I have seen several threads on how big a load you can pull. How big of a load have you hauled in your bed. I just had to go after brick for my mason. I put 2 cubes of brick in the bed. That is somwhere in the neighborhood of 6k pounds. The truck had plenty of power to haul, my rv out weighs it considerably. the first cube put it just above the overloads and the second cube put hard on them. I was able to get the load centerd in the bed(2 cubes=6'-6" long) which helped put some weight to the front. But i was really suprised she handled that much weight in the bed as well as it did. She sat level, rode great, steering was a little light but handled pretty normal,when you hit a bump you could tell it had a lot weight in it. Just curious how much any of yall have toted.

Ive carried two pallets worth of wood pellets in my bed before, 50 forty pound bags per pallet so around 4,000lbs worth.-Jordan-

sorry, but I'd have to raise the BS flag on this one, if I had one..

not saying it can't be done, but 6000 lbs HAS to make the suspension scream.

I thought I had logged onto CF for a moment! I guess I will take my:spank: now. I don't know about my suspension, but I couldn't see the truck's appearance look any different than before. My truck rides like a tank even empty. Compared to our 95 Ford F150 and I put 200-300# in the back the trucks front end lifts up quite a lot. Maybe I am going:cookoo: for my earlier post.

I really don't know what the tongue weight is but my horse trailer, loaded for rendezvous has huge load on the gooseneck. The axles are under the horses... 10 feet of "dressing room" + 7 feet of gooseneck loaded with everything for man & beast for 12 days in rendezvous. I'd be afraid to know what the load was. Plus we carried iron cooking grates, & such in the truckbed, (10) 5 gallon water jugs from home against the headboard, 10 gallons of K1 for the tent heater. But the weight was far enough forward (gooseneck centered over the axle). I'll tell you what, it takes a very determined man on the landing gear crank to lift it off the hitch. I'd say the truck squats a couple of inches under the load (8800 gvw).I think the scariest load was hauling the bumper tow toy hauler back from New Hampshire. The Load distributing hitch was missing the shim pack. So all the weight was on the hitch. I swear the front wheels were barely on the ground! The seller did not impress me with his knowledge. When I got home, I Googled the hitch, got the instructions & added washers on a stud to replace the missing shim assembly. I'm recalling moving pallets of ceramic floor tiles... the truck did squat some but not like this.

I thought I had logged onto CF for a moment! I guess I will take my:spank: now. I don't know about my suspension, but I couldn't see the truck's appearance look any different than before. My truck rides like a tank even empty. Compared to our 95 Ford F150 and I put 200-300# in the back the trucks front end lifts up quite a lot. Maybe I am going:cookoo: for my earlier post.

Don't take it that way, dude; not how I meant it at all. And how DARE you compare this place to CF! lol I think these posts should state whether or not the truck is short/long, and with/without overloaders, etc.. I'm seeing now where that makes a HUGE difference..

Like in my post I'm a long bed quad cab... Rear axle rated for 6084# GAWR with overload springs. My empty weight is roughly 2,800-2,900# on the rear axle which its giving me 3184# of weight capacity for the rear axle roughly.

Well that covers one cube. the other one is just gravy. QCLB with camper package.

I think these posts should state whether or not the truck is short/long, and with/without overloaders, etc.. I'm seeing now where that makes a HUGE difference..

When the thread was going on leaf springs I was amazed at how many different set ups there were on our trucks. Rogan, are we still friends? LOL

When the thread was going on leaf springs I was amazed at how many different set ups there were on our trucks. Rogan, are we still friends? LOL

Ok I edited my sig to show QCLB camper package. the camper package is what gave me my set up including the overloads, rear spring pack, rear anti sway bar and I think the Dana 80 rear end(not sure on that one though). I know some of our trucks came with the Dana 70, but i am not sure how they worked all of that out. If there is a better way to list it, I am all ears. I hope i am still friends with all of you. I was not trying to show off. It was just one of those things I had to do, not something I wanted to do. I have always wanted to try and see how it worked though.

The guy that had this truck before me put this stuff in. I put 2500 lbs in it . Long bed dually. I really dont know the max i could put in it. Wana guess?

Good Gawd Dually that's getting rusty...

it is old and crusty. I dont use the air bags the ride is way to stiff when it is empty. The guy before me put a camper in the bed. anyone know how much them things weight?

That is the same spring pack that is in mine, appearance wise anyway. I dont have any air bags though. I'm minus the rust also. I remeber a thread on here somewhere about in bed campers. they can get pretty heavy I would think with all the extras some of them have.

The most Ive had in my bed was 6 55 gallon drums full of sparged water from a meth lab I was working. 55X8= 440 X 6 =2,640 pounds + the response trailer I was pulling

The most Ive had in my bed was 6 55 gallon drums full of sparged water from a meth lab I was working.

the truth is revealed..... HAHAHAHAHAHA are you in a cleanup crew?

the truth is revealed..... HAHAHAHAHAHA are you in a cleanup crew?

Yep yep emergency response crew. Most the time I get call outs are from 1am to 6am lol. Oh well pays for the toys I keep putting in the truck.

I have an aluminum framed camper with a slide out. It is 8'11" long and is made for the short bed truck.Fully loaded (40 gal of water, 2-20 lb propane tanks, a generator and provisioned out) is 2600 lbs. Pretty much puts the truck over the 8800gvw for this vehicle. I have the camper package (overload spring set but no air bags) and the truck doesn't squat at all that I can tell. Oncoming drivers don't complain about headlight beams in their eyes.I did add bumpers to my overload spring contact brackets so as to engage the overload springs as early as possible when you start adding weight to the bed.

Wow you have a few more leafs than me. Thats the same camper from the looks of it. One more thing the guy had on mine is the extention bars on the hitch. they were welded into both ends.When i put 2500 in the bed i figured i was pushing it. Maybe i can go a little more ?

When the thread was going on leaf springs I was amazed at how many different set ups there were on our trucks. Rogan, are we still friends? LOL

Of course! LOL

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it is old and crusty. I dont use the air bags the ride is way to stiff when it is empty. The guy before me put a camper in the bed. anyone know how much them things weight?

I'll take the airbags! LOL

I have an aluminum framed camper with a slide out. It is 8'11" long and is made for the short bed truck.

Fully loaded (40 gal of water, 2-20 lb propane tanks, a generator and provisioned out) is 2600 lbs. Pretty much puts the truck over the 8800gvw for this vehicle.

I have the camper package (overload spring set but no air bags) and the truck doesn't squat at all that I can tell. Oncoming drivers don't complain about headlight beams in their eyes.

I did add bumpers to my overload spring contact brackets so as to engage the overload springs as early as possible when you start adding weight to the bed.

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That's one helluva springpack!

I have an aluminum framed camper with a slide out. It is 8'11" long and is made for the short bed truck. Fully loaded (40 gal of water, 2-20 lb propane tanks, a generator and provisioned out) is 2600 lbs. Pretty much puts the truck over the 8800gvw for this vehicle. I have the camper package (overload spring set but no air bags) and the truck doesn't squat at all that I can tell. Oncoming drivers don't complain about headlight beams in their eyes. I did add bumpers to my overload spring contact brackets so as to engage the overload springs as early as possible when you start adding weight to the bed. [ATTACH=CONFIG]3440[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]3441[/ATTACH]

Is that 8 or 9 springs in that pack(not xounting the overloads)? Mine only has four + overloads like Dually's. Is that the stock springs?

I count 11 between the u-bolts...