OK, first off I did search and found nothing.

I need to get some loam (dirt) for landscaping at the house. I know that we have a capacity to haul 1530 (Supercrew with 5.4L 4x4) in the bed of our trucks. It also seems that I have a bed capacty of 55.5 cu ft.

How much loam can I put in the bed of my truck at a time. I am not sure of the weight of 1 yard of loam.

I searched on the internet, and found that one site estimates that 1 cu ft of loam weighs 72 lbs dry. Doing the math, one yard is 3x3x3 ft.... 27 cu ft. At 72 lbs per cu ft, that puts the load at 2000 lbs plus.

That seems a lot of pounds per cu ft...

So, those with truck experience... how much loam can I fit in the bed comfortably?

TIA
don04

 

The loam weight is about right,

You have to find your own comfort zone on this. Some people load trucks until it's bottomed on the frame. Again it's all up to you. A cubic yard would fit and personally I would not put more than that in there.

 

Thats about right for the cubic weight of loam as gravel weighs around 127 lbs/cubic ft. and asphalt 145lbs./cubic ft.
So..you can haul about a cubic yard of dirt, thats it.

 

how much wood could a woodchuck chuck?

 

When you think about it, that is an incredible amount of bed hauling ability for what's otherwise known as a "light-duty" truck.

 

It depends how far you are going. I mean if its down the street, load the bitch up.

 

I've hauled a lot of different material in my truck.
I plan on 1 yard at a time for everything except mulch.
Mulch can easily be hauled two yards at a time.

If you need more than two yards of anything, it's usually cheaper to have it delivered because you get a bulk price.

I've seen light duty trucks loaded with two yards of dirt or pea gravel and it isn't a pretty sight.

 

dang it you beat me too it!

 

I don't think you can overload with your little bitty bed.

 

how much do you need and how many trips are you willing to make. When i do that work around my house i order 5 yds at a time its 100 delivered and i can allways hide the rest . my lot is over 22k sq ft.

 

I just need a yard or two for now to fill a couple holes... but later in the summer, I was going to get a truckload dumped. That is a good point to just spend the $100 to get 5 yards. I am sure I can find someplace to make it useful or hide.

 

Don, I didn't realize you had a SuperCrew, one yard is usually the minimum purchase and that's propbably as much as you could load.

If you need more than a yard, get yourself five passengers, give each of them a five gallon bucket, tell them to get in the truck and do as they are told.