F350OilBurner wrote:

He's only over his GVWR by 3000-4000lbs. And the rear tires by maybe 1000lbs. each. Is this a problem? Amazingly, the thing seems to sit dead level. Must have the same "spring pack" as that F150 dude.

I love these posts. We divide into two camps - Those who themselves have overloaded SRW trucks and defend the action and those who don't.

Someone needs to find this guy and get him on here to defend himself.

russd wrote:

i don't love these posts unless they are informative. two camps here, those who overload by the numbers their srw trucks and aren't worried about it, and those who continuously bash them for causing global warming for doing so...

D&SBarnes wrote:

Live and let live is a fine attitude to hold until someone does something that keeps someone else from living...
Then no amount of liability insurance is going to be enough to cover the grief that person causes.

Bottom line is:
Where does common sense end and stupidity begin?
Many with the live & let live nature never want to draw a line, but they better hope they never have to deal with the consequences.
I deal with people's actions all the time, cleaning up problems after they screw up. Its no fun. But at least I haven't had to deal with any death yet.
No one is perfect, and we all make mistakes. But not doing what you can to help your neighbor keep from making a mistake is not being a good neighbor.
You can call someone who shows concern for the proper loading of a vehicle "weight police" if you want, and you could say the attitude that they have is being pushy or nosey. Maybe some "weight police" are a bit extreme, but at least they are not negligent to the other guy and his / her welfare.

Ultimately it appears that the original post and picture displays a truck that given the information available is very overloaded and poses a risk.
If that owner is unaware he needs to be informed. IF they are aware of the overload and decides that it his / her own neck at risk and doesn't care, then he is probably not a person that you really want to be driving next to if you can avoid it.
Chances are this vehicle with loaded trailer doesn't just see the beach at 15mph, but does hit highway speeds on major roads.
Some people deny the assumption that the rig could ever do anything that might cause risk to anyone else, but you might as well bury your head in the sand of that beach.
Society cannot control actions of the few who deny all responsiblity and take needless risks despite being warned. But at least the rest can be warned.
Laws, codes, rules, guidelines and so forth do NOT stop actions of the few, but they direct those who would comply and try to fit into society, sometimes begrudgingly. It is these types of things that allow society to exist.
IMHO.

travelnutz wrote:

D&SBarnes,

The truck in the op's pic may be overloaded or just pushing the envelope. You are only looking at a pic and have absolutely no personal knowledge of his setup or weight. You can only guess. He might skinny and alone so not much weight in the truck. He may have a very lightly loaded or empty camper with little or no liquid aboard. What if he only has 200 lbs max of tongue weight from the trailer? There is nothing showing in the pic that tells or hints what he hauls on his trailer. If you really think you need to tell him that he may be unaware of what he weighs and that he might be overweight? Why don't you set out to find him and carefully explain to him how wrong he is. Maybe you might even tell him you don't think he should drive a rig like that anymore and he should straighten up his act. I'm sure he will generously thank you and say he's very sorry and will have it towed home so he can change his rig immediately. However, if I were you, I'd wear a bullet proof vest when you do your deed. I'll sit right here and wait until you get back so you can tell us how it went. If you're successful, I'll buy your lunch for you.