I was hauling sand and gravel for my new walkwasy at my house and a guy there was telling me theres no way my f-150 could haul 1-ton is this true i have an 05 150 scab 6.5 bed 5.4 eng FX4 help please

 

How much is the delivery charge?

If it was me, I'd rather have a commercial dump truck put the ton of whatever right where I wanted it, rather than get it out of the bed of my truck

o n e s h o v e l a t a t i m e.

 

Yes you can haul 1 ton, in multiple trips. I sure wouldn't want to try that in one trip. Good way to destroy your truck. I have seen people driving with an overloaded trucks, an accident waiting to happen.

 

Put as much in that will take you just above the bump stops. That will get you home if it's not too far away. If you have to drive on the hwy, then I'd load a little less. You don't want to overload the tires @ 60 mph!

What that amount is, is anybodys guess...

I can now load up around #2000 if I wanted to and not hit the bump stops.... I'd be WAY over my trucks GVWR, but I can make it the mile or so from the local Home Depot if needed! I wouldn't want to run it that way on a 10 mile hwy run however....

Just pump up your tires to the max psi listed on the sidewall and take it slow and easy!

Good luck!

Mitch

 

The place where I buy gravel or sand is by the 'yard' and you pay first.

You get a ticket and get in line with your truck.
If you over estimate and have to wave off the guy in the frontend loader, it's embarrassing.
Material you've paid for is still in the bucket. Everyone behind you gets pissed off.

The people that sell the stuff everyday usually have an idea on capability.
That's why eyebrows go up when someone strolls in asking a a 'ton' of this or that.

 

I believe the payload capacity of that truck is 1,648 lbs. I would just make 2 trips if the stone place will let you.

 

That may be about right, but that weight is before passengers, fuel, and upgrade options. 1,000 lbs would probably be close to the truth.

 

Ditto. A ton is 2000 lbs. There is nowhere near that much weight left with the truck 'wet'. Sand is heavy. A yard of sand is easily 2000 lbs. A yard of dry (VERy dry) top soil is a little over 1000 lbs. It puts my axle about 3.5" off the bump-stops.

-Joe

 

Thanks everybody for your input ya i was only going like 3 miles on non highway roads and the company wont deliver now i know what to do and how much not to haul ...I'll just use my father in law 1500

 

Using that vehicle, you have 2.5 miles too far to travel with a load.

 

That what i was thinking too

 

Have 'em deliver it. Just easier all around.

 

I've loaded 29 bundles of shingles, and some other roofing crap in mine. Im guessing it was about 2400lbs. I had to drive about 10 miles and had no problem doing 45 or 50. I was about an inch from the bumpstops. [IMG][/IMG]

 

Okay but for my safty where are teh bump stops located and what do they look like