Overloaded? Nah, it's a truck. It can handle it, right?

[ACZL]

Saw a guy the other day at Lowes with a Cadillac Avalanche or whatever Caddy's version of it is and he had them load a full pallet of something into the bed of the truck and it rose a few feet above cab of truck. Left w/o strapping it down (at least I didn't see him do it), tailgate down but best part was, his receiver was NO MORE than 8" off the ground. I mean this thing was WAAAAAAAAAY overloaded. My guess is, it was at least a ton of product. Glad I went the opposite direction.

[ependydad]

I feel like I could make decent money doing delivery outside of furniture stores, Staples/OfficeMax, etc. from people who buy furniture but have no way of getting it home. Last Christmas, I saw a worker and some guy working furiously to get an entire L-shaped desk and multiple chairs into the dude's car. It was all in boxes/pieces that needed to be assembled. Nothing special and nothing I hadn't done with my car before until I saw that they had a box across the backseat that was wider than the car!

The driver's side door was closed but the passenger door was propped a good 1/3 of the way open. As I walked past, they were talking about how they were going to loop the seatbelt around it to secure it.

I couldn't help it- I asked where they lived. It was a good 25-30 minutes away (with the primary route being down I-95). Had it been closer, I could have helped, but I had my 18 month old with me and it was already pretty late.

As with the others- I didn't hear a crazy story on the news later, so I assume they made it.

[johnrbd]

Two years ago my 2nd DD purchased 1500 lbs of floor tile from Home Depot. She tried to get them to load it into the trunk of her car, Ford Escort. They advised her to get a truck, as that much tile would take her all day to carry in the Escort.

She called me and I showed up with my 05 Silverado 2500-HD with 5th hitch installed. They loaded to tile, not quite full pallet-worth directly onto the truck with the forklift. One trip - no problem, except unloaded it tile-by-tile.

Of course, 38 yrs ago, I carried nearly a tone of rock in my 75 Ford Courier pickup and drove home, 9 miles. No problem. Steering was a "little light". I could only steer when front end came down to touch the road.

[loulou57]

jmcgsd wrote:

RoyB wrote:
I spot my 4200LB POPUP trailer here in my CAMP BACKYARD all the time with my SEARS LT1000 riding lawn mower. Works just fine...

I got the idea from this google search photo...


Roy Ken

This is a bit off topic, but it reminds me of watching ths film a few years ago:
man rides tractor to visit estranged brother

A man down the road never had a drivers license. He still gets around to shops, Dr's. Etc. In his new John Deere Tractor 6R series

[BenK]

Ignorance is bliss...

See this stuff all the time

From towing, hauling to a Civic telling the guy at local hardware loading wood
pellets

It was down to the bump stops and the hardware guy called his manager. Who came
out and had the Civic owner sign a waiver. Always wondered if he made it home
and if he drove on the freeway. Nothing in the news, so assume he made it and
thinks his Civic can haul anything...true...but the real issue for how long

Countless times come up to a setup swaying all over the place. Most memorable
was an Explore pointed to the sky, tail dragging a very large trailer taking
two lanes with it's sway

The driver and passenger were having a marvelous time eating pizza with not a
inkling of what they were causing to everyone around them. Assume they made it
to where ever they were going, as never saw a news report about them. Think they
number in the thousands or more...

Folks who refer to folks who believe in the ratings systems and numbers as
"The Weight Police"

A derogatory so that they can ignore them and wait till they hear what they
want to hear

[jmcgsd]

RoyB wrote:
I spot my 4200LB POPUP trailer here in my CAMP BACKYARD all the time with my SEARS LT1000 riding lawn mower. Works just fine...

I got the idea from this google search photo...


Roy Ken

This is a bit off topic, but it reminds me of watching ths film a few years ago:
man rides tractor to visit estranged brother

[RoyB]

I spot my 4200LB POPUP trailer here in my CAMP BACKYARD all the time with my SEARS LT1000 riding lawn mower. Works just fine...

I got the idea from this google search photo...


Roy Ken

[DutchmenSport]

Well, if the truck can still move with the bumper dragging the ground, I suppose it's OK. Might be kind of rough crossing some railroad tracks though!

Have you ever seen someone try to load a riding lawn mower in the trunk of a Prius? .... or something similar ... I have! Way too hilarious watching. I offered my help once (not too long ago) for a college girl and her mother attempting to get a book shelf in the trunk of the daughter's car. The bookshelf was wider than the trunk, taller than the doors. I was stumped. It would not fit. Another guy stopped, saw the confusion, and dismantled the cabinet. I wonder if those two women ever got it back together again?