I was able to load 7 or 8 bodies in there, then they started to stick out over the top

 

When I built the sand box I had about 4,500 in the bed. The truck sat a bit low but couldn't tell it was there other than that.

 

Mine is a 3500 SRW

I crossed the scales and it read 13650 lbs, about 6500 kg or so.

That was with a big load of plate glass tabletops.

I think I weigh less than 8000 empty, I have a 2wd.

That would place about 5500 or so in the box.

Rode very nicely.

 

paid for just over 3 tons of limestone... yeah I'd say the ol' truck felt it

 

Had 3400 lbs of gravel in mine a month and a half ago, had about 2400 lbs of RR ties in there just a couple days ago. Like the other guys said, it'll squat down, but not bad, and the thing will still run pretty hard even with all that weight.

 

saturday morning, 4960lbs of cottage blocks, 150 blocks in the bed. 3" squat, no driving or accel problems, only had to go 15 miles though.

 

had 3000 lbs of protein feed and truck squatted but that old cummins didnt even know it was there.
d12

 

3" with 4960 lbs...I would have liked to see that. Maybe with airbags. Mine was at least that much with 1000 less. Maybe your load was spread more even.

Did you hand load the blocks or where they still on the pallet?

 

When I was having my side walk dug I had sod piled up over the cab and a full bed for about 15 mins then I moved the truck and had the backhoe pull it out where I wanted it
Im not sure what made me more nervious the truck squated to the tilt on the helpers or the back hoe bucket coming with in an inch from my back glass.
one of those NEVER AGAIN expirences
I have no idea how much it all weighed but the little chunk the the hoe coundnt get too........ almost killed me dragging it out I think 300# for that chunk and I had this stuff over flowing and higher than the cab
But when your paying your hoe operator per hr you seem to rush a bit.
And yes the cummins was @ 100% of its potential.....(stock)
but it never faultered.
lesson learned buy a trailor to tare up.

 

The biggest load I hauled in the bed was 4 bales of straw and a couple of muck rakes. The Cummins didn't miss a beat, sure glad I got this truck

 

I checked my truck at the scales prior to dumping. Scale said I weighed 12,500 lbs. I figure minus 7300 lb. for truck. I guess I had approx 5200 lbs of topsiol and rock. Squatted quite a bit, but had plenty of power.............2004.5 2500

 

Question for you guys who have really loaded your truck. What did the springs look like??? Yesterday i went to get some stone dust and my light weight was 7320 lbs. The operator dumped the stone dust until I told him to stop. It didn't look like much but it weighed 2000 lbs. My springs were flat, straight across. I guess I could have put more on but the springs probably would have bent the opposite direction. Power was not a problem at all, it ran great. I have to go back tomorrow and get some more stone dust I guess I'll try going alittle heavier. Gotta love home projects. BART

 

1.5 yards of road base. I looked up the density, and fully compacted road base would work out to 5820#. I suspect I was somewhat under that. I've got D rated tires, and they were squishing quite a bit. No problem with power. Just the concern about the tires. Next time I'll just get one yard... or find some E rated 33's.

 

200 lbs or less. Springs didn't sag at all, my D rated tires didn't squash at all, and of course the Cummins never knew it was there. I just haven't had the opportunity to load it up yet.

 

I have an 8 ft slide in dump boby that I carry in my 5 ft bed. I have had as much as 5000 lbs stone and truck was just starting to get light in frontend.

JB