Safe Payload Capacity?

[Korrie]

Ok, so it's an opinion question, but isn't that what the forum is for?

I have a 2001 B3000 Dual Sport (its a 4x4 w/o front axle), Regular Cab, unmodified. I need to haul some stone (crushed granite) about 500 miles. I don't want to blow out the rear on the way or in the near future.

So does anyone actually know the standard payload. It has proved harder to find than I would have thought. And regardless of that fact, what weight would you all safely haul...

Thanks.

 

[Mac]

Good source for all the info on at least a 2000 Ranger.
Dave
https://www.fleet.ford.com/truckbbas/non-html/2000/BBRANGER.PDF

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Best way to find out the exact legal capacity of your truck would be to take it to a local place with a scale (usually a truck stop, scrap yard, or landscape supply yard) and have your truck weighed. Subtract that number from the GVWR on the sticker on your door pillar.

That gives you your legal payload capacity. Your owners manual might also give a rough idea as well.



That said, I've had over a ton in the bed of my Ranger before. It was only a couple mile trip and I was on my bump-stops pretty much the whole way. Both before and after that I've had somewhere up to one ton in the bed quite a few times. Now I have a bigger truck to use for my primary hauler so the Ranger has gone into semi-retirement. I did have to upgrade to custom spring packs in the rear though, stock springs don't like that much heavy use.

Over 1 ton of 2B limestone - their scale was broken and they could either give a full bucket (over 1 ton) or guess at a half bucket, I chose full bucket for consistency.

Not sure what it all weighted, but there's two motors (2.9L and 4.0L), A4LD auto trans, BW1354e transfer case, complete D-35 TTB front, complete 7.5" rear, spare axle shafts, two toolboxes (~100# total), Y-pipe, pushbar, radiator, misc small stuff, and an 80# bag of Portland Cement in there.

 

[exbass94]

The sticker in the door jamb should tell you the payload.

 

[AllanD]

I've frequently carried as much as 1700lbs (coal)
in my truck.

500miles? I'd keep it to 1000-1200lbs

frankly I'd be more concerned with tires.

And I wouldn't want that spare under the bed in the tire carrier, i'd take it off the spare rack before loading the cargo then place the tire on top of the stone where it's accessable.

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[Epixstar]

yeah the tires will be more of a issue. I work at walmart and a guy wanted a whole pallet of landscaping bricks on a pallet. he pulled up a 80 body style f150 and told me just to put the whole pallet up there. about two min after i put the load down both his tires blew in the rear lucky we sell tires too.

 

[adsm08]

yeah the tires will be more of a issue. I work at walmart and a guy wanted a whole pallet of landscaping bricks on a pallet. he pulled up a 80 body style f150 and told me just to put the whole pallet up there. about two min after i put the load down both his tires blew in the rear lucky we sell tires too.

Better yet, you already had the forklift right there so you could just pick up the back with it.


I know that my dad has, on several occasions when it was still his truck, loaded my ranger level with the rails with gravel like in lil_blue's one pic.

It didn't like it, and it needed the 4x4 just to steer because that much of the weight was over the rear, but it worked.