Hairbrained Way to Add Weight To Truck
04-09-2004, 11:08 PM
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Just keep in mind that the GVWR of your 2500 is 8,800 lbs. If you put the same amount in your bed as I did mine then you're going to be right at your GVWR...leaving you VERY little payload capacity. 
04-09-2004, 11:16 PM
#33
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Originally posted by Hoss
We were having some footings poured with 5,000 psi concrete for some columns on the project I'm on.
We were having some footings poured with 5,000 psi concrete for some columns on the project I'm on.
please tell me you at least lined your box with plastic first....
04-09-2004, 11:34 PM
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What about the physics and payload dynamics of a frontal collision?
Now, I hope that Hoss (or any of us) never have to deal with a frontal collision, but if you have a slab of concrete in the bed of your truck when you go from 60 mph to 0 mph in 10 feet, what affects will that concrete have on the dynamics of the collision?
Im guessing it wouldnt be pretty.
Like I said, I hope none of us ever have to find out.
Im guessing Hoss is just putting us on... well, Im "hoping" Hoss is putting us on.
Rich.
Now, I hope that Hoss (or any of us) never have to deal with a frontal collision, but if you have a slab of concrete in the bed of your truck when you go from 60 mph to 0 mph in 10 feet, what affects will that concrete have on the dynamics of the collision?
Im guessing it wouldnt be pretty.
Like I said, I hope none of us ever have to find out.
Im guessing Hoss is just putting us on... well, Im "hoping" Hoss is putting us on.
Rich.
04-09-2004, 11:47 PM
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Originally posted by DieselDaze
What about the physics and payload dynamics of a frontal collision?
Now, I hope that Hoss (or any of us) never have to deal with a frontal collision, but if you have a slab of concrete in the bed of your truck when you go from 60 mph to 0 mph in 10 feet, what affects will that concrete have on the dynamics of the collision?
Im guessing it wouldnt be pretty.
Like I said, I hope none of us ever have to find out.
Im guessing Hoss is just putting us on... well, Im "hoping" Hoss is putting us on.
Rich.
What about the physics and payload dynamics of a frontal collision?
Now, I hope that Hoss (or any of us) never have to deal with a frontal collision, but if you have a slab of concrete in the bed of your truck when you go from 60 mph to 0 mph in 10 feet, what affects will that concrete have on the dynamics of the collision?
Im guessing it wouldnt be pretty.
Like I said, I hope none of us ever have to find out.
Im guessing Hoss is just putting us on... well, Im "hoping" Hoss is putting us on.
Rich.
If anything, Hoss may be more secure as there would be more mass to his truck than the other guy's....
04-10-2004, 03:33 AM
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So, you got tired of a "truck-like" ride, poured cement in the bed, and now it rides like a dream, eh? 
Did you run this by the engineers at College Station?
P.S. Don't let the skateboarders find your pick-em-up. I've heard that they are like fleas - can't get rid of em.
Did you run this by the engineers at College Station? P.S. Don't let the skateboarders find your pick-em-up. I've heard that they are like fleas - can't get rid of em.
04-10-2004, 07:50 AM
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Now I have had 1600 lbs of concrete in my truck before, and yes, it rode better, and level. In my case though, the concrete was in bags, before mixing. This was a good thing because I could TAKE IT OUT when I wanted to.
Hoss, if you REALLLY did this, why didn't you just put something in there you could remove if needed?
Chris
Hoss, if you REALLLY did this, why didn't you just put something in there you could remove if needed?
Chris
04-10-2004, 07:55 AM
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Originally posted by Hoss
...It took me a while to convince the driver of the truck that I was actually serious though. He reluctantly poured about a half a yard in for me before he washed out his truck..
...It took me a while to convince the driver of the truck that I was actually serious though.
He reluctantly poured about a half a yard in for me before he washed out his truck..
04-10-2004, 08:54 AM
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Hoss, when you need to remove it, just back down a boat launch into the water. The water will take away the effect of gravity, and you should be able to heft it right out of there. Just leave the slab at the end of the ramp. Some poor guy that backs in too far will appreciate having it there. Next time though, I would swiss cheese the bed first. The you would only need about an inch above and below the bed. The steel would reinforce it, not requiring as much concrete, saving you some payload capacity. No need to worry about it coming out in a crash either. You could then sawzall the bed rails and have a nice flat bed. 
If you pre plan, fab up some rebar into box shape for some under bed tool boxes. If your really worried about impact though, just fill your doors and front fender wells as well. A 5" tube filled up front would help too. You may even reduce your insurance coverage a bit.
If you pre plan, fab up some rebar into box shape for some under bed tool boxes. If your really worried about impact though, just fill your doors and front fender wells as well. A 5" tube filled up front would help too. You may even reduce your insurance coverage a bit.
04-10-2004, 09:02 AM
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I am bowing down to this one, Hoss is setting a record here
And to think the guys I used to work with laughed at me when I put a telephone wire in the house using a 30-30 to bore the hole in the wall I was just 18 and have since moved on in the knowledge area, Goodluck,,,Rick
And to think the guys I used to work with laughed at me when I put a telephone wire in the house using a 30-30 to bore the hole in the wall I was just 18 and have since moved on in the knowledge area, Goodluck,,,Rick