Had to try it to see if it was even possible.



For the inevitable "it doesn't look that heavy" responses, gravel weighs 2700lb/yard, there is around 3.5 yards in there. All I did was air the tires up to 80PSI, moved it without issue.

If there is any sweeter sound than my straight pipe pulling a hill locked in OD at 50mph with this load and the windows down, I have yet to hear it. Seems like the lower RPM the better it sounds, you can bet I didn't pass 50mph. Still, the brakes impressed me. All other trucks are amateurs.

 

Wow, thats a lot of weight. I guess the 3800 lbs I put in mine is a drop in the bucket when compared to you!!

 

A long bed is 4' x 8' x 20" which works out to 53.33 cubic feet or about 2 cubic yards when filled level to the top of the bed. You still have to subtract the wheel well humps and tool box. This load appears to be about 1.5 yards. If you paid for 3.5, you got ripped off. There's no way that truck will haul 9K.

 

Thats is what I was thinking. 3cubic yards is a lot of material to haul in the bed of a full size pickup. I think the sides would collaps and the floor would fall through before you got to 9,000lbs with the cheap thin metal these trucks are made of these days.

 

3 heaping bucketfuls from a tractor with a 1 yard bucket

 

My long bed is closer to 5.5' wide. I don't know about you but I can put a 4X8 sheet of plywood between the wheel wells. Even with that said it only brings the long box capicity up to about 2.75 yards, but stills doesn't look like 9K. I once hauled a full cube of bricks (about 2200 lbs) in the bed of a standard Toyota, I know what an over loaded truck looks like.

 

Not trying to rain on your parade because I would love to see a truck after someoone tried to put 3.5 cu yds of gravel in the back of it, but basically if you removed your tool box and leveled of your bed you would have 1.777 cu yds on her back (4'x8'x1.5' divided by 27 = 1.777 cu yds). Still 1.777 cu yds according to your 2700lbs per cu yd= about 4800 lbs in the back of your truck which is way more than I have ever had in mine.

 

I had 2 yards of top soil in my 3500 and it was piled well above the box sides at the peak of the pile.....that was with 4 bucket loads from a 1/2 yard bucket on a skid steer and I don't have a tool box in the bed either. 3 yards or more simply wouldn't even be close to fitting in a full size long box pick up -even without a tool box in the bed.

 

Sorry - you got ripped off. Most of the garden centers/nurseries use tractors with 1/2 yard buckets. Anything bigger than that and they'd start to run into truck cabs, bed rails, etc. when they were loading. Judging from experience, that looks like about 1 1/2 yards max.

Still an impressive load - I had a little over a yard of white marble rock in the back of my truck the other day - weighed about 2300 lbs. or so - I was hoping to actually give the truck a 'workout' but it didn't even care.

I even went up the longest grade I could find in the wrong gear and the pyro wouldn't get above about 700 degrees (post turbo).

 

I've hauled 5 ton of rock before, but on a Chevrolet C4500 with a 11' dump bed, and that was a load for it. And that is a truck with a GVW of 17,500 that I had loaded to 20,000 gvw. There is no way that is 9,000lbs of rock, sorry.

 

The Fleetwood Caribou slide in camper in my gallery that I used to have was #3,850 dry. Add in 50 gal of H2O, twin 30gal propane tanks, food, silverware, clothes, and three #80+ dogs, I've had well over 5k in the bed and the 3500 handled it well, but it did lower the truck down.
I'm thinking if you had over 9k in the bed on your SRW the tires would either be in the fender wells or just plain explode, the springs might break, the bed itself may be damaged or the front tires would be off the ground
Nice truck though !....maybe next time, weight the truck before you p/u the stone, and then again before you unload it.

 

I'm gonna agree with everyone here... if you paid for 3.5cu yds, you got RIPPED OFF.

Still, more than I've had in the bed of mine. Most I've had is about 1500lbs. 10 x 80lb bags of concrete and a whole bunch of wet pressure treated lumber. Handled it like a champ.

 

ouch. i have no clue about gravel but 9000 lbs on 6000 lbs of tires i would think that'd be a situation for near immediate blow outs.

 

Talk about bustin a bubble, ouch. I haul that same load of CA6 all the time to use as footings around fence post. Your haulin around 2400 give or take a little for moisture content.

 

I have to agree with everyone here - there is no way that is 9K of stone.

Consider that my Navistar with a 7 yd dump body wieghs 10K light and when I put in 7.5 yds of crushed stone it scales at 32K+. Now that's with dual 11x22.5's @ 100psi. They take a nice squat. Also really puts a good set on a stack of springs 10" high. Dodge makes a great truck but 9K would KO it.

Must have been a half yard bucket or one good sized tractor. My Cat wheel loader only has a 1.5yd. I've loaded 8ft beds with mulch many times. You need to stomp it in just to fit 2 yds.

Nice picture though.

Scott