I felt like a bona fide member of the weight police this weekend as I drove around my sister's campground. I saw a beautiful Open Range 427BHS and parked next to it was a 2500 truck w/ fifth wheel hitch. I shuddered at the thought of that thing going down the road.
But, giving them the benefit of the doubt - they made it TO the campground safely and who knows - maybe it was a different truck and they were just visitors for all I know.
(edit: holy typos in my first sentence)
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2013 Sabre 36QBOK
Truck: 2012 Ram 3500 Crew Cab DRW w/ 4.10 gears and 8' bed
FW Hitch: B&W Turnover Ball + Companion hitch
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mkirsch wrote: Wow, so it's not physically possible to overload a truck?
Neat. How does that work? Does the hand of God reach down from the sky and slap you away when you try to put that next bag of Sakrete in the bed? Maybe it's ninjas?
I'm sure it is possible to overload a truck. Absolutely sure it can be done.
As long as it's not my truck, I could give a rats patoot.
You WOULD give a rat's patoot if that truck had just blown a tire, swerved over into your lane, and was coming straight at you head-on at a combined speed of over 75MPH.
Why'd the truck swerve into your path? Because it blew a tire. Why'd the truck blow a tire? Because it was overloaded.
Guarantee if you survive the impact you'll be banging on your local politician's door crying "Look at what happened to me! There should be a law!"
2002 Chevy 3500 DRW 8.1L/Allison
2000 Palomino B1500
...and the reason why I need a DRW to haul a Palomino:
2004 United 7x14 tandem axle enclosed toy trailer
2011 PJ 8x20 7-ton deckover equipment trailer
mkirsch wrote: Wow, so it's not physically possible to overload a truck?
Neat. How does that work? Does the hand of God reach down from the sky and slap you away when you try to put that next bag of Sakrete in the bed? Maybe it's ninjas?
I'm sure it is possible to overload a truck. Absolutely sure it can be done.
As long as it's not my truck, I could give a rats patoot.
You WOULD give a rat's patoot if that truck had just blown a tire, swerved over into your lane, and was coming straight at you head-on at a combined speed of over 75MPH.
Why'd the truck swerve into your path? Because it blew a tire. Why'd the truck blow a tire? Because it was overloaded.
Guarantee if you survive the impact you'll be banging on your local politician's door crying "Look at what happened to me! There should be a law!"
There's so many bad things that could happen to me, but in 72 years never have happened, that I've decided it's not worth my time to bother worrying about it, let alone get on the internet and write memo's about how I'm so superior to those sinners who might blow a tire and come into my lane. I'll leave that up to the IOoDHW ("International Order of Dismayed Hand Wringers".)
You keep worrying about that now, for me, and I'll go about enjoying life.
And, oh, by the way, did you know those airliners flush all the blue toilet water up there at about 33,000 feet and it forms great gynormous blue ice cubes that could punch a hole in the top of your truck and crack your skull. Will you please worry about that for me too --- I just can't find the time.
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I like the way you think! For the first time going to AZ for the winter I quit worrying about every little stinking one in a million thing that could go wrong. I had more fun in the last 3 months than I had in probably a 1/4 of a century.
mkirsch wrote: Wow, so it's not physically possible to overload a truck?
Neat. How does that work? Does the hand of God reach down from the sky and slap you away when you try to put that next bag of Sakrete in the bed? Maybe it's ninjas?
I'm sure it is possible to overload a truck. Absolutely sure it can be done.
As long as it's not my truck, I could give a rats patoot.
You WOULD give a rat's patoot if that truck had just blown a tire, swerved over into your lane, and was coming straight at you head-on at a combined speed of over 75MPH.
Why'd the truck swerve into your path? Because it blew a tire. Why'd the truck blow a tire? Because it was overloaded.
Guarantee if you survive the impact you'll be banging on your local politician's door crying "Look at what happened to me! There should be a law!"
There's so many bad things that could happen to me, but in 72 years never have happened, that I've decided it's not worth my time to bother worrying about it, let alone get on the internet and write memo's about how I'm so superior to those sinners who might blow a tire and come into my lane. I'll leave that up to the IOoDHW ("International Order of Dismayed Hand Wringers".)
You keep worrying about that now, for me, and I'll go about enjoying life.
And, oh, by the way, did you know those airliners flush all the blue toilet water up there at about 33,000 feet and it forms great gynormous blue ice cubes that could punch a hole in the top of your truck and crack your skull. Will you please worry about that for me too --- I just can't find the time.
Thanks!
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I do have limits to my truck??? and this whole time..JK!! yes we all have limits to our trucks no matter what you drive, including semis..So no issue, I dont know why this thread is getting so negative. Lets all enjoy what we can afford to drive and enjoy camping. One day you will look back and think..man I was lucky to own that combo at one time..now I cant afford a can of beans..(worlds getting alot more expensive to live).
i worry less about overloaded pick ups than i do the crazy women going down the road trying to put on make up while driving , texting/chatting on phone all the while trying to change clothes would have been pretty funny if we wouldn't have been going down the expressway
I actually think people who have never pulled a trailer, retire, and buy an rv are a far bigger threat than over loaded trucks.
That is not an excuse to over load a truck-
However, I would much rather drive next to a really experienced driver in an overloaded rig than an inexperienced "gray hair" towing a properly set-up 40 foot fifth wheel.
2012 GMC 3500 Denali Duramax 4x4
2009 WW HKD with a big garage
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I've said for years that everyone, myself included, needs to have a special endorsement to pull any type of trailer. Some many people, and I was one of them, go out and buy a truck and trailer and pull off the lot with a 35ft fifth wheel behng them. Up till that point, a Buick was the biggest thing they ever drove. There needs to be class time, as well as a written and driving test passed before people are allowed to hook up.
I'll never forget my first time out. I was moving cross country from Ohio to Idaho. Hooked up the Trailblazer to a 21ft bumper pull, and off I went. First semi that passed me on the turnpike, I almost took us all out. I've learned a lot since then.
Weazletoe wrote: I've said for years that everyone, myself included, needs to have a special endorsement to pull any type of trailer. Some many people, and I was one of them, go out and buy a truck and trailer and pull off the lot with a 35ft fifth wheel behng them. Up till that point, a Buick was the biggest thing they ever drove. There needs to be class time, as well as a written and driving test passed before people are allowed to hook up.
I'll never forget my first time out. I was moving cross country from Ohio to Idaho. Hooked up the Trailblazer to a 21ft bumper pull, and off I went. First semi that passed me on the turnpike, I almost took us all out. I've learned a lot since then.
And that is before manufacturers started to put wildly unrealistic tow ratings on their vehicles.
Little things, like DYNAMIC vs. static stability, are not ever mentioned in the ratings.
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would have been pretty funny if we wouldn't have been going down the expressway
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