Have You Ever Weighed Your Truck?

[hosejockey2002]

What's the best I could haul in a Single rear wheel 1 ton ?
with and with out a dump bed.
Thanks LB.
I'd like to stay away from dual wheels.

LB,

My truck is a 2005 2500HD, basically a SRW "1-ton" with a 9200 GVWR. Stock from the factory it will haul about 3900 pounds, including driver, equipment, etc. I've got a Maxi-dump insert installed, and with the insert, a full tank of gas, me, and assorted miscellaneous stuff it weighs 6500 pounds. That leaves me 2700 to put in the bed without exceeding the factory GVWR. I've loaded it heavier, and it drives and handles fine up to about 10,000. I've got Timbrens installed that helps with rear end sag. With an overload spring pack and a 19.5 Rickson conversion for the wheels and tires I would not hesitate to go up to 12,000. The truck has plenty of power and fantastic brakes, and the 10.5" AAM axle is rated by the axle manufacturer at 10,000 lbs.

 

[garydc]

Diamondpilot I have backed the tractor on to try and found it was better driven on, the truck actually handles it well,towed the kioti home to Ontario from Tennesse with no problems at all. Gary

 

[LBrown59]

LB,

My truck is a 2005 2500HD, basically a SRW "1-ton" with a 9200 GVWR. Stock from the factory it will haul about 3900 pounds, including driver, equipment, etc.
1* I've got a Maxi-dump insert installed, and with the insert, a full tank of gas, me, and assorted miscellaneous stuff it weighs 6500 pounds. That leaves me 2700 to put in the bed without exceeding the factory GVWR. I've loaded it heavier, and it drives and handles fine up to about 10,000. I've got Timbrens installed that helps with rear end sag. With an overload spring pack and a 19.5 Rickson conversion for the wheels and tires I would not hesitate to go up to 12,000. The truck has plenty of power and fantastic brakes, and the 10.5" AAM axle is rated by the axle manufacturer at 10,000 lbs.

1*This is what I'm wanting to do with either a 3/4 or 1 ton.
Either a dump insert or install a dump kit.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Diamondpilot I have backed the tractor on to try and found it was better driven on, the truck actually handles it well,towed the kioti home to Ontario from Tennesse with no problems at all. Gary

Good deal. Those Dakotas are tough. A guy that works at the airport I fly from tows a mini excavator with a late 90's 4x4 318 powered long bed.

Chris

 

[hosejockey2002]

1*This is what I'm wanting to do with either a 3/4 or 1 ton.
Either a dump insert or install a dump kit.

I don't know much about dump kits, but my dump insert is one of the best investments I've ever made. It works perfectly every time, just push the button and up it goes. You can unlatch the tailgate at either the top of bottom depending on what you are dumping. Installation involves minimal modification to the truck, just some extra holes in the bed. You can actually install one using the existing bed mounting holes, however the shop that installed mine fabricated some large brackets and bolted those to the truck frame, and then bolted the insert's subframe to those brackets. Might be overkill, but I know it's not coming loose.

A potential con is that the insert adds a few inches to the load height of your pickup. You might have a tough time loading with your BX tractors. Depending on terrain it can be a challenge to load mine with my Kioti CK20. You can always remove the taigate and load it from the rear rather than over the side.
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[LBrown59]

A potential con is that the insert adds a few inches to the load height of your pickup.
1*You might have a tough time loading with your BX tractors. Depending on terrain it can be a challenge to load mine with my Kioti CK20. You can always remove the taigate and load it from the rear rather than over the side._______

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1*I'd bring any truck home and see if the bx23 fel would clear the sides before i bought a truck.
Something else i may consider is a 1 ton flat bed with a dump feature.
I might even be able to unload a flat bed by simply pushing or scooping the load off from the side with the Loader and or Back hoe , just as i'm thing about doing with a trailer.

 

[thatguy]

How can something that's not loaded be over loaded?

Its because their empty weight was greater than their registered gross weight.. Hence overweight..

Brian

 

[Ken45101]

One thing I was a little surprised about was how much weight my "one ton" (being a SRW)will haul based on the tag in the door jamb....... over two ton, if I could ever load the axles properly.

Chuckle, chuckle. That may be impossible.

We had a 2002 F-250HD diesel. Our new living quarters horse trailer was 300# overweight on the truck rear axle although way underweight for the truck GVW (800# IIRC).

We upgraded to a C3500.

Ken

 

[Diamondpilot]

Chuckle, chuckle. That may be impossible.

We had a 2002 F-250HD diesel. Our new living quarters horse trailer was 300# overweight on the truck rear axle although way underweight for the truck GVW (800# IIRC).

We upgraded to a C3500.

Ken

Your F-250 has 1,500# less weight carry capacity compared to a F-350 SRW, so yes his will handle the weight a F-250 will not. That is why I always steer 3/4 ton buyers to a SRW 1 ton, lot more truck for only about $600 more.

Chris

 

[rutwad]

I was weighing mine on a weekly bases last year when scrap was high, The truck and trailer run 14,400 to 14,600 empty depending on the fuel I carry. The biggest load of prepaired iron I have had on it was 34,000 which seemed little much for my truck and trailer, but I got it there with out any issues.

WOW, on a 14k trailer? I hope you did not have far to go!