Increasing hauling weight.

[AreWeThereYet]

Gross payload is about 1500lbs that includes ALL occupants, baggage, fuel and toys.

Almost forgot it will be higher if its a mega cab 1500, probably another 1000lbs or so.

[overkill131313]

I have a 92 1500 chevy ext cab 4x4. Im going to remove the box and make a light weight deck, well 2-250 pound compared to a stock box that must weight 500 pounds? I have air bags in the rear so it dont squat. do I load both sleds and go weight it! then figure out if I can add fuel or a second pasanger lol. next question is what is the towing capasity? can I pull 2 sleds on a trailer? with two on truck lol? I used to pull two sleds with my suzuki sammy and never even got looked at. well it had big tires and power and didnt look so small any more lol.

[AreWeThereYet]

Now you are just being silly,..

Around these parts, they are giving out tickets for unsecured loads in pickups. A person can take chances all they want, its your dollar have at er .

This reminds me of a discussion about guys wanting to tow 30ft 5fers behind half ton trucks.

If you want the jist of legal operation, you are best to ask your local DOT, but weighing would be a good idea.

[Modman]

Most 1/2 ton payloads are right around the 1300-1500 lb mark. Haven't seen too many higher than 1500 lbs.

Here's the math when I tried to do it for my truck:
Sled deck - 300 lbs
Sleds - two sleds - 550 lbs each (one weighs 487 the other about 570 so I took the average) = 1100 lbs of sleds full of gas/fluids
Gear - 50lbs for two riders
Extra fuel and oil - 100 lbs
Passenger - 200 lbs
Total = 1750 lbs without factoring fuel in the truck/spare tire/miscellaneous stuff (cooler with food, etc) and I'm sure I'm forgetting 2 or 3 things.

I figured probably close to 1800 lbs. You will be over on any half ton truck with this payload. One biggie that people forget is their insurance - if you are overweight and get into a wreck, and the accident investigation determines you were overweight, your insurance company can (and probably will) default your policy, which means you're not insured. If you just hit the ditch, you might only have to replace your vehicle. If you are involved with another vehicle and injure (or god forbid - kill..) someone, you can probably expect to lose a lot more.

Its not worth it. Find a suitable vehicle.

[rusty]

Originally Posted by AreWeThereYet

Gross payload is about 1500lbs that includes ALL occupants, baggage, fuel and toys.

Almost forgot it will be higher if its a mega cab 1500, probably another 1000lbs or so.

The mega cabs have a different chassis and they have LESS capacity than the regular cabs.

[AreWeThereYet]

Originally Posted by rusty

The mega cabs have a different chassis and they have LESS capacity than the regular cabs.

My bad, 1970lbs payload capacity for the 1500 MEGA CAB 1500

[overkill131313]

Originally Posted by Modman

Most 1/2 ton payloads are right around the 1300-1500 lb mark. Haven't seen too many higher than 1500 lbs.

Here's the math when I tried to do it for my truck:
Sled deck - 300 lbs
Sleds - two sleds - 550 lbs each (one weighs 487 the other about 570 so I took the average) = 1100 lbs of sleds full of gas/fluids
Gear - 50lbs for two riders
Extra fuel and oil - 100 lbs
Passenger - 200 lbs
Total = 1750 lbs without factoring fuel in the truck/spare tire/miscellaneous stuff (cooler with food, etc) and I'm sure I'm forgetting 2 or 3 things.

I figured probably close to 1800 lbs. You will be over on any half ton truck with this payload. One biggie that people forget is their insurance - if you are overweight and get into a wreck, and the accident investigation determines you were overweight, your insurance company can (and probably will) default your policy, which means you're not insured. If you just hit the ditch, you might only have to replace your vehicle. If you are involved with another vehicle and injure (or god forbid - kill..) someone, you can probably expect to lose a lot more.

Its not worth it. Find a suitable vehicle.

so if I remove my 500 pound box and build my deck to weight under 300 pounds then I come in under 1300 pounds.

[Modman]

Originally Posted by overkill131313

so if I remove my 500 pound box and build my deck to weight under 300 pounds then I come in under 1300 pounds.

Sure that math works. But internet math only takes you so far, you need to go out and read the payload capacity off the sticker on your truck and then make sure you are under that amount. Probably can be done.

[mel.h]

Modman said it. And about not going through a scale, well if you are going Hwy #16 in to B.C. you go right past the scale at Tete Jaune, no avoiding it. Year before & last year too we went through there & the D.O.T. & the R.C.'s were only pulling in the sledder's to check for load securement, insurance & registration. All the Semi's were going straight through.

[rusty]

i hope i dont offend anyone by saying this. but those DOTs are a pain in the butt... i would rather have three sisters as the town whores than one brother who was a DOT LOL

[Summitric]

Originally Posted by rusty

i hope i dont offend anyone by saying this. But those dots are a pain in the butt... I would rather have three sisters as the town whores than one brother who was a dot lol

ya, but the dot is only dooin' his job....... Gotta respect them for that...... They are a pain in the azz, but that's why they're their.....

[2manykids]

Just gonna toss this out there , but if you are over and you do have an accident, can you be denied your clain ?