Can I get away with hauling 2000/2500 lbs in the bed of my stock 07 QC?

 

Assuming you have a 2500 and not a 3500 either way I say fine.

I get a few pallets of wood pellets a year to burn, 2000lb per pallet and I barely hit the helper springs with 2k in the bed.

 

yea 2500, for some reason my signature is gone that says that...anyway its still got stock tires only traveling about 100mi.

 

it will ride like a Cadillac . . Do a search on here about a concrete bed liner. . . haha.

2k will be just fine.

 

Is it time to dredge that one up again already?
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...k-t42441.html?

As far as the original question, I subject my '03 to those kind of loads quiet frequently, no problem.

 

Well, the truck can definitely handle it BUT I know my truck would definitely be sitting on the overloads with just one 2000lb skid in the back. Now that I added Timbrens I have no worries and the truck does not squat at all...

 

Ok so here is the low down. I tried it out this morning. The actual weight of the skid was 2400# which consisted of misc. fabricated and machined parts from my shop. I set the weight right over the rear axle as far forward as possible without removing the toolbox. As I lowered the forks on the lift I was not sure if the truck was ever going to stop sagging, once it did I was resting about 5 inches above the bump stops and there was noticable misbalance from front to back. So being that this is my brand new baby, I decided to re-evaluate my setup/ capacity before getting too carried away. Are some airbags in my future??? Hmmm...

 

Why not use a trailer, or rent a 16ft'er dual axle? I personally like the wear and tear on something other than a nice truck.

 

as a matter of fact it is. . .

back to the subject, I have to go pick up two pallets of grain for the live stock tomorrow. If I had a long bed I would have NO problem loading it into the bed. But I do not so I will drag the little trailer out. But I am only going across town.

I have seen a guy with a 500 gallon water tank and a pump and a metal frame for all that in his short bed. squats it a bit.