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Default Can a "Dodge 2500" pick-up handle a 3,700 lbs load?

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Ignoramus795 wrote:

Any idea?


There might be enough theoretical load capacity. The odds that you'll
get it distributed correctly in practice are pretty low (have you got
portable truck scales?), so you'll likely end up overloading an axle.
Loading that much weight that high can also be...interesting. Securing
it is another problem. If you are "spreading the load" with a thick
steel sheet, that's more weight in addition to whatever you are hauling.
Use a (sufficiently rated) trailer, or different truck (weren't you
getting a tractor-trailer at some point?)

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