DneprDave
Minister of Fire
When I first got my stoves, I bought a few bags of pellets to test the stoves after I put them back together.
I brought the pellets home in my MINI Cooper.
I brought the pellets home in my MINI Cooper.
Yeah, like that.You mean like the guy with 2 skids of salt in the bed of his 2500, a tailgate salter and a V plow up front ( almost new rig ) Which I then happened to see the next day by a dealers body shop. It had a linear V shape to it. Bent in half ( roughly 4900 lbs on a 3/4 ton just in the salt - 700 lbs minimum for the plow + a couple hundred for the salter empty , so about 5800 lbs extra riding on that frame). heck that's even a bit much for 3500.
OMG thats my van. LMAO from last year. By the way I did not haul a ton of pellets in the van but this summer i did load her up with 1800 lbs of paver block distributed evenly through the entire van and she got home just fine.Safer than this.......
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The whole braking system on a 3/4 ton is a lot bigger and heavier than on a half ton. And the 1 ton is bigger yet. Plus 3/4 ton truck and larger have a floating axle that keeps the load off the wheel bearing. Theres a lot more to a HD truck than just the capacity of the suspension or springs.Not sure how involved you want to get, but I have the Timbren SES on my Chevy 1500. They are essentially super heavy duty bump stops. Made of a much stronger material and have a wider footprint to distribute weight better on the frame. They say they can increase payload 2-3 times but I'd never go that much. Mine are rated for 6k lbs.
http://timbren.com/timbren-ses/
The whole braking system on a 3/4 ton is a lot bigger and heavier than on a half ton. And the 1 ton is bigger yet. Plus 3/4 ton truck and larger have a floating axle that keeps the load off the wheel bearing. Theres a lot more to a HD truck than just the capacity of the suspension or springs.
Yeah..... I did it!I kept that pic and crack up every time i see it.
People using cell phones/texting while driving, are not aware of cars OR overloaded pickups.Guess I'm getting a little older but it's not so much about the truck
and your ability to handle it but the actions of other drivers
who aren't aware your heavy and didn't sign on for the risk.
I have a Ford F350 4x4 with a 7.3 liter Powerstroke diesel. Subtracting the Gross Vehicle Weight from the measured weight of the truck, it has a factory load capacity of 3000 lbs, That's with a full fuel tank and me and the dog in the cab. It came with aftermarket overload springs, I have no Idea of what the rating of those springs are, but the total capacity is somewhere higher than 3000 lbs.
I haul two yard loads of gravel for my driveway a couple of times a year, that's about 5800 lbs of rock per load. It s a twenty mile round trip to the gravel pit and back to my home. I've been doing this for the last ten years and haven't had any problems with the truck. It squats about four inches with this load and is nowhere near the spring stops.
I usually only get one ton of pellets at a time, but I wouldn't think twice about hauling two tons at once.
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When I first got my stoves, I bought a few bags of pellets to test the stoves after I put them back together.
I brought the pellets home in my MINI Cooper.
Holy moly! That's not strapped down with anything! A small gust of wind would wreck havoc!
Damnit, that's just asking for trouble....some people......
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