Weight adds up quick!

[ghunt81]

They had free dump day today so I needed to haul in some stuff from recent projects at our house. I had replaced our fence, we already hauled in the fence sections but I still had 10 posts (4x4x6), and I busted out two old brick planters that were on the end of my garage (both about 2'x2'x1' high, only bricked in on 3 sides).

I loaded it all up, truck squatted a bit, they allow you 520 lbs for free and above that you have to pay. I figured it was maybe 500-600 lbs, we went and weighed in, dumped it and weighed out, it was 800 lbs! For being only 400 lbs shy of the rated payload the truck handled it like a champ, could barely tell it had all that weight back there except it rode better

 

[grumpyguy]

I just finished a ton of yard work around my house. Needed about twenty yards of crushed rock and drain rock. My buddy helped with his dump trailer but I moved about ten yards myself. 1000 lbs at a time, equals about twenty trips. Truck did it no problem. It's a 93 with 32's that I've owned since 95.

 

[1993rangerxl]

I've put 3600+ lbs of concrete blocks in the bed of my 93. Still my dd.

 

[Patriot1776]

I've hauled many heavy loads with my 92 Ranger, the heaviest was about 1800 lbs of green cottonwood rounds. My buddy had about 1500 lbs in his chevy 1500 and was wondering if it would make the trip ok. We both ended up just fine in the end.

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[adsm08]

I have hauled off quite a few heavy loads in my Ranger. The most recent was load of wood, about a cord, on the trailer. No idea of the actual weight but it was too much. I could barely get started off, and it took forever to get up to speed but the 4-wheel discs stopped her like a champ.

 

[Mark_88]

The most I carried in the back of my 2.3 powered Ranger was just over 800 lbs. it was very slow going and the ride was a bit scary when I hit a bump or one of those up/down bounce bounce road sections...

I would not do that again...my rear shackles took a beating and one snapped right off...but it was worth the $80 I made because it only cost me $140 to fix the shackle...lol

I think we should post a sort of warning about hauling anything...check those shackles before you load it up...it could save your life!

 

[ghunt81]

Mine has new shackles so I know they were good!

Only issue I had was that I noticed apparently the muffler on my home-built cat back is a little close to the driveshaft...the road going up to the area I had to dump the stuff was bumpy and uneven and the driveshaft rubbed the muffler a couple times. Nothing too bad though.

 

[grumpyguy]

I didn't like how much my truck sagged with a load so I've installed an Airlift air bag kit. Totally worth the money to prevent undue stress and wear.

 

[wildbill23c]

I was always surprised what the Ranger would actually do. The trucks were overlooked by many due to their size. I wouldn't overload one and drive it down the freeway, but they'll take a beating and keep going.

 

[ghunt81]

I saw a guy carrying 2 pallets of wood pellets in a Ranger the other day...the back was sitting pretty low but he was truckin' on down the road.