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I think is a little too much for that type of truck, I know for a fact is too much for my F250, but I'm not real familiar with chevies, for DOT I'm sure it's too much also
It's funny that you ask this, I just bought a f-350 dually it carries 2 yds of top soil like it has nothing on it, BUT I was pullover by the DOT las friday, he checked the inspections, tires everything, he even made me unplug the trailer and the emergency brake for it, pull the truck to make sure the tires lock, they did, I was pretty confident, then he ask for my cones and fire ex.. didn't have'em I just bought it and forget to take'em out of the old truck, then he weighted the truck, he said have a seat I'll be right back.
I knew he was going to give me ticket, for my surprise he gave me two, one for the fire extinguisher, and one for OVERWEIGHT, I only had two yard of top soil and was 3,000 over the limit, found out the truck weights 9,500 and I can put a max gross weight of 12,500, which I think is only a yard of top soil, I don't now what to do from now on, I usully load my truck with 12 yds. of mulch and never tough about being overweight.
It's funny that you ask this, I just bought a f-350 dually it carries 2 yds of top soil like it has nothing on it, BUT I was pullover by the DOT las friday, he checked the inspections, tires everything, he even made me unplug the trailer and the emergency brake for it, pull the truck to make sure the tires lock, they did, I was pretty confident, then he ask for my cones and fire ex.. didn't have'em I just bought it and forget to take'em out of the old truck, then he weighted the truck, he said have a seat I'll be right back.
I knew he was going to give me ticket, for my surprise he gave me two, one for the fire extinguisher, and one for OVERWEIGHT, I only had two yard of top soil and was 3,000 over the limit, found out the truck weights 9,500 and I can put a max gross weight of 12,500, which I think is only a yard of top soil, I don't now what to do from now on, I usully load my truck with 12 yds. of mulch and never tough about being overweight.
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Load her down. As long as you don't have too far to travel, you'll be fine. I load my Silverado with 2 yrds at a time also. I just don't make a habit of it.
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the DOT was kind the township i live in has a truck cop he has scales and a clipboard and loves to use the stuff. if he finds you overweight he will red-tag you're truck and have it towed away after he finds every possible violation known to man.
I have towed 3 tons with 4cylinder Toyota tray back and single axle trailer(1 ton in the tray back and two in the single Axel. It was almost dieing in first gear going up hills. You should have seen the look on the guys face at the dump when he weighed me in
I traveled around 20miles with that load so I'm sure your Chev could go mmmabey 11/2 to 2 ton. Not very good for it tough
I traveled around 20miles with that load so I'm sure your Chev could go mmmabey 11/2 to 2 ton. Not very good for it toughAre you sure about those numbers? 9500lbs is pretty heavy for an F-350, my 1987 F350 dually has a lightweight of 6000lbs. with a max of 10,000lbs (2 ton capacity). Did the DOT guy say the truck has a lightweight of 9500, or is that what your manual says? Or do you have an extra heavy body / add-ons ?
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Really, you can do whatever you want. If you want to put 2 yards of loam into the back of a 3/4 ton pick-up then that's your perogative. However that amount of weight requires a bit of braking power. I see two possible situations that would be a big problem out of many more. 1) You get into an accident... you are going to be at fault regardless, and your insurance may not cover you due to being overload. 2) You get pulled over by an anally retentive cop and get tickets up the wazoo for being overload. A 3rd one which I just thought of is; you kill the truck early because of maxing out what it can do.
My suggestion to you, get a trailer and build sides onto it a dump trailer even. Get a brake box put in your truck and haul the stuff like that. I believe that a 2500 should be able to legally tow 10,000 lbs
My suggestion to you, get a trailer and build sides onto it a dump trailer even. Get a brake box put in your truck and haul the stuff like that. I believe that a 2500 should be able to legally tow 10,000 lbs
Our association has DOT meetings once a year.
2 different officers each told me private.
If you look over weight. You will be stopped.
Now bear in mind they do nothing in the winter when your driving a F350 with an 8' Western and a full 2 yard salter in the back....
2 different officers each told me private.
If you look over weight. You will be stopped.
Now bear in mind they do nothing in the winter when your driving a F350 with an 8' Western and a full 2 yard salter in the back....
Here in Michigan, any vehicle that exceeds 10,000# combined weight, OR any stake or dump that pulls a trailer MUST have a GVW Registration. The minimum available for this is a 24,000# rating, and is around 500 bucks a year. You also must comply with several other laws pertaining to this. You must have all the safety equip. like extinguisher, triangles, Break-away system, and your vehicle MUST be placarded with you company name, city, and state, and all letters must be 3" tall or larger. Just went through all this, myself. Oh, and you MUST posess a DOT Medical Certificate.
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Just a quick note about capacity. What you CAN carry and what you can LEGALLY carry are two entirely different things. I was driving a Dodge 3500 with a contractor dump on it. Had some stone in the back, was barely touching the helper springs, truck was not even squatting. Got pulled over by DOT. I'm thinking, no big deal I 'm not overweight. WRONG!!! I was WAAAY over! Truck was stickered for 11K and I had about 16K on it! To top it off the truck's owner had not verified that his dealer had changed the Max GVW when it had the dump put on. Bottom line, the truck was only registered for a Max GVW of about 7K pounds.....
Now the moral is....the truck could obviously carry the weight, so it CAN carry almost 6 tons on top of its own weight! But...It was set up to legally carry about 5k pounds above its own weight. And....DOT gave me a ticket that says I was almost 11K over the vehicle GVW rating.
Now you all may be saying "Yeah right, he wasn't squatted. How could he not see that much weight?" I guess I was loaded right as fas as fore/aft goes. Bottom line..find out your empty weights and stay legal. I certainly didn't think I was even CLOSE to being overweight. So much for the ole helper spring estimate. If you aren't happy with your trucks' capacity...get a bigger truck. Step up to a F-450/550 or such... That is what we will be doing....
I was lucky, the Trooper was cool and let me take the truck the last mile or so to where I was headed and called it a day. He could have deadlined me. Now, the court will do the math and tell me what I owe....
Funny though, I see little F-150's with a pallet of cement going from the DIY stores to their homes.....never see them pulled over and I KNOW they are over GVW because I can walk under their front axles!!!
Now the moral is....the truck could obviously carry the weight, so it CAN carry almost 6 tons on top of its own weight! But...It was set up to legally carry about 5k pounds above its own weight. And....DOT gave me a ticket that says I was almost 11K over the vehicle GVW rating.
Now you all may be saying "Yeah right, he wasn't squatted. How could he not see that much weight?" I guess I was loaded right as fas as fore/aft goes. Bottom line..find out your empty weights and stay legal. I certainly didn't think I was even CLOSE to being overweight. So much for the ole helper spring estimate. If you aren't happy with your trucks' capacity...get a bigger truck. Step up to a F-450/550 or such... That is what we will be doing....
I was lucky, the Trooper was cool and let me take the truck the last mile or so to where I was headed and called it a day. He could have deadlined me. Now, the court will do the math and tell me what I owe....
Funny though, I see little F-150's with a pallet of cement going from the DIY stores to their homes.....never see them pulled over and I KNOW they are over GVW because I can walk under their front axles!!!
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correct but the chevy 2500hd trucks payload is greater than ford or dodge 2500 trucks. a 2500hd w/ the 6.0L gasser has a higher GVWR than any 1ton single rear wheel dodge or ford.
the 2500HD trucks dont weigh as much as the ford/dodge trucks. also GVWR isnt nec. rated on how much weight the truck can actually move, its rated at how well it can stop it.
EDIT: why dont you think chevy makes a 3500 single rear wheel truck anymore? the answer is because they dont have to, the 2500hd is their answer to that.
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correct but the chevy 2500hd trucks payload is greater than ford or dodge 2500 trucks. a 2500hd w/ the 6.0L gasser has a higher GVWR than any 1ton single rear wheel dodge or ford.
F350 with single rear wheels GVWR is 9900 pounds. Is the 2500hd more than that?
F350 with single rear wheels GVWR is 9900 pounds. Is the 2500hd more than that?
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For a 3/4 ton your looking at max 3000lbs for a payload for a truck with a slip in dump your looking at 800-1000lbs for the unit so that eats up the payload.
I have put 2.5 3 yards of topsoil in the back of my truck which was a F-Superduty I figured I had close to 3 ton because the soil was a garden mix and was well moist.
The max load I had on that truck was 9500lbs of gravel it pushed the gross weight of the truck to 18,000lbs 3500lbs over the gvw.
The truck handled it fine I was surprised when I rolled over the pit scale and seen how much was on the truck so was the scale shack operator
The only time the DOT will look at ya is if your truck looks overloaded ie Squating severly or just looks plain overloaded.
If you attract attention to yourself by not being able to handle the loaded vehical or driving too fast with a heavy load you deserve tobe nailed by the DOT.
I have had the DOT follow me when I had my old F-350 with 3 tons of turf on the deck I was traveling pretty slow because it was heavy and the 351 was gutless. I never got stopped I pulled over and let him go by same with the cop that followed me earlier.
The biggest thing I get concerned about is braking power if the truck can handle the load but can't stop it then your in trouble.
As for a F-350 weighing 9500lbs M/T thats pretty hard to beleive because my F-Superduty with a 11x7'6" steel dump box only weighed 8200lbs. My current F-Superduty with a 12x8 flatdeck only weighs 7800lbs my old F-350 with 12x8 deck weighed 6800lbs.
I used to run over two scales at a regular basis one was at the landfill and the other at the local gravel pit and my tare weights only varied 10-15lbs between each scale.
For a F-350 you can register the gvw for a max of 5500 KGs or 12,125lbs if you go anymore than that then you have a whole pile of DOT rules to follow.
I have put 2.5 3 yards of topsoil in the back of my truck which was a F-Superduty I figured I had close to 3 ton because the soil was a garden mix and was well moist.
The max load I had on that truck was 9500lbs of gravel it pushed the gross weight of the truck to 18,000lbs 3500lbs over the gvw.
The truck handled it fine I was surprised when I rolled over the pit scale and seen how much was on the truck so was the scale shack operator
The only time the DOT will look at ya is if your truck looks overloaded ie Squating severly or just looks plain overloaded.
If you attract attention to yourself by not being able to handle the loaded vehical or driving too fast with a heavy load you deserve tobe nailed by the DOT.
I have had the DOT follow me when I had my old F-350 with 3 tons of turf on the deck I was traveling pretty slow because it was heavy and the 351 was gutless. I never got stopped I pulled over and let him go by same with the cop that followed me earlier.
The biggest thing I get concerned about is braking power if the truck can handle the load but can't stop it then your in trouble.
As for a F-350 weighing 9500lbs M/T thats pretty hard to beleive because my F-Superduty with a 11x7'6" steel dump box only weighed 8200lbs. My current F-Superduty with a 12x8 flatdeck only weighs 7800lbs my old F-350 with 12x8 deck weighed 6800lbs.
I used to run over two scales at a regular basis one was at the landfill and the other at the local gravel pit and my tare weights only varied 10-15lbs between each scale.
For a F-350 you can register the gvw for a max of 5500 KGs or 12,125lbs if you go anymore than that then you have a whole pile of DOT rules to follow.
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By Hosejockey "F350 with single rear wheels GVWR is 9900 pounds. Is the 2500hd more than that?"
My 03 2500HD has a GVWR of 10000
My 03 2500HD has a GVWR of 10000
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