What is the max that I can haul in my bed without damaging the truck? I am interested in hauling 4000+ lbs of lime for a project.

 

With that much weight you'll be quite a ways over on tire rating. The axle is rated for almost 11,000lbs,I wouldn't worry there.

Unless you have air bags,you'll be squatting waaaaay down.

If it were me,I'd make two trips.

 

I've hauled a pallet of 80 lb bags of sacrete (35 bags) and it set the bed down fairly well(all the way). I didn't have far to go. Steering was fine. I've done that 3 times. Mine is SRW.

 

If you are not going far.........and can take it easy on the truck...you will be ok.


I have hauled this load twice (about 20 miles each time).........a cubic yard of sand with a pallet of 56 concrete 18'' square stepping blocks. The blocks weigh around 50lbs each or 2800 total for them........plus the sand (i was told) weighs around 2200lbs. For a grand total of 5K lbs.

In these pics....I had actually removed some of the sand first.....then spread it around in the bed and had a forklift put the pallet on top. But I have hauled it with no problem with the full load of sand. I know my tires were way overloaded.......and the springs were definately on the overloads. But I don't have airbags yet. Anyway.....it didn't damage the truck any. That said.........I wouldn't want to go across the country with it...but I bet it would do it.

 

Hey guys,
I own a concrete block plant and my dually gets called int action ALOT. Now I'm not saying that anyone should do it but I have personally delivered many cubes of blocks that weight 5-6000 lbs. When we were sending all the blocks to the new Yankee Stadium and it was almost finished some times the contractors would need just a cube or two so I would send my truck instead of a 45 ft trailer and tractor. Getting to the Stadium is a real treat so sending my truck with 1 cube in the bed is alot easier. My truck does have Firestone RR air bags and it handles 5000 lbs like a dream.
By the way the stadium is about 100 miles from our plant.
1 time I was on the road and I had one of my truck broke down and I had to get some blocks to a job so we loaded all the blocks that could fit into my truck and on my trailer. We had 8000 in the truck and 9000 on my trailer. We made 2 trips like that 150 miles each trip.
Now before anybody starts breaking my chops about how stupid and dangerous it is, I know. But sometimes ya just got to get the job done.
See ya,
Topper

 

git r done. I'm gonna go for it. It will only be a few miles. The fun part will be shoveling it out! We have already done a half load (about 2100lbs). Thanks for the input and pics.

 

Having a dually helps a lot for the weight. I know I would never put 5000lbs in my truck, but I don't think you'd harm anything by taking it easy. I've only had about 2400lbs and it handled it very well but that is about the max i'd want to go. If you plan to do it a lot I would at the very least make sure your tires can handle the weight. FYI the rear axle is around 6300lbs and the front around 5200lbs for a SRW, not sure how on a dually. With you in it full of fuel etc, you could haul about 4000 before going over the axle ratings. You have to take in account if you have mods though, my truck with current mods is around 8400lbs with me in it.

 

I don't suggest it without airbags. That is not a yard of sand in the pic.( a yard of sand does weigh about 1.3 tons...depending on the moisture content) Concrete weighs 12 lbs per SF per inch of depth......those block don't weigh 50 lbs each ......even if they were solid concrete .......SWR or Dually?

 

Yeah I had shoveled some of the sand out........before I got the load of blocks in that particular pic.......like I mentioned in the post above. But I have hauled the sand......full front end loader that the sand place said was a cubic yard. It's moist morter sand.........they told me it weighed about 2200lbs....but I honestly don't know.

Home Depot told me the pallet of blocks weighed 2800lbs...but I didn't weigh them. They feel like 50lbs apiece to me....moving them one by one..

It is what it is........and weighs what it weighed...whatever that is. And it was overloading the truck and tires. My point to RBox was for a short one time trip...local....he would be fine hauling his 4K lb load.

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Is the block cider block or solid concrete? Home Depot has only sold cider block around here. If so, Topper will know what a cube of those blocks weigh. It should not be near 50lbs each. 2800 lbs of Sacrete put my one ton on the overloads......I can only imagine what 4000 lbs would do with out airbags. Very short distance on a job site maybe.......but not on public road........I'm sure the axle can handle it. How full was your bed when the dumped a yard bucket of sand into it?

 

These are solid concrete blocks, 18'' square by 2'' or so. 56 on the pallet. They weigh 50lbs or pretty close to it, each. I carried each one off and I struggled pretty good....one by one. I guess i'll take one at some point and put on the bathroom scales....just so I can satisfy my curiosity .

My bed was empty except for my gooseneck plate hitch (under the sand) and the toolbox up next to the cab.

Remember in those pics.........I had got the load of sand....removed a couple of wheelbarrow loads of sand out of it.......spread the rest of the sand even across the bed of the truck........then went back to HD to get the blocks. I later....with no pics taken.......got a full load of sand....and then the blocks and brought it home.

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