*slightly over GVWR Hauling?*

I believe the statute of limitations has expired, so I can probably talk about the time we took the tri-axle gooseneck trailer that held the dragster and the portable machine shop that attends a top level drag effort (how else you gonna, say, resurface the clutch disks after every run?) and took it to a winter car show with a K1500 without a gooseneck hitch, because the proper tow vehicle was NOT allowed to see even remotely salted roads.

I can't say it "took it like a champ", it was more like "it managed to work"...

ebonyandivory wrote: I carried 2,000 lbs of laminate flooring home from Home Depot. They were discontinuing that color so we bought all they had. My 1995 F150 rode like a Cadillac and took it like a champ. (We actually used the rest of it after the car crashed through our house and the floor had to be refinished.)

Many years ago, when my parents were finishing the attic in their old house, I remember my dad and granddad hauling a load of unfinished hardwood flooring stacked a foot higher than the bed sides home in the back of the 1990 F150 we had at the time. I dont know what the total weight must have been, but this truck was an HD 1/2 ton that was a former plow truck at his work and that sucker was on the bump stops with the tires bulging horrifically. Drove it like that all the way from Delaware

In reply to Knurled:

How did you hitch it to the truck?

I managed 2400lbs on a homebuilt flatbed 86toyota. It was loaded so heavy the v treads rubbed the wooden bed. My dad was not amused.

I saw an F350 Dually Diesel towing one of those 4x8 harbor freight trailers, which was empty. The hitch was so high the trailer was at about a 30* angle. It was mildly hilarious, though I kept thinking "why not just put the damn trailer in the bed?"

The loading height of some dually truck beds renders them almost totally useless for actually putting things into. On a mostly unrelated note, i once did try to load a folding 4x8 trailer into a truck bed by myself by hand. It was basically impossible, and i gave up.

ebonyandivory wrote: I carried 2,000 lbs of laminate flooring home from Home Depot. They were discontinuing that color so we bought all they had. My 1995 F150 rode like a Cadillac and took it like a champ. (We actually used the rest of it after the car crashed through our house and the floor had to be refinished.)

That's a bit overloaded, but probably not by a whole lot. Payload rating for that truck was likely in the 1500 - 1600 lb range.

Knurled wrote: I used to haul brake rotors to the recyclers in the back of the RX-7. (Well, the previous one) 650lb of rotors makes it squat a bit.

Honestly, 650 lbs of rotors plus a driver is probably not much more than the car was meant to carry if it was over at all. The rotors aren't much more weight than the 3 extra adults plus a suitcase or 2 the factory intended it to carry (in addition to the driver).

Timely incident is timely:

Well that escalated quickly.

Duke wrote: Timely incident is timely: Well that escalated quickly.

Interesting that it didn't take the truck with it. I wonder what that does to the frame/hitch etc. I don't the ball would articulate that far without bending something....

accordionfolder wrote:

Duke wrote: Timely incident is timely: Well that escalated quickly.

Interesting that it didn't take the truck with it. I wonder what that does to the frame/hitch etc. I don't the ball would articulate that far without bending something....

I have a feeling the coupler failed and either snapped or pulled off the ball.

In reply to Duke:

People never seem like they hit the brakes when the trailer starts to wag. Looks like they just keep right one driving hoping it sorts itself out.

I am seeing alot of half ton heros

ebonyandivory wrote: In reply to Duke: People never seem like they hit the brakes when the trailer starts to wag. Looks like they just keep right one driving hoping it sorts itself out.

Yeah, I thought standard procedure was to hit the electric trailer brake switch and ease a little throttle into the tow vehicle.

Duke wrote:

ebonyandivory wrote: In reply to Duke: People never seem like they hit the brakes when the trailer starts to wag. Looks like they just keep right one driving hoping it sorts itself out.

Yeah, I thought standard procedure was to hit the electric trailer brake switch and ease a little throttle into the tow vehicle.

It is. But you say that as if these idiots even have working trailer brakes...

rslifkin wrote: Honestly, 650 lbs of rotors plus a driver is probably not much more than the car was meant to carry if it was over at all. The rotors aren't much more weight than the 3 extra adults plus a suitcase or 2 the factory intended it to carry (in addition to the driver).

Except that it is hard to fit four adults and a bunch of luggage in a 2 seater, and all that mass generally doesn't go behind the rear axle...

In reply to Knurled:

Good point on the behind the rear axle. That's the only thing that would likely to make it over-loaded in any meaningful way. Even most small cars are still good for 600 - 800 lbs of people and stuff.

Got a load of sand in my 93 S-10 long bed. Coming across the scales they laughed at the fact I had 1,000 lbs MORE in the truck than the actual truck weighed.

Ah a good one popped up in my favorite "Big dump Load" thread. Not so much overloaded but scary....

Good god. I thought it was a bad sign when the rear drums on my dakota almost caught on fire heading to the recycling plant with a bit over 1000lbs of money in the bed. And I'm pretty sure that was about 200 under the payload capacity.

I'd hate to try half of the stuff in here.

The scariest thing above is the wheel / tire / lift combination on the Ford.

In reply to GhiaMonster:

The stretched mud terrains on the 20x12s weren't E-load rated? Maybe this is the safer option?

java230 wrote:

The container is only about 5000 pounds. Add 2000-3000 pounds for the trailer and you are still well within the capacity of the truck. If you buy a container, that's how they are delivered. SOP

The hay bales look to be 4' X 4'. They are around 500 pounds each. 19 bales is 9500 pounds, plus another 2000-3000 for the trailer. A new duelly is good to 30K+ pounds.

I wouldn't call either one of those overloaded. They just show that some people actually do need a full size truck.