F-150 Cargo load help

[Realzebub45]

Hey fella's (and gals), I have a quick question I can't seem to get a quick online answer to. Sure someone here can help me out.

I have a 2011 F-150 with ecoboost, and needed to pick up a pallet of metal @1300 lbs. Should I be good to go putting this in the bed or would I be exceeding capacity (forklift of course)? Crew cab, 4x4 w/tow.

I am seeing #'s from 1306# on door to 1960# on websites and more.

Just don't want to demo the truck. but need to get it to a customer ASAP. Thanks!

 

[walnutred]

Check the load rating and condition of your tires including air pressure. I have a 2007 F150 and while I would not want to put that much weight in on a daily basis I'd have no qualms about a load like that once in a while. Slide it up against the cab as much as you can. I'd also disengage the overdrive if so equipted.

 

[Cobroller]

It will carry it, but assuming short bed with crew cab, it will be all you want for sure.

 

[CBus660R]

The 1306 on the door is what your truck is rated at based on the options particular to your truck. The 1960 on the website is what an F-150 is capable with the right options (most likely a reg cab model with the 8' bed). Keep in mind the payload number includes the weight of the passengers and any clutter you may keep behind the seat. So unless you weigh 6 pounds and don't have anything else in the trcuk, you'll be overloaded.

 

[Realzebub45]

Thanks guys. Yes, short bed with Crew, no overdrive, just 6th gear. I'll dig back through the book and check the tires. This is just a one time load. Usually loads are way less, 200-800#. This particular piece is a little bigger and they need enough to set up the dies properly.

Thanks.

 

[Realzebub45]

Thanks Cbus. I am dumping all extra **** now. Maybe I will flap my arms when driving to help out.

Not a long trip, so I guess I will have to take it easy.

 

[DeathGrip]

Home Depot rents trucks by the hour.

 

[OFT II]

Home Depot rents trucks by the hour.

And U-Haul rents trailers. That would be my choice.

 

[Realzebub45]

Thanks all, but it's done. No issues. Bed went down an inch or two, but the truck handled it well. Now if I can figure out what that scraping noise is.......

 

[gdnagle]

Got over 2000 lbs on the ol' Ranger 1/2 ton. Bed went down steering got ligher and had to watch the bumps but no permanent damage. Wouldn't recommend it to many times tho and didn't go that far only a couple miles. Kinda like a miss calculation on how many bag I could put in her.

 

[oldillini]

Got over 2000 lbs on the ol' Ranger 1/2 ton. Bed went down steering got ligher and had to watch the bumps but no permanent damage. Wouldn't recommend it to many times tho and didn't go that far only a couple miles. Kinda like a miss calculation on how many bag I could put in her.

I probably never hit 2000# on my 2wd Ranger, but I am sure it saw easily over 1000# a couple times. That Ranger was much better than the Colorado I have now for loads. Ford should have never stopped making the Ranger.

 

[jaykellogg]

I had 3700 pounds in my 1989 F250. It was rock (rip rap). If i'd to have negotiated many hills I would have been in a world of hurt. The truck is a 302, 5 speed stick without granny low.

I took down a 25 foot holly tree, cut it up and loaded it in a borrowed two axle trailer. It was all I could to stop it as I hadn't hooked up the trailer brakes.

 

[carpriver]

I see you have a tow package, On the dash or the end of the shift lever there should be a button to push the will engage the tow haul mode in transmission. The button should be marked T/H. As others have suggested think about a trailer. you can tow more then you can haul.

 

[4011]

New trucks have OD switch on the console. I play with mine while driving in traffic. It just kicks the torque converter out.

 

[blujax01]

I hauled 5 tons of gravel, one ton at a time, in my 2008 w/a 6' bed. She ran and had a stance like she was sittin' empty.

I had a feeling I could have easily handled twice that amount.

It's hard to kill an F150.

 

[gregintenn]

That number you are looking at in the door jamb is nothing more than a suggestion.

 

[gdnagle]

I probably never hit 2000# on my 2wd Ranger, but I am sure it saw easily over 1000# a couple times. That Ranger was much better than the Colorado I have now for loads. Ford should have never stopped making the Ranger.

I didn't mean to, just got over zelious with the calculations, 30 80# bags, one 1993 Ranger, 3.0 5 speed bags over top of the bed, like I said ran good just steering got light was afraid to hit bumps hard and lose steering. got 1500 just under 300K on her and still runs strong, 26mpg 2wd.

 

[P&R Fan]

Don't worry about it...it's a FORD!!! There is no tougher truck in existence.

I have a '65 F-100 that my Grampa bought when my Mom was pregnant with me. I'm the third generation in my family to own it. In the early '80s my Dad and I hauled 2,800 lbs. of sand in that "1/2 ton truck". It didn't even breathe hard. I still have it, and it has a little over 50,000 actual miles on it, so it's not quite broke in. Three on the tree, posi, heavy duty springs and a 352 Truck engine with a 2 BBL.

If you want a nice pickup, buy a Chevy. If you want a TRUCK.....buy a Ford.
Jim

 

[LVSteve]

That number you are looking at in the door jamb is nothing more than a suggestion.

You've obviously seen the way some of the landscapers here run their trucks. If I was a traffic cop I'd have them hooked up for attempted murder of every driver that came within 400 yards.

 

[oldillini]

As a son of a farmer on a small farm in southern IL, I remember the loads we would put on our '56 3/4ton every harvest season. Couldn't afford no "big" truck so Dad and Grandpa would but the grain side boards on the pickup and fill 'er up with soybeans or corn. Down the road they would send me (no more than 12 yrs old) with flat leaf spring and no power steering, to drive the 5 miles to the grain elevator. Probably never got over 25mph, but you didn't want to. That truck took a beating and never gave up.