heaviest thing hauled with your bump

[Brokenarrow]

Wasn't a bump but back in about '83 I broke the rearend housing in my '65 f100 hauling horse "manure". We had a 4" wide drag with chains on it that we set against the front of the bed. We'd set a ramp and loaded it over the bedsides with wheelbarrows. (cleaning out horse-stalls) It would set her down hard on the rubber blocks. Then we'd pull out in the pasture, chain the drag to a mesquite tree, clutch the old 390 and drive out from under the load. One day on the way home I noticed 'ol green was driving a little squirrelly. I turned a corner and took off, grabbed second gear and it was like it hit neutral. I stopped and looked under it and the driveshaft was still turning. The rearend housing was broken on the drivers side right against the centersection and the axle had pulled out. I've hauled some serious loads of firewood in my '69 but it's got overloads and the weird shackles on it. I forget what they're called.

[Caseys71]

Me and my dad loaded my '71 up pretty good with some top-soil at my grandfathers house when we were doing some yard work more that one time and it handled the load pretty good for a 1/2 ton although I'm not sure how much weight was in it. I do know that the weight of the top-soil was enough to soften up the 40 year old shocks and keep your head from hitting the head-liner the way it did when we first got it . (Then again going 50 MPH down a bumpy dirt-road in a SWB 40 year old truck would probably make your head hit the roof no matter what , At least we had fun )

[Oren09]

I've never hauled in my bump. I bought it for work- but it's been too sick.
At least now I know that my 7,500# F250 can handle a ton of hay in the bed no problem.

I've hauled 1 ton of hay (18 bales) in my 97 Ram 1500 shortbed w/ toolbox. That was interesting- and forget turning and stopping.

[TexasTruck72]

Back in high school, I drove a 1971 F-100 on a farm for a short time. The farm used it for various jobs, but I drove many a trips hauling firewood in the bed. I can remember cutting down some big trees(tulip poplars), cutting the trunks into sections, and filling the bed to the brim. I guess there was at least a good 1,000 lbs of green wood loaded in the bed. I drove that F-100 up some steep dirt paths on that farm with the bed so loaded down the wheel wells were almost touching and the 302 had plenty of power amazingly. The only difficulty was braking with such a heavy load. I had to "plan" out how I was going to come to a stop.

[bluef250]

I had 2 cys of wet sand in mine. I estimate that would be more than 6,000 lbs. I think the d60 axle actually deflected at the carrier. There is dryed up lub along at the junction of the carrier and the axle tubes. That was about 100k miles and more than 30 years ago and the truck still runs fine. Have never and will never put that much in it again.

[bluef250]

double post

[DuckRyder]

1/2 a yard of gravel... (1500lbs?)

[towtruckerfour]

Last weekend I got two yards of roadbase in my 1970 F250 to build up where I am putting a shed after concrete is poured. The truck handled the weight no problem. it is a 3/4 ton with 2500 lb overloads. My dad used to carry a cabover camper on it when he had it.

[1969FordMan]

Hauled a 300 inline 6 and a shop crane. The old girl didnt even squat! Today I hauled my new toy, a 604lb 750 Brute Force 4x4. Kind of funny, a $1500 truck hauling a $4300 toy

[rjewkes]

with my bump, was an uhaul trailer with a bump 4x4 crew f250 on it. When i was a kid, in my parents '90 Ranger 4x4 we hauled a 350Lb man in the bed, he wouldn't fit in the cab, i think we took him to the doctors and then grocery hunting. Heck of a nice guy George was.

[novaboy009]

Towed a Uhaul car trailer + fully loaded F100. In the bed, 2 Small Chevy's, a turbo 350 and a Ford top loader. Braking was an adventure. Realized later that my back brakes were out (the one back line was cracked when I got the truck). I just thought the bump didn't stop well from the factory!!! That was a butt pucker moment.

[cep62]

Back when my "71 F100 4X4 was newer (the 90's) I would routinely haul a Suzuki quad (propped against the cab) and a couple of 200X Hondas up north , sometimes I'd have a small trailer with another quad and camping gear,It always handled it well,

I think my max load with the truck and 18' trailer and a load of scrap was around 12,000 lbs.
But now seeing as it's getting older I don't load her down as much.

[1982 flareside]

Filled my 8 ft bed full of wood and it was over the cab.

[BiggDogg]

I think the heaviest was about 1,000 pounds of gravel, lightweight compared to some of the other loads on here

[Mancar1]

Years back I was stationed on a Destroyer out of pier 90/91 at Seattle. I drove a Gov. Ford 1/2 ton down to the Portland area to pick up 150' of ship to shore cable. Now that cable is big, if I remember right it weighs around 17LBs a foot.
Yep, had my orders, so me and the 2 other sailors in my working party, loaded that cable sky high on that truck. Stayed the heck off the freeway on the way back to our ship. The front wheels barley touched the road. 30 MPH and a long time later a Trooper stopped me. Instead of a citatian he gave me a escort with his lights flashing the last 25 or so miles of my trip. Talk about way overloaded. I am sure that Ford ended up with a double hernia.