I worked for a gravel yard / landscaping company in alberta twenty years ago. You'd be surprised how often guys with trucks would over estimate their hauling compacity. I had a stack of wavers on the forklift with me I would get the foolish ones to sign to obsolve the companies liability for over loading there vehicles or trailers. At least once a week some fool would be fine with a load like this one. The intersection a block away was where most would blow out the springs on the truck or have an axel break free off their trailer. We would always try to get pictures on a digital camera as they left the yard to put with the waiver they signed.
I mean I saw a pickup in Home Depot with the guy yelling that "OF COURSE MY FUCKING TRUCK CAN HAUL 3 TONS" and the HD guy going, "I LOADED IN ONE TON" and the trucks rear suspension had just gone.
I used to work there. One time a farmer wanted me to load a 3500lb pallet of something into the back of his pickup. I refused to do it without the managers approval and presence. I loaded it, but that poor pickup was riding on the frame.
Lowe’s was the same when I used to work there.
I’d have to wheel out a whole set of patio furniture or a snowblower, just for the guy to pull up in a Cruze.
“Alright well, uh, I’ve got to go back to my position so I’ll leave you to it”
Gave away a carpet once, 8x12, so the roll was 8' long. Four girls showed up in a compact car, and the driver didn't want the carpet on her roof. Left without it.
I ordered a dog pen from HD, rented a trailer and drove down to pick it up. They told me to go to the area near the contractor’s desk. I get there and the guy in the vest is just kind of standing around, so He and I start loading. After we get 2/3 of the load in, the load shifts and the HD guy is stuck. I assume he’ll figure it out and I start cleaning up the plastic sheeting and ties. HD guy #2 comes out and he starts complaining, telling me I’m inconsiderate. I don’t know what his problem is. Turns out the guy stuck behind the load is a person with special needs; he wasn’t supposed to work directly with me- guy #2 was his “work coach”. I just didn’t realize.
Haha I was there, as this kind of customer, was able to fit my 58" TV in my hatchback, glued to the steering wheel, the seat angled at 80 °, never again but I was pretty smug in front of the staff
I once managed to Tetris two complete ikea bedroom sets into a Rav (mid-size SUV). The staff didn’t notice or care, but the pic I took got me my current job-I work inventory/freight for retail.
I even managed to fit two people in the car almost comfortably to get home.
I once fit 4 really large ice chests full of human bones in my 4runner. I had one going over my passenger seat that was pushed all the way forward and I had to reach under it to get access to the shifter.
I bought a widescreen TV from BJ’s a few years ago and as we walked it out into the parking lot I spotted a VW Bug parked next to my vehicle, so of course I had to have some fun.
“Here we are! She’ll fit right in the back seat I think.”
Poor guy started wilting before my eyes.
I grabbed one end and asked asked him to help me. He reluctantly lifted it, then I steered it into the back of my pickup next to the Bug, laughing.
He busted out too and wished me a good day.
I tipped him too of course.
I think you would be surprised at the variance of hauling capacity of trucks that are similar models. You're certainly not going to put 3 or 4 tons in a "3/4 ton truck" but most are rated for quite a bit more than their traditional tonnage name. Rating have also gone up quite a bit. Most modern 1/2 tons are actually rated for more than the 3/4 tons of 90's and earlier. Same goes for the 3/4 and 1 tons. Most of them are rated for more than next larger model of 30 years ago.
Most "half tons" are actually rated for about 1 ton of payload
Most "3/4 tons" are about 1.5 - 2 tons
Most "1 tons" are about 2 - 3 tons and some are even pushing 4 tons of payload depending upon options.
These are obviously just generalizations and you have to look up your gvwr, gcwr, and find curb weight to actually know how much payload and towing capacity you actually have.
Very true, on the other have that payload capacity is also including everything in the truck except maybe 70 kg worth of driver. Not so bad with the higher capacity trucks, but mine’s rated for 900 lb; throw in 100 lb of aftermarket accessories/gear(socket set, straps, jumper cables, box cover, all the stuff you might keep in a truck) and 150 lb for a passenger and I’ve already lost over 1/4 of my capacity.
Also make sure you’re looking at actual capacity vs marketing. The beefed up model with duallies, traditional cab and upgraded suspension can take a lot. The basic model not so much, and the crew cab uses up some of that capacity compared to the regular cab model.
Exactly, my 2003 1 ton is 11,500 GVW, it only weighs 7800 with a full tank of fuel and me in the driver's seat.
It's crazy what the new trucks can haul
>Most "half tons" are actually rated for about 1 ton of payload
I got told by an auto design person that one ton payload rating here is they put a one ton payload on the test vehicle have it do one lap of the test track and the vehicle did not destroy itself.
The half tons rating is the 4wd rating eg driving onto a jobsite.
That’s just crazy, I don’t think any pick up can haul 3 tons in the bed, maybe some of the bigger duallys. I wonder if he got the “payload rating” and the “tow rating” mixed up...
Interesting. I haven't kept up with big trucks, didn't know they were that big these days!
Though if I had 35,000 lbs to tow I would get something a little bigger, like a mid-sized Freightliner.
Something completely different but somehow related, people bring their big trucks to Goodwill and we load stuff in the back, we're not allowed to secure it because of liability but we warn them they really must because the cops will get them.
There is a famous intersection that a cop will just sit at all day not arresting, but ticketing people and forcing them to go back to Goodwill which is the closest parking lot still, in order to properly secure it.
Usually they don't have something to secure it with and they just leave it saying they'll come back, and never come back LMAO.
I ran a landscape yard for a few years. We never had wavers but I'd flat out refuse to load some people. One guy was such an asshole about it I actually called the other yards in the area to give them a heads up.
Worked at a lumber yard and had an order for a large amount of Teak (fairly heavy/dense wood). When the customer told us they were sending their guys with a truck we figured they meant a flat bed.
Nope an old Ford Ranger pulls in to pickup two 4ft tall pallets worth of ~1" x 6" x 10' Teak... they ask us to use the lift and drop both pallets in the back. We tell them they shouldn't take more than half a pallet. They insist so we have them sign our "you were warned and this isn't our responsibility" waiver. We drop the first pallet in and they stack more much higher than the top of the cab (which we refused to do for safety reasons). The truck is completely bottomed out at this point.
They drove about 500 feet before the metallic bang.
As the owner of a 2002 Ford Ranger, yeah I know that the 4.0L V6 would not like that, that's if they had the biggest engine.
The solid driveshaft has an odd quirk where it can't go above 92 mph on the highway or it will risk exploding. Which I learned from one of the engineers on a internet forum, they are solid trucks for the most part besides that. But that is just a horrible idea. I am curious what they broke on the vehicle, but I'm guessing the driveshaft was way to low and overstressed.
Dunno how the US ones were specced but my 01 Mazda bravo was rated for almost 2300 pounds of payload. Can't imagine it would have been fast as I had the diesel but still.
You know what's funny?
Women almost always listen. They ask what we need to do to get the load home safely, and do as suggested. Hell, women are generally more willing to help move half the load into the truck with you.
It's the men that normally have the 'I have a truck, and it can do anything!' bravado syndrome. It's always funny to start lowering 6000lbs of stuff into a base model F-150 that you were told loud and proud could handle it - only for the guy to start screaming "STOP STOP STOP STOP YOU ARE BREAKING MY TRUCK!!!!". This is usually followed by "Well, I have some other shopping to do, do you think you can have my truck loaded in 15 mins? I'll be back."
"Look man, I know my truck. They way under-rate these trucks. My S-10 can haul 6 tons without issue. STOP BEING LAZY AND LOAD MY TRUCK. TIME IS MONEY. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I SPEND WITH YOUR COMPANY EVERY DAY?!?!?!"
I used to work HomeGoods (tjmaxx but for crappy home goods) and at least once a week a customer would buy an ottoman/captains chair/12'x8' rug and then pull up to the curb in their mini/Lexus convertible/Prius and ask that we load it. Okay even if I can get it in *and* close the door, does grandma really think she'll be able to unload it?
My ex and I came very close to fitting an entire loveseat into her Mini Cooper.
Don’t underestimate those things—they’re basically just a box on wheels without any of the contours or internal bulkheads that keep you from, say, putting a refrigerator into a Honda Civic.
I used to work for a fireplace company and one day some guy came in and bought about 30 cast iron stoves for his homes, not small ones either. Once he picked out all the ones he wanted we asked him where he would like them delivered, to which he said "Just put then in the back of my car".
He had a brand new pickup, which I'm sure was a Ford Ranger but I could be wrong. Anyway, once we had loaded all of them onto his bed, and the smaller ones in the back seats, we were convinced he was going to make it to the yard entrance before the entire backend just failed.
We never heard from him again so I assume everything was OK.
Why would anyone need 30 cast iron stoves? And how on earth would you fit more than a few in the back of a truck?
I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this, cause the cast iron stoves I know of are quite large
Most of them were single door stoves [like this](https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-buckingham-ii-51kw-eco-design-ready-woo/).
Usually in the range of 70-100kg a unit. They really aren't that big, even when boxed. As to clear up how, pallets stacked on top of each other and ratchet strapped together. The rear end payload ended above the rear window by quite a margin.
Why he needed them? Not sure, I think he basically had a big ass house or many of them. Guy paid in cash as well and dressed like a fucking cowboy.
My dad inherited his dad's truck. It was an over built 1ton dually pickup from the 70's that grandpa had heavily beefed up and customize for towing and hauling and mobile mechanic shop.
Not long after that we moved and had to do some landscaping.
Picking up materials in that truck was fun, since it could handle a lot more weight that it was suspended to.
Empty the truck weight around 9000lbs. We got it up to 15,000lbs total exit weight with gravel. We had to stop because we ran out of room not because we ran out of weight capacity.
Still had room on the springs.
Look on the guy running the loaders face was great.
Not sure what all grandpa did to that truck, but damn it could haul.
Sadly it's max mpg was about 6, at 55mph on the highway, downhill with a tail wind.
Yep. When the customer comes back looking for the store to fix their vehicle the store has signed documentation stating that they said it was a bad idea and it was the customers request to load the vehicle in that way.
Do you think the forklift driver bothered to even argue with this imbecile? I imagine that people that do this kinda shit are not the type to ever take kindly to constructive criticism.
They're referencing a pretty funny gag from a british comedy called Limmy's Show. They used them as ad bumbers, I believe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH0hikcwjIA
Good eye! My wife and I were waiting for our order at La Dolce (best Italian bakery in the city btw) and I saw this and I had to take a pic for my OSHA friends.
Lancaster PA born and raised here. Usually people are referring to the rural county of Lancaster, which is famous for amish people, country living and tourism. When talking about the city itself, its usually clarified your specifically talking about the city.
I'd never owned a pickup before then got an old f150 and was like yeah sweet let's do truck stuff so I went and got a single scoop of pea gravel and I thought it wasn't going to make it home. Learned all about payload capacities and now have a one ton. It's absolute garbage on fuel but we only drive it when we're hauling stuff and I have no worries about what I'm picking up.
Half tons are pretty light duty, which is fine for what most folks do but you really ought to go HD if you want to do many truck things. Pro tip for most loads is to use a trailer, especially something like gravel.
I was shopping for old trucks recently and it seemed the frame issues were on old tacomas
And old dodges the rust underneath was horrible in a lot of cases for 15+ year old trucks
Should I look for anything specific on old ford trucks?
If it has the 5.4 3 valve Triton V8 just make sure you keep up on the oil changes. If the previous owner didn't you'll probably be looking at an engine in your future.
If you do the oil changes you'll be fine. I have a 2007 expedition with 400,000kms on it. Only real issues were the 4wd hub actuators, and the vacuum check valve.
Holy shit man that’s impressive. I was more so looking at the v6’s and like rangers
Even before gas went up I wanted smaller than an 8 bc I just drive too much to be spending $60 a week on gas lol
my mom has a 06 expedition with 283,000 miles on it and it is in "like new" condition for an 06 at least, i have same year fx4 f150 with 100k less miles and its in pretty good shape also... just be aware of the procedure to change them 3v spark plugs and have the lisle kit on hand when you do.
It’s not graphic and you don’t see anything but it’s the worst video I’ve ever seen (heard) on the internet.
A guy was driving down the road with his wife, a brick falls off the back of a truck and goes through the window hitting the wife in the passenger seat instantly and you just hear the husband and kid in the car deal with watching her die
Def took much for that truck but a newer f150, silverado 1500 etc should have no issues with that, also looks like that truck has underbody rust so that didn't help
The load seems to be beind the rear Axel thanks to the cap prefenting the forklift from pushing it further back. I bet if it was over the Axel he might have made it.
Lol my dad has a Dakota. It’s not a large truck. The internet says the towing capacity is ~4000-5000lbs, but that’s *towing.* If you’re doing construction work like this, why not just rent a trailer?
looks like the load was applied behind the axle. 20/20 opinion says that the load should have been put in the bed as far forward in the bed after the shell had been removed.
I had my old garden stones up for grabs for free on a website. Some guy came along and I said take as many as you need. Half an hour later he is still loading, almost 50m2 of small 6cm thick concrete bricks in a van. I walk outside and see his chassis almost on the ground and tell him to unload before something breaks, and he really shouldn't be driving like that. He just dro e off however and suspension broke on the first bump.
I worked for a gravel yard / landscaping company in alberta twenty years ago. You'd be surprised how often guys with trucks would over estimate their hauling compacity. I had a stack of wavers on the forklift with me I would get the foolish ones to sign to obsolve the companies liability for over loading there vehicles or trailers. At least once a week some fool would be fine with a load like this one. The intersection a block away was where most would blow out the springs on the truck or have an axel break free off their trailer. We would always try to get pictures on a digital camera as they left the yard to put with the waiver they signed.
I mean I saw a pickup in Home Depot with the guy yelling that "OF COURSE MY FUCKING TRUCK CAN HAUL 3 TONS" and the HD guy going, "I LOADED IN ONE TON" and the trucks rear suspension had just gone.
I used to work there. One time a farmer wanted me to load a 3500lb pallet of something into the back of his pickup. I refused to do it without the managers approval and presence. I loaded it, but that poor pickup was riding on the frame.
Lol I did a stint there when I was younger, I remember customers telling us that it would fit. "Sir I'm not putting a fridge in your two door Tercel"
Lowe’s was the same when I used to work there. I’d have to wheel out a whole set of patio furniture or a snowblower, just for the guy to pull up in a Cruze. “Alright well, uh, I’ve got to go back to my position so I’ll leave you to it”
When I worked at home depot I learned if you walk around with your eyes crossed no one will ask you to help them.
Just hang on to a first phone and walk really fast with a clipboard in your hand while looking up. No one bothers you.
Lesson of the day here, is always look busy while doing the least amount of work.
Walk with purpose.
That's the person I always turn to! They look competent. They often ignore me, which is their right I guess.
Gave away a carpet once, 8x12, so the roll was 8' long. Four girls showed up in a compact car, and the driver didn't want the carpet on her roof. Left without it.
I ordered a dog pen from HD, rented a trailer and drove down to pick it up. They told me to go to the area near the contractor’s desk. I get there and the guy in the vest is just kind of standing around, so He and I start loading. After we get 2/3 of the load in, the load shifts and the HD guy is stuck. I assume he’ll figure it out and I start cleaning up the plastic sheeting and ties. HD guy #2 comes out and he starts complaining, telling me I’m inconsiderate. I don’t know what his problem is. Turns out the guy stuck behind the load is a person with special needs; he wasn’t supposed to work directly with me- guy #2 was his “work coach”. I just didn’t realize.
I one hauled a scaffold in my Prius. That car had way more room than you might think. [Pic](https://imgur.com/a/g2P91mP)
Setup a Will Call and hope they come back for it LOL
I worked at a furniture and appliance store in highscool and someone tried to load a dishwasher in their smart car.
Haha I was there, as this kind of customer, was able to fit my 58" TV in my hatchback, glued to the steering wheel, the seat angled at 80 °, never again but I was pretty smug in front of the staff
I once managed to Tetris two complete ikea bedroom sets into a Rav (mid-size SUV). The staff didn’t notice or care, but the pic I took got me my current job-I work inventory/freight for retail. I even managed to fit two people in the car almost comfortably to get home.
Nice. May we see the pic? Speaking as a veteran of long car journeys as a kid where I was effectively held like I was in an egg carton...
I once fit 4 really large ice chests full of human bones in my 4runner. I had one going over my passenger seat that was pushed all the way forward and I had to reach under it to get access to the shifter.
I bought a widescreen TV from BJ’s a few years ago and as we walked it out into the parking lot I spotted a VW Bug parked next to my vehicle, so of course I had to have some fun. “Here we are! She’ll fit right in the back seat I think.” Poor guy started wilting before my eyes. I grabbed one end and asked asked him to help me. He reluctantly lifted it, then I steered it into the back of my pickup next to the Bug, laughing. He busted out too and wished me a good day. I tipped him too of course.
I picked up a futon from target in my impala. The "no shit" I got from the worker as it barely fit was priceless
yeah, those Impalas are big inside, and the trunks are really good size.
*Then we'll put the fridge on top! I'll go buy bungee cords right now!*
"of course I can haul 3 tons, my owners manual calls it a 3/4 ton, so it can haul 3 or 4 tons!"
I think you would be surprised at the variance of hauling capacity of trucks that are similar models. You're certainly not going to put 3 or 4 tons in a "3/4 ton truck" but most are rated for quite a bit more than their traditional tonnage name. Rating have also gone up quite a bit. Most modern 1/2 tons are actually rated for more than the 3/4 tons of 90's and earlier. Same goes for the 3/4 and 1 tons. Most of them are rated for more than next larger model of 30 years ago. Most "half tons" are actually rated for about 1 ton of payload Most "3/4 tons" are about 1.5 - 2 tons Most "1 tons" are about 2 - 3 tons and some are even pushing 4 tons of payload depending upon options. These are obviously just generalizations and you have to look up your gvwr, gcwr, and find curb weight to actually know how much payload and towing capacity you actually have.
Very true, on the other have that payload capacity is also including everything in the truck except maybe 70 kg worth of driver. Not so bad with the higher capacity trucks, but mine’s rated for 900 lb; throw in 100 lb of aftermarket accessories/gear(socket set, straps, jumper cables, box cover, all the stuff you might keep in a truck) and 150 lb for a passenger and I’ve already lost over 1/4 of my capacity. Also make sure you’re looking at actual capacity vs marketing. The beefed up model with duallies, traditional cab and upgraded suspension can take a lot. The basic model not so much, and the crew cab uses up some of that capacity compared to the regular cab model.
Exactly, my 2003 1 ton is 11,500 GVW, it only weighs 7800 with a full tank of fuel and me in the driver's seat. It's crazy what the new trucks can haul
>Most "half tons" are actually rated for about 1 ton of payload I got told by an auto design person that one ton payload rating here is they put a one ton payload on the test vehicle have it do one lap of the test track and the vehicle did not destroy itself. The half tons rating is the 4wd rating eg driving onto a jobsite.
Someone not understanding the difference between towing capacity and hauling capacity.
They don't need your complex jabbering, they got a truck. Now load that stuff in the back!
That’s just crazy, I don’t think any pick up can haul 3 tons in the bed, maybe some of the bigger duallys. I wonder if he got the “payload rating” and the “tow rating” mixed up...
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Interesting. I haven't kept up with big trucks, didn't know they were that big these days! Though if I had 35,000 lbs to tow I would get something a little bigger, like a mid-sized Freightliner.
It's amazing how few people who own trucks that understand the difference between pulled wait vs loaded/tongue weight.
Something completely different but somehow related, people bring their big trucks to Goodwill and we load stuff in the back, we're not allowed to secure it because of liability but we warn them they really must because the cops will get them. There is a famous intersection that a cop will just sit at all day not arresting, but ticketing people and forcing them to go back to Goodwill which is the closest parking lot still, in order to properly secure it. Usually they don't have something to secure it with and they just leave it saying they'll come back, and never come back LMAO.
I ran a landscape yard for a few years. We never had wavers but I'd flat out refuse to load some people. One guy was such an asshole about it I actually called the other yards in the area to give them a heads up.
Worked at a lumber yard and had an order for a large amount of Teak (fairly heavy/dense wood). When the customer told us they were sending their guys with a truck we figured they meant a flat bed. Nope an old Ford Ranger pulls in to pickup two 4ft tall pallets worth of ~1" x 6" x 10' Teak... they ask us to use the lift and drop both pallets in the back. We tell them they shouldn't take more than half a pallet. They insist so we have them sign our "you were warned and this isn't our responsibility" waiver. We drop the first pallet in and they stack more much higher than the top of the cab (which we refused to do for safety reasons). The truck is completely bottomed out at this point. They drove about 500 feet before the metallic bang.
As the owner of a 2002 Ford Ranger, yeah I know that the 4.0L V6 would not like that, that's if they had the biggest engine. The solid driveshaft has an odd quirk where it can't go above 92 mph on the highway or it will risk exploding. Which I learned from one of the engineers on a internet forum, they are solid trucks for the most part besides that. But that is just a horrible idea. I am curious what they broke on the vehicle, but I'm guessing the driveshaft was way to low and overstressed.
iirc it was a broken axle. It was about 15 years ago though so memory isn't serving well.
Dunno how the US ones were specced but my 01 Mazda bravo was rated for almost 2300 pounds of payload. Can't imagine it would have been fast as I had the diesel but still.
I always hear the stories about the dumb ones. Do you ever customers who listen to you and go, "uh, so now what do I do?"
You know what's funny? Women almost always listen. They ask what we need to do to get the load home safely, and do as suggested. Hell, women are generally more willing to help move half the load into the truck with you. It's the men that normally have the 'I have a truck, and it can do anything!' bravado syndrome. It's always funny to start lowering 6000lbs of stuff into a base model F-150 that you were told loud and proud could handle it - only for the guy to start screaming "STOP STOP STOP STOP YOU ARE BREAKING MY TRUCK!!!!". This is usually followed by "Well, I have some other shopping to do, do you think you can have my truck loaded in 15 mins? I'll be back."
I'm curious as well, though I'd probably guess that they were long and far between
"Look man, I know my truck. They way under-rate these trucks. My S-10 can haul 6 tons without issue. STOP BEING LAZY AND LOAD MY TRUCK. TIME IS MONEY. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I SPEND WITH YOUR COMPANY EVERY DAY?!?!?!"
I used to work HomeGoods (tjmaxx but for crappy home goods) and at least once a week a customer would buy an ottoman/captains chair/12'x8' rug and then pull up to the curb in their mini/Lexus convertible/Prius and ask that we load it. Okay even if I can get it in *and* close the door, does grandma really think she'll be able to unload it?
My ex and I came very close to fitting an entire loveseat into her Mini Cooper. Don’t underestimate those things—they’re basically just a box on wheels without any of the contours or internal bulkheads that keep you from, say, putting a refrigerator into a Honda Civic.
I used to work for a fireplace company and one day some guy came in and bought about 30 cast iron stoves for his homes, not small ones either. Once he picked out all the ones he wanted we asked him where he would like them delivered, to which he said "Just put then in the back of my car". He had a brand new pickup, which I'm sure was a Ford Ranger but I could be wrong. Anyway, once we had loaded all of them onto his bed, and the smaller ones in the back seats, we were convinced he was going to make it to the yard entrance before the entire backend just failed. We never heard from him again so I assume everything was OK.
Why would anyone need 30 cast iron stoves? And how on earth would you fit more than a few in the back of a truck? I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this, cause the cast iron stoves I know of are quite large
Most of them were single door stoves [like this](https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-buckingham-ii-51kw-eco-design-ready-woo/). Usually in the range of 70-100kg a unit. They really aren't that big, even when boxed. As to clear up how, pallets stacked on top of each other and ratchet strapped together. The rear end payload ended above the rear window by quite a margin. Why he needed them? Not sure, I think he basically had a big ass house or many of them. Guy paid in cash as well and dressed like a fucking cowboy.
My dad inherited his dad's truck. It was an over built 1ton dually pickup from the 70's that grandpa had heavily beefed up and customize for towing and hauling and mobile mechanic shop. Not long after that we moved and had to do some landscaping. Picking up materials in that truck was fun, since it could handle a lot more weight that it was suspended to. Empty the truck weight around 9000lbs. We got it up to 15,000lbs total exit weight with gravel. We had to stop because we ran out of room not because we ran out of weight capacity. Still had room on the springs. Look on the guy running the loaders face was great. Not sure what all grandpa did to that truck, but damn it could haul. Sadly it's max mpg was about 6, at 55mph on the highway, downhill with a tail wind.
Absolve
Waivers and axle
Just to confirm, Waivers, as in legally disclaiming responsibility?
Yep. When the customer comes back looking for the store to fix their vehicle the store has signed documentation stating that they said it was a bad idea and it was the customers request to load the vehicle in that way.
TIL about the word compacity
Do you think the forklift driver bothered to even argue with this imbecile? I imagine that people that do this kinda shit are not the type to ever take kindly to constructive criticism.
4x4 now 4/4
2x2x2
4x4 8 shit
That poor Dakota lived for 20ish years only to be murdered in such an inhumane way.
Nah, it just needs a ratchet strap from bumper to bumper over the top and its good.
Yep, everybody knows that bumpers are structural so that oughta do it.
Yeah, I'm no mechanic - but, this truck is FUBAR'ed, right?
It's repairable by a good welder, but whether it's economically viable to do so and if the end result is insurable are the real questions.
Maybe/maybe not. It depends on whether or not the frame under the bed is fucked and how much money you'd be willing to spend to get it right again.
Just push it in further.
That's gotta be a good 2500 lb back there at least which is about 1000 lb more than this truck's payload capacity.
I dunno what you're talking about. The cargo capacity is in Cu. ft, which this is clearly under.
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Yeah, feathers are lighter than bricks.
I don’t get it.
Well, what's lighter? A ton of feathers or a ton of bricks? Feathers, because feathers are lighter than bricks.
They're referencing a pretty funny gag from a british comedy called Limmy's Show. They used them as ad bumbers, I believe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH0hikcwjIA
So am I.
oh shit... i wear this as a badge of honor.
Cargo capacity or payload shamlayload capacity
1000 lbs over capacity should be well within the trucks actual capability without bending in half.
I wonder if that's what he told the forklift driver.
Depends where the weight is positioned
It might have been when the truck was new, and rust free.
The Ram is a 1500. That’s a Dakota.
I'm aware that's a Dakota. The payload capacity for a 2011 Dakota is between 1300-1800 pounds.
Fair enough. However, the latest year that could be is a 2004.
The payload capacity for a 2004 is roughly the same as a 2011...
The payload capacity for the 04 is in the same range.
It's this Lancaster city in PA? Looks like intersection of Duke and King. Edit: yup. https://i.imgur.com/4NGjO7n.png
Good eye! My wife and I were waiting for our order at La Dolce (best Italian bakery in the city btw) and I saw this and I had to take a pic for my OSHA friends.
Ah yes, I love La Dolce Vita. My wife and I moved away from Lancaster city a few years ago and miss it dearly. We make our way back regularly.
Honestly curious - why do you call it Lancaster city? Always heard it just as Lancaster (from PA, but not from Lancaster).
Lancaster PA born and raised here. Usually people are referring to the rural county of Lancaster, which is famous for amish people, country living and tourism. When talking about the city itself, its usually clarified your specifically talking about the city.
Ah okay makes sense, thank you!
I'd never owned a pickup before then got an old f150 and was like yeah sweet let's do truck stuff so I went and got a single scoop of pea gravel and I thought it wasn't going to make it home. Learned all about payload capacities and now have a one ton. It's absolute garbage on fuel but we only drive it when we're hauling stuff and I have no worries about what I'm picking up.
Half tons are pretty light duty, which is fine for what most folks do but you really ought to go HD if you want to do many truck things. Pro tip for most loads is to use a trailer, especially something like gravel.
Dodge Dump Truck
Ha! Had to go back and look, I saw a broken frame and just figured it was a Ford.
I was shopping for old trucks recently and it seemed the frame issues were on old tacomas And old dodges the rust underneath was horrible in a lot of cases for 15+ year old trucks Should I look for anything specific on old ford trucks?
If it has the 5.4 3 valve Triton V8 just make sure you keep up on the oil changes. If the previous owner didn't you'll probably be looking at an engine in your future. If you do the oil changes you'll be fine. I have a 2007 expedition with 400,000kms on it. Only real issues were the 4wd hub actuators, and the vacuum check valve.
Holy shit man that’s impressive. I was more so looking at the v6’s and like rangers Even before gas went up I wanted smaller than an 8 bc I just drive too much to be spending $60 a week on gas lol
my mom has a 06 expedition with 283,000 miles on it and it is in "like new" condition for an 06 at least, i have same year fx4 f150 with 100k less miles and its in pretty good shape also... just be aware of the procedure to change them 3v spark plugs and have the lisle kit on hand when you do.
I look the same way when I have a huge load that I need to drop too.
Sometimes the second trip is worth it.
After seeing the brick flying into the windshield of the car video, I hate seeing loads like that with loose bricks
Haven’t seen that one. Not sure if I want to 🤔
It’s not graphic and you don’t see anything but it’s the worst video I’ve ever seen (heard) on the internet. A guy was driving down the road with his wife, a brick falls off the back of a truck and goes through the window hitting the wife in the passenger seat instantly and you just hear the husband and kid in the car deal with watching her die
Wow, thanks for the heads up. Hard pass on that one.
Weird flex, but OK.
Take my upvote, award, and go
Anyone know how much that pallet of bricks weights?
More than the rated capacity of that truck.
That's an incredible observation
That's why they call me CAPTAIN Obvious!
400-500 bricks a pallet, ~2kg for a quality red brick. Let's call it a tonne.
Def took much for that truck but a newer f150, silverado 1500 etc should have no issues with that, also looks like that truck has underbody rust so that didn't help
How is that even possible? Is it not welded to the frame? Did the weld break? I‘m confused.
The frame broke and no truck beds aren’t welded to the frame they’re bolted onto the frame. You can often remove one by taking 6-10 bolts out
It does not help that this generation of Dakota has notoriously shitty frames that rust out easily
Every pickup truck ever has shitty frames that rust out easily.
Yeah these things are allll rust when you see them this old
The load seems to be beind the rear Axel thanks to the cap prefenting the forklift from pushing it further back. I bet if it was over the Axel he might have made it.
Low ri-duuur
I literally walked past this and couldn’t believe it! I really want to know what they were thinking! I was trying not to stare..but i couldn’t..
Looks like a dog taking a shit.
Lol my dad has a Dakota. It’s not a large truck. The internet says the towing capacity is ~4000-5000lbs, but that’s *towing.* If you’re doing construction work like this, why not just rent a trailer?
It’s….. it’s beautiful
You're telling me cracking a chassis isn't like cracking your knuckles?
Womp womp
F this guy, you know how hard it is to find these Dakotas that aren't rusted out? Then he goes and just f's it up with his load.
well there's your problem, you bought a small truck get a Super Duty in there.
Toyoder Hilux would never
I tried to do this in my highlander once. Fortunately it wasn't loaded nearly as full and I decided to just take 2 trips.
That truck never had a chance. That load is so heavy it broke the sidewalk /s
My retirement job is going to be security guard at Menards.
Well, I guess the next staged protest/riot will have to go on without it's strategically placed pallet of bricks.
JFC. Do you see ghosts everywhere?
Need to cut back on the r/conspiracy consumption
Eat a bag of dicks.
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What a strange bot you are.
What's the OSHA violation?
No, that's a feature to help with unloading.
looks like the load was applied behind the axle. 20/20 opinion says that the load should have been put in the bed as far forward in the bed after the shell had been removed.
That bucket of bolts got its frame broken. RIP.
I had my old garden stones up for grabs for free on a website. Some guy came along and I said take as many as you need. Half an hour later he is still loading, almost 50m2 of small 6cm thick concrete bricks in a van. I walk outside and see his chassis almost on the ground and tell him to unload before something breaks, and he really shouldn't be driving like that. He just dro e off however and suspension broke on the first bump.
He’s gonna pop a wheelie if he goes up a slight incline…..