suspension. If they cant push the pallet, get up in there and redistribute several rolls to the very front of the bed. Drive slow, keep plenty of distance between you and the car ahead, and don't expect to be able to take sharp corners with any speed. You will be fine.

And if not, it's not my fault!!:devil:

 

I think it would be MUCH easier to rent or borrow a trailer and carry the sod on it.

Imagine if you overload your truck and hit somebody because you can't stop ?

Is it worth the risk ?

I think not.

 

I would say do it.

I have 54 bags of 80lbs concrete mix and had no issues driving about 8 miles with it.

Just be extra carefull and be done with it.

 

I carried 50 rolls in my 93 4WD Regular Cab. It was a 22RE and AT. Yeah, the back was drooping somewhat. But I had me (160#), Roy (145#) and Dave (220#) in the front seat as ballast. I drove about 10 easy miles... Go for it.

 

I carried just over 2000 lbs of decorative rock once in my truck. Going and stopping was fine, handling you could really feel the weight. The rear was on the bumpstops the whole time. I think you'll be fine if it's a once in a while thing. Try to get the load as close to the front as possible, and make sure you air up your tires beforehand.

 

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I think 2 pallets is the best idea.


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If you do it please take before and after pictures and post them for us to see.

 

My truck can take about 1800 pounds and be off the bump stops (but barely)

 

See if you can get some AAL's put on. Dont know how much more payload they actually give but even if its a 100# its better than nothing. Im pretty sure you can get short or long leafs were the short will give you more of an increased payload than the long. Summit Racing.com has Skyjacker softride long leafs, doesnt specify the increase though. Plus you get an additional inch lift in the arse of the truck. Or do two pallets, thats a nice pick up you have there, if something did happen youll wish you spent the dough on gas for two trips. Goodluck and let us know what you decide and how it turned out, hey take some pics if you can too.

 

I would say do it.

I have 54 bags of 80lbs concrete mix and had no issues driving about 8 miles with it.

Just be extra carefull and be done with it.

Thats over 4000 pounds. 54*80=4320. Wow!!!

 

I will put 27, 70 pound bails of hay in my truck today. Do it all the time.

 

I would say do it.

I have 54 bags of 80lbs concrete mix and had no issues driving about 8 miles with it.

Just be extra carefull and be done with it.

I'd be scared to do that in a 3/4 ton truck!

 

I'd be scared to do that in a 3/4 ton truck!

done that more then few times
here is another one (it way over 4,000 lbs in my bed)

 

My truck can take about 1800 pounds and be off the bump stops (but barely)

Same here... I get a yearly load of compost for my garden and flower beds. They weigh my truck before and after... Always a little over 1,800lbs. @1,800lbs my DC still isn't on the bump stops... now at 2klbs+ it never leaves the bump stops.

The truck rides better with 2klbs of compost than with 1,800lbs or less, as with less the truck will "joust" off the bump stops on dips/bumps.

On a side note.... I've hauled sod quite a few times for my own back yard projects... But never in the bed of my truck. Have you seen the guys that load the sod in there! No way am I going to let them straddle my truck and slide/scrap the bed while trying to push it forward.

I've always rented the small utility trailer from U-Haul for those kinds of jobs (and put 2 pallets of sod in them!).:tu:

 

ya, probably wont do this again. will get a trailer next time

dont got a exact weight, but 66 boxes of tiles, each box was over 50lbs

 

remember the manufactures weight limit is always a very conservative number ............ a little over is not going to kill your truck

 

And I stopped at 20 80lb bags of concrete yesterday, thought I was pushing it at that weight