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

One day when you are bored, fill it with gas and two people, one driver, one
passenger, and take it to the local truck stop and have it weighed. Lots of
them will do it free. Get that weight stub. Now, look at your door plate
for GCVWR, or gross combined vehicle weight rating, which is the total
weight for the truck and everything you can put in it before it breaks.
That, for future reference is the MAXIMUM amount the truck can carry. It is
always good to do just 75% of that.

HTH

Steve

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