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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 10:09 PM
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How much weight

How much weight can I safely haul in my supercrew? I need to haul about 15 or 20 80lb bags of concrete.2 trips 10 bags each?What do you think? Thanks
 
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 12:04 AM
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I'd say take them all in 1 trip. My one friend has a little old mazda pick up that he put 20-30 bags of coal into. He said it handled it. I would think you're fullsize should be fine.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 12:38 AM
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I don't know about that....

I think a 25lb of charcoal is roughly the size of a 80lb bag of cement.

I'm not doubting the brute strength of the Mazda, just the contents of the bags.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 07:49 AM
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I would just watch the rear suspension while you're loading. If you're about halfway loaded and the suspension is roughly halfway down then I would opt for 2 trips.

You don't get extra brownie points for doing it in one trip and damaging your truck.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 03:36 PM
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It wasnt charcoal, it was heating coal and they were 50lb bags from what I was told.
 
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