On Jul 14, 8:17*am, "The Post Quartermaster"
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"ransley" wrote in message

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On Jul 14, 8:00 am, LSMFT wrote:





Kate wrote:
Hi All,

My Dad is loaning me his 1989 Dodge Ram, the sports model so it is
not a
huge truck, to haul concrete and posts, etc. for a new vinyl gate
and
fence. I just finished gating in one end of my back yard, but now
am
ready to do the other end.

I need 15 bags of pre-mixed concrete. Each bag weighs 60 pounds.
Can this little truck handle 900 pounds?

I sure don't want to risk damaging this truck. You may get a
chuckle out
of it, but Dad keeps it spit shined, and it only has 21,000 miles
on it.
The only thing I really miss in it is that there are no air bags.

I will be hauling the concrete 24 miles from my home.

Thanks for your help.

Kate

I can haul a pallet (one ton) of pellets on my Nissian Frontier with
no
problem. That's 2000 lbs. Even better now since I added 1500lb
spring
boosters.

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LSMFT

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Brakes are big part of ratings, sure you can haul 2000lb but it wont
stop well, get in an accident thats your fault and your weight could
be a charge of negligence.

"Half ton" used to mean that there was a payload of 1000 lbs. What it
means now, who knows? But I would think 900 lbs would be at the high
end of what you can carry. The cost to make two trips will be a lot
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I think gasolene , spare tire, and people were never part of the
rating, so a half ton with 2 -200lb passengers, 20 gallon of gas and a
50 lb tire can only carry 450 lb and be at 1/2 ton, I had a full size
blazer that would sag badly with 2-300 lbs and at 22 years and dads
pristine toy I would not risk a heavy load, im sure it would be fine
but ive broken my cars and trucks.