Over loaded pickup

Cummins12V98 wrote:

JRscooby wrote:
Overloaded? Likely, but a little for-thought in the order of loading could improve things a lot. Put that sheetrock on the floor of bed would lower COG a bunch. Then put lumber on top, long boards end even with tailgate. Then center the shorter boards over front of bed. This would move COG back up, but also forward to level truck out

COMPLETELY disagree. The load is as far forward as possible of all items. Nothing is going to change the front to back load. Lowering the drywall "may" make it less top heavy.

How in the world can you say "load is as far forward as possible"? Clearly the boards a sticking out 2-4 feet out the back of the truck. Sheetrock is even with back, so it is 8 ft bed. If the lumber was on top of the 'foam then it could be loaded so the front 4 feet was over the cab. That would move much of the weight to front axle.

That is insanely overloaded and completely unsafe. I bet the steering is VERY loose as the front tires have been unloaded most likely.

But hey some "E" tires and bags = "Good To Go".

I don't know how much weight is on that truck, but I bet over half the weight is sheetrock. Twice that stack of sheetrock would not raise a eyebrow on a 3/4 ton truck.
BTW, I was loading trucks for a landscape material place when somebody came in with 1 of Home Depot's rental trucks. Do you know if you get just over a ton on 1 of them the horn starts to honk?