First haul with new Truck!

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Hello All!

My truck is coming up on two weeks old and I just had my first major haul! I have never owned a truck before so this to is one of those smiling moments!

My buddy needed help picking up the wood for his deck. The max payload for my 2017 Ram Sport Crew Cab is 1,580lbs. I think with all the wood, and 60lbs of concrete bags we were pretty close! The longest board hung out 10ft 8in.

I have the 3.92 axel and she did great! [emoji41]

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Nice. Looks like handled fine. Times like this I'm glad I have access to a trailer but you do what you gotta do!
 
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Nice. Looks like handled fine. Times like this I'm glad I have access to a trailer but you do what you gotta do!



Thanks! Yes, I want to invest in a trailer. I have no idea what size to even get! Trucks and hauling is a whole new ball game for me!!


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Can't tell by the pictures, but you're supposed to put an orange flag on anything hanging past the tailgate like that when on the road.


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Can't tell by the pictures, but you're supposed to put an orange flag on anything hanging past the tailgate like that when on the road.


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This is what i was thinking. Man those boards are way back there.

Glad to hear the truck worked well for you though. That's great! Congrats on the new truck
 
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This is what i was thinking. Man those boards are way back there.



Glad to hear the truck worked well for you though. That's great! Congrats on the new truck



Thanks! Correct, we had to two red flags. At the time of the pictures the flags were not on.


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Cant beat the practicality of a crew cab truck! Just noticed the Navy sticker on your hood, looks nice. Thank you for your service sir.
 
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Cant beat the practicality of a crew cab truck! Just noticed the Navy sticker on your hood, looks nice. Thank you for your service sir.



I know! I cannot believe it was able to haul all that even though it was that far hanging out! Thank you and you are welcome!


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Cant beat the practicality of a crew cab truck! Just noticed the Navy sticker on your hood, looks nice. Thank you for your service sir.


You got that right! I've had a pickup most my life either as a dd or spare. The few times i didn't have one, i really missed it.

And besides. .. "there's somethin women like about a pickup man" haha
 
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You got that right! I've had a pickup most my life either as a dd or spare. The few times i didn't have one, i really missed it.

And besides. .. "there's somethin women like about a pickup man" haha



You are right about that! I received my first compliment two days ago. I pulled into the parking space at Kroger and this lady putting groceries in her car with her two kids in the cart turned around at me and said, "I love your truck!" Let me tell ya, that was a good feeling! [emoji16]


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Thanks! Yes, I want to invest in a trailer. I have no idea what size to even get! Trucks and hauling is a whole new ball game for me!!


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If you have room to park it. It's hard to beat a 18ft not to long but will hold almost everything. If space is limited a good 5x10 is very handy.
 
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If you have room to park it. It's hard to beat a 18ft not to long but will hold almost everything. If space is limited a good 5x10 is very handy.



Thanks for the info. At this time I don't have room for an 18ft. I will look into the 5x10.


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You are right about that! I received my first compliment two days ago. I pulled into the parking space at Kroger and this lady putting groceries in her car with her two kids in the cart turned around at me and said, "I love your truck!" Let me tell ya, that was a good feeling! [emoji16]


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It never gets old either. The best one I think I ever got I was picking up from the dealer from warranty service and a lady picking up her Dart looked over and said, "Man, I wish I was driving that home". Between that and the lady who "stalked" me at the community mail boxes for a couple months and repeatedly told me how awesome my truck was, never stops being awesome when people want what you've got lol.
 

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