Well if some of you with airbags are wondering what is the most you can carry in the bed of these things......

5000+ pounds of 3/4" gravel
90psi in the bags and 60psi in the tires.

I would not recommend doing this for anything but a short slow trip. The truck handled it fine, plenty of power and brakes. I would just not want to go very far with it loaded like this

 

WOW, that is alot of rock to unload by hand. I don't think that I wil even plus my bags that far. Anymore than 3000-3500lbs and I will just get my old mans F350 or one of our trailers. But it is good to know that the bags do actually hold what they are rated for

 

Wow! Did the tailgate come at you like a raging bull when you opened it?

 

Well this was the 2nd load, the 1st was just 4000lbs ( easy haul ) and the quarry was fixing to close and only had time for 1 trip. I have a spare drop in liner that I cut the sides off that I use on top of the line-x when I haul rock or sand. And I use a mat to protect the pivot point of the tailgate from dropping rock down the gap between the tailgate and the bed when it opens. Teen age sons make unloading easy
We dug around the tailgate for a while before we opened it. No way was I gonna open that thing with that much on it.

 

I'm suprised that your rear tires did not go BOOM!...........

 

LT load range "E" Tires..... Factory P-Series tires would have detonated...

 

What for?

 

It is easier to shovel it out with it in. I love my line-x but rock seems to unload easier with the drop in liner in place. With the sides cut out it is a breese to install and remove.

 

Why did you say you hit the limit? Whats the limit or max pressure on the bags?

Seems like you had the accessories to carry it such as E range tires and airbags.

 

I guess the limit that I am talking about it my personal comfort level. The max pressure for the firestone airbag system is 100psi. Although I had the bags set at 90psi while driving down the road the pressure would jump up to 120psi when you hit bumps or uneven pavement. This is what I did not feel comfortable with, as I believe I was at the limit of the bags. The tires I was not concerned about as they were just at 60psi and were holding up fine. 85psi max on the tires but I have never had them that high.

Also I talked to someone else at the quarry a little while ago (about something else) but he said that load was closer to 6000 pounds. instead of the 5000 like I thought.

 

I put 3500-4000 pounds of cement in the back of my stock truck and it was on the floor. you are nuts

 

Understood and cool. Add your numbers to the "who's hauled the most" thread.

 

Id say your load was closer to 4000 lbs. I have gone to the quary many times and thats what I am basing this on. Guessing you only had a small loader load you b/c (1) most places will not load a short box with their giant loaders and (2) you didnt have to get on a scale.

Still a lot of weight mind you and I have had the box 100% full on many occassions. Truck does fine. Last time I hit the quarry, I hauled an 18' dump trailer which was 2500 empty. I then added 3.5 tons for each load (although one load was 3.9 tons). Truck did fine. Got on the hwy and up to 72 mph w/o issue and it controlled the load well.

 

Well I was told that each scoop weighs between 1200 and 1500 pounds depending on what size rock you got. And that is 4 scoops in the bed.

 

The loaders at the local quarry here hold 10-15 tons in the bucket.

So my 3.5 ton load was a drop in the bucket.