went overboard using truck as a truck

[ryan]

i had to get some screened loam for the yard today.went to place he said he would load bucket till truck looked heavy enough..well it took the whole bucket ,was not really leaning bad at all. when i was paying,he said you are at 2709 lbs..damn..only drove 7 miles home felt heavy,,but not that bad..its empty now and i just washed out bed.looked under all looks fine,,and rides fine..i have 07 xe, do you think any thing could have been damaged..i feel like a idiot lol.

[BigBoy30]

Originally Posted by ryan

i had to get some screened loam for the yard today.went to place he said he would load bucket till truck looked heavy enough..well it took the whole bucket ,was not really leaning bad at all. when i was paying,he said you are at 2709 lbs..damn..only drove 7 miles home felt heavy,,but not that bad..its empty now and i just washed out bed.looked under all looks fine,,and rides fine..i have 07 xe, do you think any thing could have been damaged..i feel like a idiot lol.

Nah, I'm sure it's fine...I'm guessing a bucket is about a yard of material. I have loaded my truck with a yard or a bucket full of bark mulch and it does compress the suspension but it drives just fine. I've done it twice now and everything checks out fine; it doesn't even hit the bumb stops. If you looked under at the suspension and leaf springs and it looks fine, I'm sure it's all good. These trucks are pretty hefty.

[bungyfish]

05SE here, and I had a yard of loam in my mine which is a medium sized bucket and I didn't even hit my stops. I also had a 1.5 cords of wood in it, which did bottom out the rear and it was also fine. I am sure if you cracked a leaf or something you would have heard it and you would see it too.

[Mainerunr]

Originally Posted by BigBoy30

Nah, I'm sure it's fine...I'm guessing a bucket is about a yard of material. I have loaded my truck with a yard or a bucket full of bark mulch and it does compress the suspension but it drives just fine. I've done it twice now and everything checks out fine; it doesn't even hit the bumb stops. If you looked under at the suspension and leaf springs and it looks fine, I'm sure it's all good. These trucks are pretty hefty.

yard of mulch weighs way less than a yard of loam.

[ARCTICFRONTIER]

I have taken a yard of crushed rock in mine with no problem at all. The back end was sitting pretty low but whatever....

[BigBoy30]

Originally Posted by Mainerunr

yard of mulch weighs way less than a yard of loam.

Yeah I know but it is pretty damn heavy when it's wet. Just trying to ease the guys nerves because I was a little paranoid with the mulch too but it turned out fine. How much do you think a yard of mulch weighs compared to a yard of loam?

[ffips]

I know a ton of bricks weighs the same as a ton of feathers

[ryan]

[Mylt1]

thought cargo weight was only 1200lbs for the 6cyl i would figure its a lot less for the 4.

[CRDLIBERTY]

try a pallet of grass lol thats heavy, did that in my tacoma the darn spring was going the other direction bad. Only downfall with yota is suspensions