This weekend I bought and subsequently picked up a whole gang of laminate flooring, not having thought through completely what it all weighed and whether my truck would handle it.
At first, the kid at the store threw a whole pallet of flooring in the bed, and I honestly thought the front wheels would come up. At that point I asked what it weighed and he replied "i dunno...there should be a sticker" really dude???
So I find the sticker and it says 1750...I quickly double checked it (33x 55lb boxes) and it sure enough was 1750 so I promptly had him get it off the truck. For what it's worth, the truck held it up haha but I doubt it would have been able to go anywhere.
From there, I looked up the payload for my truck (hemi, 8spd, 3.21 CC/5'7"/4x4) which was 1490. We then put the smaller of the two pallets which was 22 boxes @ 55lb each or 1210lb, plus the pallet which is another 30 or so for 1240lb, add 4 rolls of underlayment in the back seat for another 68lb at 1300, plus my big ass at 240lb in the front seat though I don't know that's included in the payload calculation. All together, there was probably near as makes any difference 1600lb on top of the truck.
The suspension definitely was squatting a bit, but it actually rode smoother than when it was unloaded haha. Power off the line and even merging uphill onto the highway, then maintaining 60-65 was no issue whatsoever. The power train is certainly not the weak point in the hemi 1500's. The only time I could really notice the extra weight was when braking. Temps stayed pretty good even despite 80+ degree weather, though I did see them climb some when loaded heavy, trans was up into the mid 180's approaching 190 at one point, coolant stayed pretty solid at 200-205, oil temp was up around 210-215.
I made 2 trips loaded up to that weight, and a third with only about 600lb in the bed (and 100lb of chocolate lab in the back seat haha). On the 3rd trip it was like the weight wasn't even there.
I don't plan to haul that much too often but it's nice to know the truck could handle it just fine.
At first, the kid at the store threw a whole pallet of flooring in the bed, and I honestly thought the front wheels would come up. At that point I asked what it weighed and he replied "i dunno...there should be a sticker" really dude???
So I find the sticker and it says 1750...I quickly double checked it (33x 55lb boxes) and it sure enough was 1750 so I promptly had him get it off the truck. For what it's worth, the truck held it up haha but I doubt it would have been able to go anywhere.
From there, I looked up the payload for my truck (hemi, 8spd, 3.21 CC/5'7"/4x4) which was 1490. We then put the smaller of the two pallets which was 22 boxes @ 55lb each or 1210lb, plus the pallet which is another 30 or so for 1240lb, add 4 rolls of underlayment in the back seat for another 68lb at 1300, plus my big ass at 240lb in the front seat though I don't know that's included in the payload calculation. All together, there was probably near as makes any difference 1600lb on top of the truck.
The suspension definitely was squatting a bit, but it actually rode smoother than when it was unloaded haha. Power off the line and even merging uphill onto the highway, then maintaining 60-65 was no issue whatsoever. The power train is certainly not the weak point in the hemi 1500's. The only time I could really notice the extra weight was when braking. Temps stayed pretty good even despite 80+ degree weather, though I did see them climb some when loaded heavy, trans was up into the mid 180's approaching 190 at one point, coolant stayed pretty solid at 200-205, oil temp was up around 210-215.
I made 2 trips loaded up to that weight, and a third with only about 600lb in the bed (and 100lb of chocolate lab in the back seat haha). On the 3rd trip it was like the weight wasn't even there.
I don't plan to haul that much too often but it's nice to know the truck could handle it just fine.
