Txwelder

Need to load some sand and dont have a trailer and was wondering how much I could put in the bed before it got too heavy. Thanks

54larry

but it will haul more than that.

Common

I had 4,000lbs of sand in mine...

sagged a bit, but made the trip!

vssman

It'll pull a lot more than your rated. Stopping is the bigger problem. I've run 2 heavy loads duing the truck's life. #1 - a full pallet of solid bricks. Something like 3,000+ lbs. #2 - 1.2 tons of wood pellets. Both trips were about 5 miles with a few lights and a couple of hills. Going up wasn't an issue. Going down the other side to a stop light, well... Not so easy. It stopped but took a L-O-N-G time. Adjust up the rear brakes before you go.

leprechaun

Weigh your truck, add your weight to that number, subtract that number from 8800# and that is your legal payload.But as has been said, these trucks will carry a lot more than that.Also pay attention to your tires.A "D" rated tire won't carry as much as an "E" rated tire.

Box5

if ur going by the book, ur truck's payload is 3,090lbs, the DRW's is 4,940lbs.

mr T

isn't the payload your GVWR - curb wight of truck? so in this case
8800lbs - 6800lbs?....i know they can obviously carry more

Clayten

I can legally haul 5400 lbs with a full tank of fuel.

Txwelder

Ive got E's and I'm going to load it and just limp it home so I dont have to take two trips. Its only like 5 miles but still, need to get the job done.

berner

Fill your tires up to the max pressure. I just hauled a yard of pea gravel. It weighed about 2800 lbs. Here's a chart of weights of materials. http://www.reade.com/Particle_Briefings/spec_gra2.html A yd of sand is going to weigh 2700-3200 lbs depending on how wet it is.

513yj

doesn't sound right unless your truck weighs 3400 pounds and unless something is different than i have. mine weighs 6240 with a full tank. with me in it of course.

R Walter

In my 96 auto I once hauled a pallet of flagstone that likely weighed about 3600 - 3800 lbs. I just aired up the air bags and hauled it home. The truck pulled the load fine; the suspension did seem to squeak in several new places for a couple of weeks afterwards, but it went away.

Clayten

I have mine registered and insured for 11,000 lbs and can legally go to 12,500 GVW.

TIMMY22

Let's face it, we can all haul a lot more than Hoss as he already has half a load of cement all the time!