On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:02:06 -0500, Ignoramus25581
wrote:

I think that it is insane and would not do it or approve of it. Here's
the story.

There is a guy who wants to transport two pallets, with the total
weight of 5,000 lbs, in the bed of his one ton pickup truck. (100 bags
of concrete)

5,000 lbs is over 2 tons.

The truck is "one ton" truck like a Ford F-350.

Does he stand any chance at all of not breaking his pickup with a
double rated load???

i

It will probably work, if the front wheels stay on the ground. In this
part of the world the criteria is "will it go up the hill?" if it does
you can probably put on a little more.

I have even seen trucks with wooden blocks bolted to the frame so that
when you had the truck fully loaded the frame didn't sit all the way
down on the axles - might break a spring bending it backwards...


Bruce-in-Bangkok
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