How much dirt can I put in the bed o my ranger

[JohnnyO]

I've put a ton in my Ranger, a bit less in the Trac since the bed is smaller. Never had to go real far, maybe 6 miles. Give yourself more room for braking.

 

[Capt Jay]

Only a couple miles?
Just keep the rear bumper off the ground. Won't hurt it at all. Well, maybe your back, having to shovel it out, or are you just going to drop the gate, back up quickly and slam the brakes?

 

[Birk]

I just picked up new tiles for my bathroom, 700 kg, and drove 50 km home.
I'd say the leafsprings complained a bit...

 

['99 EB Explorer]

lol...I just remembered...my neighbor had loaded a full skid of drywall mud in his 2009 GM 1/2 ton. It squished the back end so bad that it never came back up after he unloaded it! Frig I laughed! He needed 2 new leaf packs.

 

[James86]

I helped someone haul gravel for a a wood burning stove to heat water for their home and all 3 loads had the mudflaps maybe an inch off the ground, but that was from one farm to another back and forth maybe 2 miles apart or so. My leaves don't even show it and you can still notice the downward slope all the lovely IFS ranger's have... All the damp sand really polished the rust in the bed though

I know that it was full about even with the bed rails, so it was a LOT of weight. Tires didn't bulge or anything either so didn't seem to hurt anything.

 

[Boggin]

it's supercharged

Pics or lies

 

[IRKillroy]

soooo, some of you said you carried XXXXlbs of stuff, but you didn't tell him your set-up.... mine worked fine, and it's over twenty years old... distance doesn't matter on carrying the weight...

If it's rated at 2000lbs then it should be able to carry 2200 as if it had no issue.

but my ranger was rated at 1500lbs and I had 1900-2100 in the back no problem.

 

[adsm08]

Dirt is cheap.

 

[jagarcia89]

Only in his dreams....lol

here ya go. pretty basic eaton m90 set up pretty conservative with about 5-6 lbs of boost.

edit: pic not workin see link http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/6120430/

 

[IRKillroy]

hmmm...... whipple charger eh?

 

[bilzy7]

I've had my bed full of snow to weigh my rear end down for 2wd and I haven't had a problem. I need to upgrade to 4 shackles cause my 3 are saggy normally but I run 265/75/16 and I don't hit over bumps and my suspension is OLD! and my spare tire and old exhaust which I can't figure which dumpster I wanna throw it in lol.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

soooo, some of you said you carried XXXXlbs of stuff, but you didn't tell him your set-up.... mine worked fine, and it's over twenty years old... distance doesn't matter on carrying the weight...

If it's rated at 2000lbs then it should be able to carry 2200 as if it had no issue.

but my ranger was rated at 1500lbs and I had 1900-2100 in the back no problem.

The biggest issue with carrying a lot of weight is not what gears you have or what tires you run but the braking ability of the vehicle. And there just isn't that much you can upgrade on a Ranger as far as brakes go unless you move to axles out of a fullsize truck.

Bottom line is that if your Ranger is rated for 1,500 lbs and you put 2,250 lbs in it, the truck will pull it, but if some idiot pulls out in front of you and you wreck, YOU are at fault. And you will be fined out the @$$ for being over your legal weight. (IIRC the last time I heard about the fine around here was a couple grand for being over the legal weight plus $100 for each pound you were over). Far better off making two trips with that kind of fine.

 

['99 EB Explorer]

here ya go. pretty basic eaton m90 set up pretty conservative with about 5-6 lbs of boost.

edit: pic not workin see link http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/6120430/

Well I have to admit that it's a sweet setup. How much HP/torque you pushin now?

 

[IRKillroy]

The biggest issue with carrying a lot of weight is not what gears you have or what tires you run but the braking ability of the vehicle. And there just isn't that much you can upgrade on a Ranger as far as brakes go unless you move to axles out of a fullsize truck.

Bottom line is that if your Ranger is rated for 1,500 lbs and you put 2,250 lbs in it, the truck will pull it, but if some idiot pulls out in front of you and you wreck, YOU are at fault. And you will be fined out the @$$ for being over your legal weight. (IIRC the last time I heard about the fine around here was a couple grand for being over the legal weight plus $100 for each pound you were over). Far better off making two trips with that kind of fine.

I would need to see the reference to that. If it's your state/local government then they can lick my sweating sack.... I will never live there.

As for being at fault, I would agree... if you knowingly over load your truck you should not drive your max speed, which is why I drove a slow 30 MPH the 9 miles home. Turned on the hazards too.

 

[Toms01PSD]

And you can see what I was doing with all that dirt here...I don't think you'll have any issues. My truck was on the bump stops with that much dirt in there. I shoveled it in and out so I can't tell you how much it was or the weight.
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