I went to the quarry the other day to get a load of #57 gravel. I weighed in at 7300 lbs empty. I didn't think these trucks weighed that much. They usually load a pick up until it starts to sag and then charge you the minimum $15.00. Well, I barely sagged and they stopped loading using good judgement. I crossed the scale at 11850 lbs. That is 4550 lbs of gravel. I can't believe how much weight these trucks can handle. See my pictures of my truck loaded up. Don't worry, I only had to go about 1 mile, below highway speeds and with limited braking. After about 6 months of ownership, plowing some snow and hauling even more wood, I am really starting to like this truck.

 

I think I was in the same weight neighborhood once with a load of quikrete for my insurance agent. He wanted to pour the pad for his hot tub on his own and asked if I would pick up the materials for him. He was amazed, but I shrugged it off like it was no big deal.

 

I wonder how much weight I can put in the back of my dually. It rides like it has no springs at all with the bed empty. It also has the extra leafs on top with the contact thing. I think it's an aftermarket overload springs but I don't know for sure. It looks like it should hold a lot though.

Edwin

 

I got a feeling it can carry a whole lot more than it can safely stop.

 

Very impressive vavtx, the truck will do ya good.

Way back when I was 19 and needing gravel I made a midnight run to a county pile out in the prarie, dropped the tailgate on my 79 ferd half ton and backed up to a sheer bank of gravel just giving it a little wack with the tailgate didnt like the truck muck sorry, but anyhow the bank of gravel came rolling down and the whole box was under the pile ..............had to call my buddie on the cb radio for a tow dont know what it weighed but it was draggin bad never do that again

Cheers, Kevin

 

Wow, that sounds like something I would do. It is funny looking back at things that at the time you thought were a good idea and then quickly went south.

 

I got some sort of Timbren-style rubber stoppers in my truck too. Are they stock?

I know the last owner pulled a 5'ver with the truck...

 

The "camper pkg" included the overload springs on my '99 truck.

 

Are they rubber, though?
I always thought that anything from the factory was just an overload leaf spring...

 

Is it a 2 wheel drive? It sounds like they may be stops to keep the springs from bottoming out.

 

NO, it's an extra spring leafs on top of the stock springs. They don't touch anything on their ends until you put a big load in the bed then they hit some brackets sticking out from the frame to take the extra load.

Here's a pic:

 

edwinsmith Looks like stock overload springs.

vavtx.. looks like you have an aux fuel tank on there. Do you know what it is or came off of. I have considered installing the rear tank off a ford but don't know it would fit. When I first bought my truck I got a yard of sand and drove around with it for a week to see how it would carry weight. It rode nice and sat pretty level. These springs are way too much for someone who stays within the max gvw of the truck.

 

Thinking about it, that's probably what they are... Maybe 4 inches in diameter, 6-8 inches long, welded onto the frame right above the rear axle???

That would make sense... 2 wheel drive D-250.

 

Edwin,
I've got the exact same springs on my '92. I still have the spec tag under the hood and it says that mine came with overload springs from the factory, so I guess that's what those are.
moT

 

I had over 5k lbs of scrap metal in the bed of my truck last summer... only had to go about a mile or so and made sure to leave plenty of room to stop!! LOL!

Forrest