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BinghamtonEd

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Hello all, I am new to the site. I just replaced my 10 year-old F150 with a new 2016 Silverado 1500, picked it up a week ago. It has the 5.3L V8 and 3.42. Currently 350-400 miles on it.

 

I see comments about breaking it in, not towing for the first 500, no hard braking, etc.

 

So, that being said, I have a task tomorrow that requires me to move about 15 sheets of 3/16" hardboard (15 sheets) and a pile of 2x4's in the bed of the truck. I've done the math, and it looks like I'll have about 650 pounds of material in there. I need to transport this stuff approximately 30 miles, mostly 55 mph, a couple hills but nothing too major.

 

My thought is...it's a truck. Put a few extra pounds in the tires and load it up and go. It's also going to be at only at about 1/3 of its rated capacity.

 

Would you guys even give this a second thought?

soltys Enthusiast

soltys

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I wouldn't worry about it. Truck shouldn't even know that 650 lbs is there.

Haul away.

LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Don't even worry about it. Don't even need to air up the tires honestly. I constantly have close to my payload rating in the bed or on tongue weight and never add air to the tires. Just load the stuff up and go. I didn't obey the break in period and 650lbs is nothing. That's equivalent to a truck load of passengers if you think about it

arcasey Enthusiast

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Wouldn't worry about it. 3-4 grown men can weight anywhere from 600-1000+ lbs and I've never heard about a passenger limit on a new vehicle. Never heard of the no hard braking either. I guess if this is true I need to carry mine back to the dealership and get another one LOL. Idiot pulled out in front of me 5 miles from the dealership and I locked up all 4 tires. Everything is still fine on my truck.

 

Honestly, I look at engine break-in on new vehicles the same way I look at gun barrel break-in, just shoot it and keep it clean.

muddkatt Senior Enthusiast

muddkatt

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Would you guys even give this a second thought?

 

No!

 

If it won't haul a few sheets of hardy board, it is useless.

f8l vnm Senior Enthusiast

f8l vnm

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drive it like you stole it . My 16 had a little over 2k pounds of payload within the 2nd day of ownership. makes no difference

Colossus Senior Enthusiast

Colossus

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As they said don't worry about break in. If you were towing 5000 lbs, maybe. But hey, just think, 500-1000 lbs is like 3 fat me's sitting in the back! Go for it.

BigBadSierra Senior Enthusiast

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That's no real issue as others said. Towing is more of the issue with breaking in the engine as that is a much more stressful situation.

Donstar Senior Enthusiast

Donstar

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Do you have a bed-liner? The weight isn't a concern but be prepared to break-in your paint!

eddieflash Enthusiast

eddieflash

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Towed my '16 7,500LBS trailer at 500 miles after having it 9 days...load her up

Havvkeye Enthusiast

Havvkeye

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Hello all, I am new to the site. I just replaced my 10 year-old F150 with a new 2016 Silverado 1500, picked it up a week ago. It has the 5.3L V8 and 3.42. Currently 350-400 miles on it.

 

I see comments about breaking it in, not towing for the first 500, no hard braking, etc.

 

So, that being said, I have a task tomorrow that requires me to move about 15 sheets of 3/16" hardboard (15 sheets) and a pile of 2x4's in the bed of the truck. I've done the math, and it looks like I'll have about 650 pounds of material in there. I need to transport this stuff approximately 30 miles, mostly 55 mph, a couple hills but nothing too major.

 

My thought is...it's a truck. Put a few extra pounds in the tires and load it up and go. It's also going to be at only at about 1/3 of its rated capacity.

 

Would you guys even give this a second thought?

 

I picked my truck up, hooked up a UHaul and pulled it 75mph for 150 miles since I was not able to actually pick my truck up until the day I was moving out of town (dealership scratched to metal when detailing it and had to repaint an entire door).

 

My truck now has almost 11k miles on it and runs like a champ.

The Mad Veteran Enthusiast

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I've never done the whole break in crap and never had one issue. Do what you need to do and don't worry about it, it's under warranty. :driving:

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