Carrying Capacity

Beer Belly · April 19, 2005

I have an '04 2500HD Ext.Cab/SB/4x4/6.0L.....I can't seem to find any info on how much wieght I can put in the Bed.....I'm looking at maybe putting in a Palat of Fieldstone....approxiamately 3500lbs. in the bed for a 5 mile trip (back roads).

snoman · April 19, 2005

I have an '04 2500HD Ext.Cab/SB/4x4/6.0L.....I can't seem to find any info on how much wieght I can put in the Bed.....I'm looking at maybe putting in a Palat of Fieldstone....approxiamately 3500lbs. in the bed for a 5 mile trip (back roads).

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Not a problem for a 2500HD or 3500 (it would be a problem for a 1500 though) just make sure tires in rear are up to max rated pressure and you will not bend anything and I would remove tailgate so you do not possible damage it by accident.

BADGERMAN · April 19, 2005

You shouldn't have any problem.

I have had a little over 4500lbs of rock in mine and it didn't have any problems and the suspension still wasn't bottomed out yet.

It pulled like a champ.

Wingnut · April 19, 2005

I don't know...The half tons look pretty good loaded down with over 3k lbs.

snoman · April 19, 2005

I don't know...The half tons look pretty good loaded down with over 3k lbs.

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My K3500 SRW was not even really squating when I had over 4500 lbs of salt in it one winter and 3000 lbs in it is a walk through the park and it handles it with style too.

Shawn T · April 19, 2005

Make sure you put some perpendicular supports if your loading palets that heavy. Such as a few 4 X 4 's the width of the bed. Last summer we loaded a palet of sod in the bed of my buddy's 2-day-old truck. After we unloaded it, it had three perfect 2 inch by 4 foot indentations in the bed where the 2 X 4 's from the palet were setting. Too much psi for the sheetmetal in the bed. It was not really bad, but noticable. Other than that, it handled the load just fine (2500 HD).

snoman · April 19, 2005

Make sure you put some perpendicular supports if your loading palets that heavy. Such as a few 4 X 4 's the width of the bed. Last summer we loaded a palet of sod in the bed of my buddy's 2-day-old truck. After we unloaded it, it had three perfect 2 inch by 4 foot indentations in the bed where the 2 X 4 's from the palet were setting. Too much psi for the sheetmetal in the bed. It was not really bad, but noticable. Other than that, it handled the load just fine (2500 HD).

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Problem is a pallet on a set of 4x4 will not help much. If you are worried about it a sheet of 1/2 inch plywood in the bed under pallet will spread the load nicely if it is a concern.

Shawn T · April 19, 2005

Make sure you put some perpendicular supports if your loading palets that heavy. Such as a few 4 X 4 's the width of the bed. Last summer we loaded a palet of sod in the bed of my buddy's 2-day-old truck. After we unloaded it, it had three perfect 2 inch by 4 foot indentations in the bed where the 2 X 4 's from the palet were setting. Too much psi for the sheetmetal in the bed. It was not really bad, but noticable. Other than that, it handled the load just fine (2500 HD).

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Problem is a pallet on a set of 4x4 will not help much. If you are worried about it a sheet of 1/2 inch plywood in the bed under pallet will spread the load nicely if it is a concern.

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Yes it will. It will use the corigation of the bed to your advantange rather than paralleling them. I promise. Done it. Plywood will only help if you are directly on top of the ridges with the pallet boards. If you get between the ridges the plywood will just crack.

snoman · April 19, 2005

Make sure you put some perpendicular supports if your loading palets that heavy. Such as a few 4 X 4 's the width of the bed. Last summer we loaded a palet of sod in the bed of my buddy's 2-day-old truck. After we unloaded it, it had three perfect 2 inch by 4 foot indentations in the bed where the 2 X 4 's from the palet were setting. Too much psi for the sheetmetal in the bed. It was not really bad, but noticable. Other than that, it handled the load just fine (2500 HD).

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Problem is a pallet on a set of 4x4 will not help much. If you are worried about it a sheet of 1/2 inch plywood in the bed under pallet will spread the load nicely if it is a concern.

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Yes it will. It will use the corigation of the bed to your advantange rather than paralleling them. I promise. Done it. Plywood will only help if you are directly on top of the ridges with the pallet boards. If you get between the ridges the plywood will just crack.

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Not 1/2 inch or better plywood and 3/4 inch is really tuff stuff and very heavy too in sheets.

Shawn T · April 19, 2005

Make sure you put some perpendicular supports if your loading palets that heavy. Such as a few 4 X 4 's the width of the bed. Last summer we loaded a palet of sod in the bed of my buddy's 2-day-old truck. After we unloaded it, it had three perfect 2 inch by 4 foot indentations in the bed where the 2 X 4 's from the palet were setting. Too much psi for the sheetmetal in the bed. It was not really bad, but noticable. Other than that, it handled the load just fine (2500 HD).

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Problem is a pallet on a set of 4x4 will not help much. If you are worried about it a sheet of 1/2 inch plywood in the bed under pallet will spread the load nicely if it is a concern.

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Yes it will. It will use the corigation of the bed to your advantange rather than paralleling them. I promise. Done it. Plywood will only help if you are directly on top of the ridges with the pallet boards. If you get between the ridges the plywood will just crack.

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Not 1/2 inch or better plywood and 3/4 inch is really tuff stuff and very heavy too in sheets.

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You win, all holy one. I forgot, I'm just an idiot, I just dreamed all of it up.

tomm · April 19, 2005

Make sure you put some perpendicular supports if your loading palets that heavy. Such as a few 4 X 4 's the width of the bed. Last summer we loaded a palet of sod in the bed of my buddy's 2-day-old truck. After we unloaded it, it had three perfect 2 inch by 4 foot indentations in the bed where the 2 X 4 's from the palet were setting. Too much psi for the sheetmetal in the bed. It was not really bad, but noticable. Other than that, it handled the load just fine (2500 HD).

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Yes it will. It will use the corigation of the bed to your advantange rather than paralleling them. I promise. Done it. Plywood will only help if you are directly on top of the ridges with the pallet boards. If you get between the ridges the plywood will just crack.

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Not 1/2 inch or better plywood and 3/4 inch is really tuff stuff and very heavy too in sheets.

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You win, all holy one. I forgot, I'm just an idiot, I just dreamed all of it up.

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Beer Belly · April 19, 2005

Thanks folks....my Wife didn't want to pay $130 delivery fee, she suggested the truck, that shocked me. Just wanted to make sure I wouldn't damage anything. I'm gonna get a sheet of Plywood for rhe Bed...I never would of thought of extra support.....Thanks again......Oh yeah....does anybody have numbers on what the limit is???

tomm · April 19, 2005

I have a 2500HD 4x4 reg cab 6.0 . On the inside glovebox door there is a decal which will tell you your cargo carrying capacity. Mine is 3185. I believe this takes in consideration a full tank of fuel and all your seats full with 150 pound passengers.At the dump scale with a full tank of gas,(34 gallons) and just me my truck weighs out at 5750 pounds.This would leave me with a 3450 pound capacity to reach gvw of 9200 pounds.I have carryed 2800 pounds of sheetrock with no problems at all.

snoman · April 20, 2005

I have a 2500HD 4x4 reg cab 6.0 . On the inside glovebox door there is a decal which will tell you your cargo carrying capacity. Mine is 3185. I believe this takes in consideration a full tank of fuel and all your seats full with 150 pound passengers.At the dump scale with a full tank of gas,(34 gallons) and just me my truck weighs out at 5750 pounds.This would leave me with a 3450 pound capacity to reach gvw of 9200 pounds.I have carryed 2800 pounds of sheetrock with no problems at all.

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Those limits are not absolute and for short trips you can easily exceed them 20 to 30 %. The tires are the weakest link and overloaded badly at high speed for 50 to 100 miles they could suffer. My old J20 Jeep truck I have used to be a farm truck for my inlaws until I got it of them 19 years ago and my father inlaw hauled between 6000 and 7000lbs of gravel in it several times from a gravel pit 10 miles away for lane repair. (one trip was a little over 3.5 tons of gravel) The rear end sagged and the 950 x 16.5 bias plied tires bulged some even with 65 PSI but it did it with no power issues and suffered no damage. That is one tuff old truck with a heavy boxed frame and I do not think I would try that much weight in my K3500 ever or any k3500.