truck got its first taste of work today!! PICS!!
 

hey guys i helped out my cusins clean out there building today they wanted me to take all the old metal away cause i did it all summer and i gte payed better for it cause i am friends with the local scrap yard owner anyways there was more than i thought but not nearly the load i put on the 2x4 the 2x4 was usually up to the cab with scrap this is a small load

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lets see some pics of other work trucks

trailers axles are on the ground. gettin that truck on the trailer took about 3 or 4 hours and getting my truck from there about 100 yards to the road took another 2 hours haha looooong ass day. my buddy owed me bigtime after this

ill get a pic this week of mine workin]
that scrap is or was good money but dang it can get dirty lol

ya use to be 100 buck a ton in the summer now its worth 16 bucks it sucks buck its gas money when your in a pitch

yea i got like 52 for what i had
forgot to get a pic but on a 2200 pound trailer and the maybe 2300 i had my truck pulled it easyy lol

Ham-Bone, next time get a receiver. That could have easily ripped your bumper off!

That trailer doesn't look that heavy, but then again neither does mine and it ripped my bumper off... twice.

My Point exactly.

That was my funny way of backing you up.

Here is a pic of my truck hauling 2,200lbs of dirt and 750lbs of retaining wall block, for a total of 2,950lbs in the bed. She was down on the stops, but she drove just fine!;)

Looks like a low rider! and thanks sean!

u should look into air shocks, i have some on my f150 and i could haul 2500lbs and stay level

i have a broken leaf spring thats why my truck is sitting so low .. and the trailer might weight 150 lbs 200 tops but ya i wanna get a better hitch that just hooking to the bumper

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3 55 Gallon drums filled with water=1 380 Lbs of water and barrels in the back of my truck

*BUMP* for justice!

Yes Booger, nice. You're still not resting on the bumpstops though, I've done that several times. Roughly 2 tons of rock in the bed, next time I'll get pictures.

What would you say is the limit we can handle? I was super nervous, but it seemed to handle it like a champ.

I fill mine until just before the frame bends. :cheesygrin:


I don't really know what weight to say since I don't weigh what I put in, but as long as I feel I can stop safely enough then I load it up as much as I need. The rocks I loaded filled the bed over 3/4 of the way, and the axle was tight against the frame bumpstops. There was no suspension in the rear, no bouncing, nothing.

If you could give a rough estimate? That was around 1400lbs, and it was far from no suspension.

I don't know what the limit is, but as I stated earlier in this thread, I had 2,950 pounds in my truck bed and she handled it just fine.;)

Using a concrete calculator I found, I had an estimated 5500 pounds of rock in my truck. I calculated for filling the bed square footage about 1/2 with concrete, but had the bed 3/4 full of rock. I figure rock would be lighter since there is air space between the rocks, while concrete has the powder mix filling the gaps. That's why I figured less for the concrete.

and you didnt bend the frame?!?!

i had just just shy of three ton on my 2wd and it did find sagged like a biotch but didn't bend or break or twist anything at all

No bending, they're serious when they say "Built Ford tough".

lol oh ya

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I've posted this pic before, but here's my f150 getting ready to pull a 7000 lb trailer on a 1200 mile trip. This summer it'll be going on a 1400 mile trip but it'll have upgrades to help this time.

To those loading your trucks... the effective payload of our trucks is around 1000 lbs. Last time I was on a scale without a load and both fuel tanks full and myself in the driver's seat, my truck weighed in at 5400 lbs. I think my GVWR is around 6500 lbs, so that leaves 1000 lbs of trailer tongue weight, people in the cab, or junk in the bed. That sucks for me because I wanted to take my motorcycle with me on my trip this summer :-( I still will if I can get it shipped up there.

Maybe your truck, but the effective payload of mine is when I stop loading it. :thumbup:

well yeah, I overload mine along with the rest of you... just wanted to say something so someone doesn't assume that there's no ill effects to putting 10,000 lbs in the bed of the truck :) I'm planning on getting some LT tires when my P rated ones are worn out so I can overload it with more peace of mind.

Good call. I sort of assumed that people would know that a 1/2 ton truck is rated to carry 1/2 ton even though people don't exactly weigh what they put in.

i run 31x10.5x15 LT ETS Trailmasters there awesome but hum alot

It may be "rated" to carry 1,000lbs, but they will handle plenty more, as most of us have found.;)

I am running 31x10.5R15's also, but I am running the Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S, they handle the load great and are excellent in the rain and snow also.:thumbsup:

I like it when they HUMMMM!!!! LOL!!

same here but my friends make fun lol they say they hear the tires before the truck

i'm not sure on how much i weighed but the trailer holds 5 yards. i had 5 yards of top soil in the trailer and 2 in my bed. man i wish my bed dumped cause that was easy!!Attachment 5573

nce!!

yeah i thought so. wish it was my trailer though not my bosses cause it was sweet.

my work truck........
 

someones gotta do it!! They dont pull themselves!! LOL

Built to last! Ford FTW!