Greetings, it's been a while since I posted my own thread. I've been really busy lately with work as things have picked up quite a bit. Hope everyone is in good health and keeping away from spark plug and cam phaser issues.

My Ram 1500 is in the shop getting repairs so I'm using my F-150 for work. The other day one of my stupid *** labourers (who no longer works for me) put an entire pallet of roofing material in the bed! That's 3,400lbs in the back. He travelled roughly around 30km. Although I haven't had a chance to inspect the truck in detail, I have driven it and nothing seems broken so far. It does seem to squeak a bit when I go over rough terrain. What could be the worst case scenario? Cracked the frame? Replace the springs? What should I look for? Although it wasn't driven very far with that load, I think that is more than double what my F-150 is rated for. It's an '04 FX4 5.4 Super Crew, so according to my reseach it should be rated for 1,600lbs payload and 8,800lbs towing. Any help would be appreciated as I'm kind of worried about something being wrecked.

 

I drove 50 miles on the highway with a pallet of roofing in my 05 lariat and it didn't mind a bit. It was about 2800 lbs. It seamed to me like it would have easily taken a few hundred more pounds. Payload ratings are set based on a lot of things. They have to pick a weight that the truck still passes all the safety tests consistently. Good tires and brakes and a well placed load can well exceed the rating and still handle and stop reasonably safe.

 

Once or twice probably won't hurt anything. Not something I'd do constantly.

 

Last weekend I let my dad borrow my truck and he tells me, they fit 2 cubic yards of rock in there easily. How much do you think that weighs? I'm hesitant to let him borrow again without me helping. His decision making is scary.

 

Your truck is probably fine. Be glad it wasn't driven over rough terrain loaded like that or you might have had some springs broken. As mentioned... brakes are designed with stopping certain weights.

 

When you put that much weight in, the front end gets really light, causing an unsafe vehicle on the road. That's part of the reason for the payload figure. Your springs may be flat now or broken. I overloaded it once, could have been overloaded before I bought it, and my springs were flat. I just put in an AAL to up the payload a little. To JB, unless you have an 8 foot bed, there is no way they put 2 yards in the bed. One and a quarter, at most.

 

It is the 6.5, but I have fit 1.25 yards of gravel and it was just over half way. Scared to ask him how high it was. I have thousand pound rated airbags, so he figured it was good. Yikes. Either way it seems okay.

 

Check the leaf packs.

 

weight of a yard changes depending on what kind of rock, i work landscaping and contracting and i regularly have 1-2 tons of crushed bluestone which comes out to somewhere in the neighborhood of half yard per ton. 2 tons put me at just about my max.

A lot of people get confused because they assume a tractor bucket is an even yard or an even half yard. obviously not all buckets are the same size so the estimate may be very far off. that may be where your dad came up with 2 yards.

 

Not sure what the leak packs are. I know the leaf springs, rear blocks and such. Can you take a pic of what a leaf pack looks like? Sorry about sounding like a noob. I searched the forums and the Internet and couldn't find anything.

Is this something that I should check with the truck on jacks or on the ground? With or without a load in the bed? Thanks so much for your help guys, I've been kind of worried that something might have been f**ked up. Stupid *** labourers, these days kids don't understand anything...