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Old 07-01-2016, 07:52 PM
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I have a 16 3.5L Eco 6.5' bed. I have E rated tires aired to about 40 PSI with a max handling of 80 PSI. Tires are Michelin LTX AT/2 in a 275/65R20

I am trying to fill the bed with as much soil/dirt as I can however to be perfectly honest I dont know how much is too much, and if I need to air the tires up to max PSI. Help me not be a dummy!!
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What's the GVWR and the GAWR?
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Cue the payload *****!
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How much dirt could a Ford Truck truck if a ford truck could truck dirt... whyyyy a ford truck could truck a lot of dirt if a ford truck could truck dirt
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How much dirt could a Ford Truck truck if a ford truck could truck dirt... whyyyy a ford truck could truck a lot of dirt if a ford truck could truck dirt
Depends on how wet the dirt is.. Might only hold a truck load of wet dirt verses a truck load of dry dirt..
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Originally Posted by Three B
I have a 16 3.5L Eco 6.5' bed. I have E rated tires aired to about 40 PSI with a max handling of 80 PSI. Tires are Michelin LTX AT/2 in a 275/65R20

I am trying to fill the bed with as much soil/dirt as I can however to be perfectly honest I dont know how much is too much, and if I need to air the tires up to max PSI. Help me not be a dummy!!
You buy dirt by the pound?
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Just fill it and go it will haul it
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Don't most places sell dirt and gravel by the yard? Half a yard would be pushing it, I think. I actually have no idea though.
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No the dirt is done by the cubic yard. I can buy a 1/2 or a full cubic yard.
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Originally Posted by Three B
No the dirt is done by the cubic yard. I can buy a 1/2 or a full cubic yard.
Yes cubic yard. Most people just say "yard" around here. They omit the "cubic", but people know what they are talking about. I'm guessing half a yard is what most people with light duty trucks haul at once.


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