How much can a bumper support

Huntindog wrote:

libtech01 wrote:
The photo is just an illustration. My ramps are long enough to get the quad in the back just fine with no high centering issue at all. I've loaded the quad many times prior. I've also had the quad in the back and on the ramps and there will be plenty of room. The plywood will not shoot out the way I am designing it. My only concern right now is the weight on the bumper WHILE i load it.

Payload wise the truck can handle 1550 lbs in the back of the truck. I'm not planning on towing so I'll be completely fine. Even if I did eventually tow my travel trailer I'd still be within limits, its small and I've already done the calculations.

Again my only concern is that 500 lb max tongue rating on the bumper and if it would hold the quad while I load it. I have always loaded with the ramps on the back of the box or on the tailgate, not on the bumper itself.

The term "payload" is being misunderstood here.

Payload is NOT the amount that the back, or bed of the truck can handle. It is the total weight that can be added to the truck... Options, tools, bedliners, passengers etc....

I, or should I say my wife misunderstood it yesterday. She called me while I was on my way home from work and asked if I would stop at the landscape supply where she was at, and haul some pea gravel home. When I pulled in, in my F150, I saw the guy that owns the place start laughing. She told him she wanted 2 tons and had already paid for it LOL.

I had the guy dump in as much as I could get in without spilling over the sides, an 8' bed with a 30" Weather guard box at the front.
Gravel=2911 lbs
F150 payload= 1880 lbs
Steering on way home= Very easy
Disaster/Calamity/End of world = NO