First time putting heavy payload in the bed of my 6.4 2500

[Ratket]

Hauled 1 ton" 2000 pounds" " a pallet of wood pellets" today. Between it, me/my wife/ the twins/ and all the other crap we bought and had truck was prolly with in 300 pounds of max payload. All i have to say is dam, it drove like a dream. I hauled the pellets about 125 miles back to my home town, lots of step grades and the truck didn't care.. it would pull them at 100 mph if i wanted it to, and the cruise control kept the truck in check even on a 8% grade. The truck sat almost lvl, the bed was still up just a little, fine by me because i hate when a truck squats, " only reason i am hesitant on doing a lvling kit". My last truck was a 1500 chevy and if i put 300 pounds in it i knew it was there lol, and this is my first Gasser 2500 and i am very pleased with it. Only bad thing was breaking, you could definitely tell there was a extra 2k in weight in it, and they felt a little soft, but some drilled/slotted rotors and some ss brake lines will fix that, all else fails, ill up the size of the rotors. All in all, the truck surpassed my expectations and i couldn't be happier.

 

[h2oman]

Outstanding. Congrats.

 

[mtofell]

I have a pellet stove also and am about to go load up for the winter. Thanks for the report. I'm surprised about the brakes.... I've found mine to be great so far but really have only hauled a TT with it's own brakes and minimal payload (tongue weight).

 

[WhiteExpress]

You're always going to have a notable decrease in braking performance when fully loaded.
Upgrade your pads. OE pads are always a compromised design to minimize brake dust.
Overall it sounds like you're very pleased with your truck, which is a great way to feel!

 

[Ratket]

ya it handle the 2k like a dream, what impressed me the most was the power.. had plenty of it. How you like you're ecoboost? I was pretty set on getting one of those.. but i kept coming back to.. " the ram was 7k less and so much more" .. i just couldn't pass it up.