toostroked

If you would have pushed the load up to the cab, some of that weight would have been transferred to the front wheels, and it would have rode better.

daanbc05

You are correct, I was worried about scrapping the "linex" that was sprayed onto it years ago when purchased. Thats why I didn't ask him to much it up more.

650NutKase

Inserting foot in mouth...
I didn't think it'd do to well with that amount of weight, especially the way it's distributed. I'm glad you got home safely.

berty

Nice! I would have done the same. 2 days ago I had 2250 lbs of plywood in the bed of my truck. Most I've had was 2400 lbs of pellets. Just drive smart and be observant, no issues.

F150Torqued

I don't think anyone can say how well it worked out for some time.

Kevinpmac

I'm thinking two trips myself. My Yamaha 700 Grizzly is about all I care to haul in the bed.

toostroked

He didn't hurt his truck. I was in the tile business for 21 years, and I overloaded every truck I ever owned, almost daily. I didn't hurt any of them, except for a few extra brake jobs, until I bought a F250. Well on second thought, some of them sit a little low, when I sold them, but that was after several years of working them hard.
One thing I liked about the Econolines, you could put a pallet of tile right in the center of the van.

79stepside

Yeah. She's going to be low, but she shouldn't bottom out. If you are going to go over 45 miles an hour try and think of any dips along the way. If there is a bad one you might bottom out. Good luck! This is why we have trucks!

daanbc05

As I said before, I would NOT have attempted this, BUT as a young kid I had a 79 ford explorer F100. I made plenty of trips with that truck with full pallets of sod. And I remember the motor straining a little bit with those, and it was the 302. That was the only thing I wanted to know this time around - how my 4.6 would handle it. And it worked flawlessly.