yeah, i am so surprised that i didnt break a spring or shackle or anything. its prolly because i went really slow. but the truck did it. it hasnt quit yet and i use it as a truck, to work, not bring kids to soccer or groceries

 

Payload for the older gen trucks is pathetic.

I had my truck loaded up with fire wood and it was sagging pretty bad. A lot more than I expected. My father had his '01 1500 4x4 Silverado loaded up as well and it didn't even look like it had a load.

 

Thats why I run air bags! I used to haul 300 pound concrete bumper curbs all the time, but I wouldn't ever put more than 8. I still have to get the compressor kit though, people always ask me why I'm putting air in my bumper

 

Are you sure you have your measurements on those slabs right?? 8 ft x 2 ft and 1.5 inches thick?? Granite slabs at 1.5" thick only weigh 20lbs per square ft, max (i've transported slabs of soapstone, which is similar weight).. So you had 3 slabs at 16 sq ft each.. I only see that as just shy of 1k lbs. Honestly.. seems like your in the business and all, but I don't think its physically possible to fit 8000 pounds of granite into a 8ft truck bed! At 20 lbs per square ft, that would be 400 sq feet of granite.. truck box is 8x4.. 32 sq feet. You would need 12.5 slabs that were 4'x8' come close to that weight. Is this what you mean??

 

I beleive he meant the total weight of the truck and the slabs was almost 8000 pounds.

 

Ha! that would make sense.. I'm not saying he's wrong or anything, just seeking clarification. I'd seriously be scared to put 8klbs in my truck.. It would break, there is no question. I put 3k (estimated by compost dealer) over the weekend of wet compost.. THe guy who was driving the loader dropped in the 1st yard and the truck sank.. when he came over with the 2nd yard, he was like "sure you want this in there?" I said hell yeah.. wow, I think i turned white when he dumped it in! Made it home ok, and apparently had a few inches to spare.. As I was scooping it out with my tractors front loader, I accidentley lowered the bucket in the bed and pushed it down another couple inches instead of raising the bucket (new tractor, bad mistake).. My wife was yelling other way, other way! It was entertaining.

 

1.5 feet, a foot and a half.

not the combined weight, i had just under 4 tons. i know granite, im right next to barre VT the granite capital of the world....

i also had smaller blocks for evening up the wall. i am very lucky nothing broke, the rubber bumper thing was touching the springs.

 

Holy crap, how did you get it out! I was just thinking countertops, but man, that is a chunk. You must of been feeling particularly ballsy that day to have a chunk of stone like that dropped in your truck.. way to do it and tell about it!

 

I did a google search and it showed granite weighs about 168 lbs per cubic foot.


If the blocks were 8' x 2' x 1.5', they were just over 4,000 lbs. Each.

For 3, you were talking over 12,000 lbs. Plus the other goodies in the bed.

If the scale said almost 8,000 lbs, maybe the dimensions were a little smaller.

Man, you are lucky something did not break!

 

well, i didnt drop it in, i used a loader, and set them down gently. to get them out however was by hand. PVC pipe and rebar as rollers and pry-bars. and a 4x4 piece of wood or two. they are not hard to move if you do it right.

two are the top of a small 16' wall i made and one is a mailbox post.

 

i dont want to be a sore sport here but i just want to point something out to you all. (btw i have a 4.6 as well and love it, never hauled more than a toolbox in it tho)

I worked for a lumber yard for a couple years, we had every customer sign waivers. most of them were like you guys "yah fill it up it'll hold." I took it upon myself to warn most customers about overloading trucks. 4 of them came back with lawyers after they snapped their rear axles. when you overload a truck once its not so bad on the leaf springs. but a couple times will "stretch them" and over time your bed will sag. worst case scenario your leaf springs "flip" and the bed and the entire load comes crashing down on your rear axle, snapping it in half most times.

 

Man.. there's allways a sore sport, isn't there...

Its a good point though. Weight limits are there for a reason.. going over them a little, sure.. but completely disregarding them over and over again will surely end badly. I vowed never again to put that much weight in my truck.. its just not worth it to break something that will costs thousnads to repare, or worse, get hurt in an accident, to same some time from not making multiple trips, etc...

 

i worked for a lumber yard also in fact my pickup is a refugee from that lumber yard and we used to load the crap out of it but with the headache rack setup on it we didnt have to put all the weight over the rear axle and we always were careful not to drop the load on the truck more like set gently and we usually had 20-30% over the cab but i personally transported a 12"x24"x24' doug fir beam on it and the orig trans lasted untill 185000

 

I am a contractor and have an F-350 6.0 diesel. I laugh when I see these people overload their trucks like this. I guess maybe I value my investment in my truck more than the "overloaders"

There is a reason I have an f-350. I don't have to overload my truck.

I have learned a few lessons overloading trucks in the past. It is not a very smart thing to do. It is bad for the truck, but most importantly, it is dangerous for others on the road next to or behind you. I have seen these overloaded trucks start to sway, and watch them go flying off the road. Keep overloading, and eventually that will be one of you "overloaders".

 

i will thank you very much!