Heavy haulin with stock suspensions express

[badfish888]

350 gallons of potable water. Has mad 4 trips so far from town to the house. Up some scarily steep hills

 

[White Beauty]

shes squating pretty good!

 

[GETARAM]

wow thats like 3000lbs...not too much to tow, but a helluva lot to carry. it sitting on the bump stops?

 

[badfish888]

Not quite. But I gota make a run in the morning. I'll take some before and afters. And see if I can get one of the springs compressed

 

[that white kid]

get some air bags they will help alot and they are like 86 bucks on amazon

 

[badfish888]

Just googled it, its 2,922.5 lbs. not bad for a 1500

 

[VolsRam]

And I thought my truck needed to be washed haha. Anyways...back to the subject. That is a lot of weight to haul. What kind of mileage did you have hauling that? Were your RPMs high quite a bit?

 

[BAILEY1]

Just googled it, its 2,922.5 lbs. not bad for a 1500

It can take it!! Nice pics by the way.

 

[loveracing1988]

It can take it!! Nice pics by the way.

It can take it sure but for how long? That kind of weight is more in a 1 ton class of truck, not a half ton. I'm assuming it is just short trips but still, that is over double the capacity of the truck.

 

[22hemi13]

Is it just me or is that sexy

 

[Power247]

Is it just me or is that sexy

Its not just you seeing RAMs doing work is damn sexy.

As for the weight, I would be more concerned about the tires. If this is going to be a regular habit you might consider something with a stronger sidewall.

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[badfish888]

I took some before and afters but ill upload them later on the computer. I'm on my phone. It's hopefully not Guna be a regular deal. Up here we don't have city water. It's a rain fed tank that is fed from the gutters. However. It hasn't been raining that much so I've been filling up a portable tank at a buddies place with access to city water. The tires are cooper at3s. And they don't squat nearly as bad as I thought. It's about a 6 mile trip from there to my house. All flat but the last mile is a hill that's hard to walk up its so steep. Surprisingly, On the flat ground the hemi laughs at that weight ( mds came on lol). But I put it in 1st for the hill and let the torque do the rest. I'm hoping 3 or 4 more loads will get me through until it starts raining.

 

[badfish888]

And I thought my truck needed to be washed haha. Anyways...back to the subject. That is a lot of weight to haul. What kind of mileage did you have hauling that? Were your RPMs high quite a bit?

I don't have an EVIC so dunno mileage but eons were no higher than usual

 

[smiley]

Looks fine to me put it in tow/haul for the big hill at least haha


$miley

 

[badfish888]

before

 

[badfish888]

after, fully loaded 350 gallons, 100 lbs of lumber to raise it above the bed rails

 

[Stangshcky12]

Those tanks aren't exactly light to begin with