1500 bed weight limit

[cliff050505]

im looking to buy a 2012/2013 1500 and need to kno how much i could get the bed lowered and put a 500-600lb electric wheelchair with out it dropping the bed too much. i wanted to level the back out with the front. possibly lower the front some too due to the fact im in a wheelchair. what would be the best rout to go?

[Mckenzie]

500-600 pounds will not lower the bed too much tbh

[00Silverado4x4]

With my level kit I left the rear about 1/2" higher than front. I've had over 600 lbs in the bed and it still only squat my truck to true level front to rear. Once I get to ~1000 lb range then I start seeing the rear sagging lower than front.

[hodo78]

When I load my 2002 Yamaha Big Bear in the back of my truck, it will drop around 3 inches. This bike weighs 556 pounds dry, add fuel and all my gear on it, at it would be at 600 pounds.

 

For reference, my 2012 truck has the z71 suspension and it will squat a bit like I mentioned. But my 2010 had the towing suspension with the NHT package and it would hardly squat at all. Maybe a inch or so at most.

 

So as long as you go with the HD towing suspension package you will probably be ok.

[tazerbro]

im looking to buy a 2012/2013 1500 and need to kno how much i could get the bed lowered and put a 500-600lb electric wheelchair with out it dropping the bed too much. i wanted to level the back out with the front. possibly lower the front some too due to the fact im in a wheelchair. what would be the best rout to go?

 

 

Theres zero doubt our trucks can handle that sort of weight in the bed. I drove nearly 500 miles with a 540 lb motorcycle in the bed of a 2wd S10. Now, that may not of been the smartest of ideas but she took it like a champ (most do )

[ruggedlife]

when i have my 600lb atv in the bed pulled up against the front of the bed it would be about a 1/2 inch higher in the rear still on a stock truck. now when i put a tool box in an dhave to have it rest on the tailgate it squats like a bitch with the 6" kit on

[txab]

Does your 500-600 lb figure include the chair lift that you'll need too to get in/out of the bed? That will be a dead lift of weight up and over the side of the bed