Is this overloaded?

[Streblerm]

Before you jump on me, it never went on the road. My neighbor had a tree taken down on our property line late last summer. This is what is left of the trunk. It was in his dog pen. I just pulled up next to the fence, cut, split, and threw it over into the fence into the truck.

It was a nice 45 degree sunny day. Spent with my dad and my kids out in the yard. Perfect day. :hmm3grin2orange:

I'm a little too tired to unload tonight. I think I wore him out. He's in pretty good shape for 58, but we usually split with a hydraulic splitter. I do have a couple of jack stands under the back bumper taking some weight off the springs.

 

[Circle B MN]

Just a wee bit overloaded, but I would be more concerned about losing part of the load were you to take it on the road. It's usually the expensive stuff like the saw that falls off first...:msp_smile:

 

[711ac]

Git er done! That used to be the norm in the good old days. Now if so much as some saw dust gomes off your truck, your in trouble!

 

[Metals406]

You can easily fit 4 more cord on there!

 

[chucker]

!! HECK NO !! throw in a couple extra leaf springs besides puting the weight forward instead of on the back and you will never know it was there.... 10" side boards would help a bunch also.

 

[robfromaz1977]

I think if you stack it you could easily get more on there! This is how I load my truck every load and never loose wood.

 

[TMFARM 2009]

as a proud ford owner and mechanic by trade, i say keep an eye on the spring perches on that ford, they have a tendency to rust and break out.i agree with putting more leafs under it.. and buy some new perches too while your at it.. money well spent.
then just add some racks and load the heck out of it...
keep up the good work.:msp_thumbsup:

 

[cuttingintime]

O' please you didn't fill the cab yet! He He

 

[corrupt]

O' please you didn't fill the cab yet! He He

Thats right when your ridding home on the bump stops and the misses is sitting next to you with her knees up near he chin cos the foot well is full as well, then you know your loaded.

 

[stihl sawing]

Nah, I've had my old ferd loaded more than that.

 

[J.W Younger]

I load my old wood hauler like that here on the farm, don't have a flat tho its a real bummer. Forget jacking, the jack goes down but the truck don't move.

 

[jerryw66]

You're just gettin started, here's a friend old ford full of Ash.

 

[Steve NW WI]

Yup, way overloaded. Now if it was a 1/2 ton Chev like below instead of one of them saggy-butt girly Fords, I'd tell ya to put the saws in the cab and finish filling it!

J/K - nice load! Just gotta poke and prod the blue oval crowd now and again!

 

[Blazin]

Chevy power! There's a face cord on the front seat also....no back window :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Streblerm]

I wouldn't take a load like that on the road in this truck. Normally I will stack a row right behind the cab and then throw the rest in a little higher than the top of the bedsides. I taper it down to leave enough room for the saws and gas near the tailgate. This old F150 is a tough old truck, but it is getting old and more than a little rusty. If I picked up a load like this from any distance, I would pull a trailer.

The spring perches in that truck have been replaced, and they were bad. I don't worry too much about the body, but mechanically and safety wise this truck is 100%. I would hop in it and drive anywhere. I don't usually overload it like this but since I was literally driving it less than 500 feet through the yard I figured I could push it a little.

 

[Blazin]

I hear that, that one on mine did'nt go down the road :msp_wink:

 

[Beefie]

You guys with your chevy vs ford HAHA . it takes a real truck to haul a load, That's DODGE all the way:hmm3grin2orange:

Beefie


P.S. That is 6000lb of elm on the back of it, truck weiged in at 12780lb

 

[Blazin]

You guys with your chevy vs ford HAHA . it takes a real truck to haul a load, That's DODGE all the way:hmm3grin2orange:

Beefie


P.S. That is 6000lb of elm on the back of it, truck weiged in at 12780lb

Yeah and that truck has either timbrens or bags in it right? Coulda got 6500 worth without the smoke stacks in the way

 

[Beefie]

Yeah and that truck has either timbrens or bags in it right? Coulda got 6500 worth without the smoke stacks in the way

Nope ,no bags, or timbrens, just 246000 miles on the original springs. It does not tail sag to bad but I did manage to put some speed bumps in the lawn if you look under the truck:hmm3grin2orange:


Beefie


P.S. The stacks help to dry the wood out as you drive, just don't forget to clean out the bark everynow and then.:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Blazin]

Ha! Yeah, mower swallower er :msp_ohmy: