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Originally Posted by Raymond
Looking at a 3 hole stainless dog box and need actual facts not opinions(Your out Waltrip)  on how much weight you can carry around in the bed of a 1/2 ton pickup without killing the truck. Box weighs in at 550#'s and will be secured and left in truck. I have seen several that had to add air bags to keep them from squatting. How much would adding air bags cost and is it a bandaid on a stab wound? My current 2 hole box weighs app 300#'s and I really don't notice it.
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This in not recommended......... but....using a 1/2 ton Chevy truck
I once carried a pallet [~2200] material about 15 miles. The pallet was up near the cab, so it was fairly well balanced. The truck road faily well, but I drove very slow and careful.
Another time I hauled a piece of equipment that weighed ~ 1800 lbs. It had to be loaded where most of the weight was toward the back....tail gate was down. This really weighted down the back end of the truck and did not leave a lot of weight on the front tires for stearing the truck.
I really should not have hauled this equipment on the highway.
I drove this truck another 100,000+ miles after this as my personal truck.