biggest load ever!!!

[BuddhaKat]

F O A = Frame On Axle

Thanks.

 

[slinger]

What's the goal? Overload to failure?


If you get in an accident, the SP will surely be investigating. They have a clue, you're not going to pull the wool over their eyes. Then your insurance company will find out. Depending on what type of property damage you incur or how badly you injure someone, I can see you may blow your whole life's savings in court after your insurance company backs out. Seems expensive to me.

True,

I think my plates are good for 12K, my truck not so much. I live 3 miles from the rock pile, gravel country roads all the way. So I take it easy.

My overloaded pick-up drives and stops better than the legal loaded grain trucks I drove as a kid. I was always lookin for a place in the ditch in case I had to "get out of the way". Mechanical brakes, no power steering yikes:bang:

 

[John D]

i had the truck weighed recently it weighed 5420 w/ 1/2 a tank of gas.

03 2500 dodge ram hemi 2wd 8ft bed the truck weighed 10,040 lbs:jawdrop: i couldnt believe it yes i was 1540 pounds over the limit of the truck but she handled it beautifly. not bad for having 4620lbs in the bed. you would never know how heavy the load was as the truck dosent really squat. also you cant see what im carrying when i got the "box" set up. man i love this truck

i was all excited when he told me 5 tons i was like what???? then i gota little noisy yeah!!!! that truck is awesome!!!!

I dont think this truck was overloaded to the point of being dangerous,possibly tires aside.Im sure you were over your rear axles GAWR,which is bad ,esp for tires,like was said,go slow and easy.
I have put a good load in my dump trailer,never scaled it loaded,but I know i had 2+ cord in it.I dont load the pickups any higher than the bed sides,moslty because im afraid the wood will fall out and hurt/kill someone,and because i have the dump trailer.

 

[KsWoodsMan]

Heat buildup is my main concern when roading firewood or any heavy load very far. Before I leave with a load all tire pressures get checked. After about the first 10 minutes I stop and check all tires and hubs for any unusual heat and all the straps or binders for tension. Then again in another 20-30 minutes If nothing has changed the next stop is in an hour. By that time I am ready for a 'pit-stop' and this is a good time to look things over.

A failed bearing on a trailer will ruin your whole day. If it fails while running in fast traffic it can ruin a lot more than just your day.

 

[woodbooga]

The guys you see going down the road with plywood on the roof and them holding it on by hand are good to go so long as they don't have Joe's Contracting on the side of the vehicle.

Those peel off magnetic signs are a great investment!

 

[dnf0929]

Here's a load I took the other day. Completely bottomed out the rear springs. 80+ mile drive to get home. Brakes got a little hot going down the hill.

Not bad for a little F150, eh?

The first though that comes to mind is part of Newton's first law which in part says "an object in motion tends to stay in motion".

F150 hits large fixed object and deccelerates rapidly. 60mph to 0 in less than a second.

Thousands of pounds of logs in bed continue on at 60mph slowed down a little more gradually by back window and roof of truck, seats, heads of occupants, front windshield...wouldn't need the Jaws of Life at this wreck.

I hate to be Captain Killjoy but I've been a FF/Medic for 13 years and although I've never encountered this exact scenario I've seen a couple people die violent and gruesome deaths with one common theme - serious lack of good judgement. Let's all have fun but be safe and smart.

 

[Marc]

The first though that comes to mind is part of Newton's first law which in part says "an object in motion tends to stay in motion".

F150 hits large fixed object and deccelerates rapidly. 60mph to 0 in less than a second.

Thousands of pounds of logs in bed continue on at 60mph slowed down a little more gradually by back window of truck, seats, heads of occupants, front windshield...

I hate to be Captain Killjoy but I've been a FF/Medic for 13 years and although I've never encountered this exact scenario I've seen a couple people die violent and gruesome deaths with one common theme - serious lack of good judgement. Let's all have fun but be safe and smart.

We choppered out a girl a few years back that was riding in the bed of a pickup between the cab and a load of drywall. The truck came to a sudden stop and she was crushed by the drywall.

Ended up dying later in the ICU.

Judgement and common sense are a good thing.

 

[Scootermsp]

man the d.o.t would have fun with you here they love that stuff tom trees

It's not a Commercial MV if it's not in commerce. Thus outside the enforcement of the FMCSAs. Definition of a Comm MV is over 10,000 lbs (combination) AND in commerce. Still overloading your truck will cause damage to the suspension and your brakes will not work as designed in an emergency situation.

 

[tomtrees58]

It's not a Commercial MV if it's not in commerce. Thus outside the enforcement of the FMCSAs. Definition of a Comm MV is over 10,000 lbs (combination) AND in commerce. man your wrong here in ny now they go after joe homeowner and how do i now this one of my tennets is the top dot cop four the city i live in they love it your looking at $2000 to $4000 in fines+ impound every state is different on the back roads its not feds it go under local pd tom trees

 

[IndyIan]

The first though that comes to mind is part of Newton's first law which in part says "an object in motion tends to stay in motion".

F150 hits large fixed object and deccelerates rapidly. 60mph to 0 in less than a second.

Thousands of pounds of logs in bed continue on at 60mph slowed down a little more gradually by back window and roof of truck, seats, heads of occupants, front windshield...wouldn't need the Jaws of Life at this wreck.

I hate to be Captain Killjoy but I've been a FF/Medic for 13 years and although I've never encountered this exact scenario I've seen a couple people die violent and gruesome deaths with one common theme - serious lack of good judgement. Let's all have fun but be safe and smart.

I think most vehicles hauling stuff aren't really safe in the 50-60mph into a wall or head-on scenario. 3 bags of feed in the trunk of my car would probably kill me too if I had a head-on at anywhere near highway speed...

I have to cringe at the Chevy Avalanche though... How would you like to look behind your seat and see this loaded with 3000lbs of firewood or lumber...

Fortunately I've never seen an Avalanche hauling anything other than meat heads.

 

[husky46cc]

I'm trying to learn about matching appropriate truck size to weight load. I understand that many of you were worried that the OP's truck was way overloaded with that 4620 lbs of wood, and that he might not be able to stop in time or that the wood could cause a tragedy by crashing forward into the cab.

So the question is: If money were no object, what kind of truck WOULD you use to very safely haul 4,620 lbs of wood? I'm not trying to start a riot here, I'm just curious about choosing the right vehicle for the right payload.

I'll also google this subject for a calculator.

 

[BuddhaKat]

The first though that comes to mind is part of Newton's first law which in part says "an object in motion tends to stay in motion".

F150 hits large fixed object and deccelerates rapidly. 60mph to 0 in less than a second.

Thousands of pounds of logs in bed continue on at 60mph slowed down a little more gradually by back window and roof of truck, seats, heads of occupants, front windshield...wouldn't need the Jaws of Life at this wreck.

I hate to be Captain Killjoy but I've been a FF/Medic for 13 years and although I've never encountered this exact scenario I've seen a couple people die violent and gruesome deaths with one common theme - serious lack of good judgement. Let's all have fun but be safe and smart.

To make matters worse, I'm driving in Collyfornia. Man, those drivers are lost in space sometimes.

But starting this week I'll be using a 20' rental truck. It's got the safety wall between the load and cab. I'm still probably going to overload the hell out of it, but ya gotta pour on the wood while the fire's hot.

 

[rick2752]

Whats wrong with a trailer, if you are gonna haul that kinda wood get a tandem with brakes and haul away!!! Much easier to load, much safer and 4 sets of brakes instead of 2. Just my 2 cents.

 

[TheLazyBFarm]

Whats wrong with a trailer, if you are gonna haul that kinda wood get a tandem with brakes and haul away!!! Much easier to load, much safer and 4 sets of brakes instead of 2. Just my 2 cents.

:agree2:

 

[stihlkicken]

bad drivers.

To make matters worse, I'm driving in Collyfornia. Man, those drivers are lost in space sometimes.

But starting this week I'll be using a 20' rental truck. It's got the safety wall between the load and cab. I'm still probably going to overload the hell out of it, but ya gotta pour on the wood while the fire's hot.

thats a broad statement buddhakat.I was born and raised here and the people around here drive just fine.matter of fact,there was not one single stoplight in my entire county until I was out of high school.(35 now.).most of the wrecks around here are caused by citidiots from reno.lmao.

 

[John D]

I'm trying to learn about matching appropriate truck size to weight load. I understand that many of you were worried that the OP's truck was way overloaded with that 4620 lbs of wood, and that he might not be able to stop in time or that the wood could cause a tragedy by crashing forward into the cab.

So the question is: If money were no object, what kind of truck WOULD you use to very safely haul 4,620 lbs of wood? I'm not trying to start a riot here, I'm just curious about choosing the right vehicle for the right payload.

I'll also google this subject for a calculator.

To haul 4620lbs of wood regularly,you'd want a 450 sized dump truck at the minimum.A 1 ton chassis cab Dually would do it,but you would be right on the edge of being overweight,depending on the truck and options you will likely be overweight,most Ram 3500,and F350 4x4 dumps with diesels weigh about 9000lbs empty.Chevys weigh slightly less,but there GVWR is less as well.I said dump truck because if your loading a pickup to that weight often the bed wont last long,so might as well start with a chassis cab with a flatbed or dump.
If you wanted a pickup,you could also get away with a 3500 dually pickup,again it would need to be a basic truck,no 4x4,diesel or crew cab,as they add a lot of weight that takes away from what you can legally carry.Ford makes an F450 crew cab 4x4 pickup,it would handle it no problem,but kinda of crazy to have a 55K pickup to haul wood.:greenchainsaw:

 

[VAJerry]

Overloaded??? you want overloaded?

This thresher was given to me I only had to move it from norther Virginia to my place. If I knew how heavy it was I would have left it set. I pulled across the scales near home at 19450lbs behind a Dodge 1500 2WD. All te way home I never went over 40mph. No idea why barnie did not pull me over.
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[husky455rancher]

this isnt a everyday thing lol. hence the title biggest load ever. i was about 65 miles from home. this load marked the end of a tree job i been doing so i took all i could so to speak.

the trucks gvw is 8500 btw. i have to say though i understand the consequences of overloading to the truck. i also know it reduces braking ability. other than that the truck handled it great. it only got a little bouncy here and there on some bumps on the highway. the truck has e rated tires i dont remember the load rating on them but they didnt even bulge. the tires on my buddys 1/2 ton puff way out when hes hardly got anything in that little silverado.

i would love to get a trailer sometime. if the tree work keeps steady hopefully we can get a dump trailer or a old dump truck. that would be the ideal situation. im a pessimistic person by nature lol so im not expecting my side tree jobs to be too frequent.


i think this pretty much got my buddy sold on the power of a 3/4 ton or 1 ton truck. he cant haul crap in his little silverado. harldy anything in the bed and it drags it ass all the way home. so hes diesel shopping now i believe.

 

[husky455rancher]

This thresher was given to me I only had to move it from norther Virginia to my place. If I knew how heavy it was I would have left it set. I pulled across the scales near home at 19450lbs behind a Dodge 1500 2WD. All te way home I never went over 40mph. No idea why barnie did not pull me over.
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wow thats gotta be more than 10k over your towing capacity lol. what motor and gears do you have in it?

 

[VAJerry]

4.7L gas with trailing package. 14k trailer with good brakes on both axles. I swear on my mothers grave I will never do that again. "E" load range tires all around.