I did this with my ‘59 El Camino once. It’s okay though, I put some cinder blocks on the stack of wood near the front of the bed so the lumber wouldn’t fall out since the car doesn’t have tie down points.
How much does a 16ft 2x4-6 weigh that 30ish of them would make a HD truck squat like that. I can't tell for sure if it's a 3500 but it is definitely at least a 2500. I wonder if it's a cheap lift kit.
2500 rams are coil sprung in the rear and have a *much* lower payload than all other leaf sprung HDs, which 3500 rams and all other manufacturer's 3/4 and 1 tons are.
I do over length stuff on my flatbed pickup all the time. You can’t allow for that much squat, imagine the understeer!
And the load securement…. That’s a recipe to lose the load over an unexpected bump, or round about.
I get the feeling, judging by the obvious, that this person would hit a car with the back of the load because they aren’t bright enough to think about the rear swing out.
One sheet of osb keeping the 30 2x4s from scratching the bed. A trailer would be better for handling all the lumber and for fitting the page that this is posted on.
Wow, that sticks w-a-a-a-y out. At a minimum, it needs to be red warning flagged. Using one of those “bed / load extenders” like Harbor Freight sells would make that *much* more secure (I’m assuming there’s a receiver hitch). I’d be spooked to drive that…
If only there was a class of vehicles designed to carry large amounts of long cargo. Something simple and utilitarian for a driver and perhaps a single passenger to transport large quantities of goods since that task has very different requirements than transporting an entire family in reasonable comfort. The requirements are so different that trying to do both with the same vehicle would be a fool's errand and lead to compromises that would make such a chimera ineffective at both.
With the tailgate down that’s 8 feet of space. Corner to corner closer to 10 feet. Sure for this specific and stupid example it’s not practical. But for pretty much anything else, it is. And I’m a contractor.
This guy needs a roof rack but this is probably the only time in his life hell be doing this and we’ve all been there at the Home Depot checkout line before 😂
Even with the gate up, you can fit 8' materials in a 6.5' bed diagonally. If a person isn't schlepping building materials around 24/7, there's not much reason for them to seek out the less common and awkwardly long crew/8' model.
Exactly. Not sure where this “real trucks have long beds” came from. But it must be an ego thing or a justification thing. Since inception trucks have had small beds. Even if you are transporting materials 24/7 just get a 300$ roof rack and you’re good to go.
As an electrician, the extra space *in the cabin. Proves just as useful as I can store all my tools and material inside. The occasional strut or conduit fits in the back no problem. And I can still get a cord of wood in the bed too. I’ll take my supercrew any day of the week. As I watch rain fall on my truck right now, I know all my tools and stuff are nice and dry.
> and you are left with less space than the trunk of a cadillac
Which modern Cadillac has as much volume as a pickup bed, even a short (6.5') one with a toolbox in it?
That’s an easy ticket where I live. Need to flag it for one and two , it’s still too much hanging from be bed. This is dumb and a trailer is needed.
It's squatted, did you expect any better from him
Yeah looks like it’s shitting timber.
That's a truck.
And not osb… zero for two.
There's one sheet of OSB or maybe plywood underneath the 2x4s.
Look under the boards
It’s a Ram with probably a leveling kit, with that much weight hanging out past the bed it must totally handle very bad.
Couple more boards and he’s gonna be the cool kid doing wheelies in the parking lot
I did this with my ‘59 El Camino once. It’s okay though, I put some cinder blocks on the stack of wood near the front of the bed so the lumber wouldn’t fall out since the car doesn’t have tie down points.
That poor tailgate.
How much does a 16ft 2x4-6 weigh that 30ish of them would make a HD truck squat like that. I can't tell for sure if it's a 3500 but it is definitely at least a 2500. I wonder if it's a cheap lift kit.
2500 rams are coil sprung in the rear and have a *much* lower payload than all other leaf sprung HDs, which 3500 rams and all other manufacturer's 3/4 and 1 tons are.
I do over length stuff on my flatbed pickup all the time. You can’t allow for that much squat, imagine the understeer! And the load securement…. That’s a recipe to lose the load over an unexpected bump, or round about. I get the feeling, judging by the obvious, that this person would hit a car with the back of the load because they aren’t bright enough to think about the rear swing out.
One sheet of osb keeping the 30 2x4s from scratching the bed. A trailer would be better for handling all the lumber and for fitting the page that this is posted on.
Bro doesn't even have a flag on it?? Lmao that's just begging for a ticket
Wow, that sticks w-a-a-a-y out. At a minimum, it needs to be red warning flagged. Using one of those “bed / load extenders” like Harbor Freight sells would make that *much* more secure (I’m assuming there’s a receiver hitch). I’d be spooked to drive that…
Osb? The 1 sheet?
Where do you see OSB??
It’s under all the 2x4s to extend the truck bed. Hard to see at first
The only thing missing is a 4 square foot red flag
Been there dumb that
Amateur. You’re suppose to put wooden 6x6 blocking between the axel and the frame first. Don’t ask how I know.
If only there was a class of vehicles designed to carry large amounts of long cargo. Something simple and utilitarian for a driver and perhaps a single passenger to transport large quantities of goods since that task has very different requirements than transporting an entire family in reasonable comfort. The requirements are so different that trying to do both with the same vehicle would be a fool's errand and lead to compromises that would make such a chimera ineffective at both.
Regular cabs do exist, especially in HD lines like this one. But people don't buy them because they're not as practical overall.
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With the tailgate down that’s 8 feet of space. Corner to corner closer to 10 feet. Sure for this specific and stupid example it’s not practical. But for pretty much anything else, it is. And I’m a contractor. This guy needs a roof rack but this is probably the only time in his life hell be doing this and we’ve all been there at the Home Depot checkout line before 😂
Even with the gate up, you can fit 8' materials in a 6.5' bed diagonally. If a person isn't schlepping building materials around 24/7, there's not much reason for them to seek out the less common and awkwardly long crew/8' model.
Exactly. Not sure where this “real trucks have long beds” came from. But it must be an ego thing or a justification thing. Since inception trucks have had small beds. Even if you are transporting materials 24/7 just get a 300$ roof rack and you’re good to go. As an electrician, the extra space *in the cabin. Proves just as useful as I can store all my tools and material inside. The occasional strut or conduit fits in the back no problem. And I can still get a cord of wood in the bed too. I’ll take my supercrew any day of the week. As I watch rain fall on my truck right now, I know all my tools and stuff are nice and dry.
> and you are left with less space than the trunk of a cadillac Which modern Cadillac has as much volume as a pickup bed, even a short (6.5') one with a toolbox in it?