Pickup weight

37chief · Sep 28, 2018

If I want to haul 3/4 inch crushed rock? How much will my Dodge 3500 safely hold? In yards. Stan

David G · Sep 28, 2018

Steve@Advance · Sep 28, 2018

From what I see, a yard of crushed rock weighs about 2700-3000 lbs.

Look at the door sticker for the load capacity.

I suspect it will spill over before overloading the truck though.

kcm.MN · Sep 28, 2018

If you're hauling it in the truck bed, I'd say 1 yard - assuming it would all fit.

If you're towing, a lot depends on the trailer.

centash · Sep 28, 2018

I dont think it would spill over. We filled the box almost level full on an old GMC one ton years ago with crushed stone. Weighed 3.3 metric tons of gravel.....good thing it only had to go about 6 miles, poor old Jimmy was pretty hot when we got home!
Ben

IanC · Sep 28, 2018

A cubic yard (27 cubic feet) is not as much volume as some think. Assuming 4ft between the wheel wells and 6ft bed length that is only a little over a foot deep, only a bit over 9" deep with an 8 ft bed.

David G · Sep 28, 2018

Think again, a cubic yard is 27 cubic feet, so a 8x5 box 8 inches high is about a yard.

JMS/.MN · Sep 28, 2018

In the quarry we had a Cat 966 with electronic scale...figured 2700 lbs per yard for rock.

MarkB_MI · Sep 29, 2018

Yes, it should hold a yard, but who wants to shovel a yard of crushed rock? Consider renting a dump trailer.

deeretails · Sep 29, 2018

The quarries around here won't load a pickup, afraid of body damage.

showcrop · Sep 29, 2018

A yard weighs approx. 1437 tons so you are looking at approx. 3/4 of a yard. When you have a legal 23 ton load in a 17 foot body, loaded by a large wheel loader, you can usually see the floor in one corner. When being loaded by a loader with a 9.5 yd bucket, it takes two buckets with plenty more space still in each of them.

jimg.allentown · Sep 29, 2018

Huh?? A yard weighs 1437 TONS????? That is 2,874,000 pounds!

You must have missed a decimal point someplace. One would need either a train or a ship to carry that much weight.

rick n ohio · Sep 29, 2018

Most quarrys go by ton not yards.at least they do here in ohio

rustyfarmall · Sep 29, 2018

If just one pickup load is all you need, then doing it yourself might be okay, but if you need more than one load, it will be less costly to hire a truck and have it delivered.

Bret4207 · Sep 29, 2018

I'd say a yard, assuming it's not a real heavy, lead bearing stone. Part of the question is missing though as far as safety. Is this a single rear wheel or dual rears? And what are you tires rated for? In the good old days we hauled well over a ton in Dads F100, running on $13.00 recaps from Montgomery Wards. But it's not 1972 anymore...

stonerock · Sep 29, 2018

about2500# per yard, volume would be about two yards

Grandpa's Fords · Sep 29, 2018

Always went by 1.4 ton per yard as Showcrop was undoubtedly trying to say. Always in the ballpark for clean loose crushed stone. 15-16 yrds on 21 ton triaxle was usually close to legal load. Dodge 3500 would depend on registered GVWR and how truck is equipped. As far as will it fit? Yes. Need to know the unladen weight of the truck and subtract from registered weight to get load capacity not counting driver or any passengers included. Just a guess 1 yrd easily but not much more. Many landscape yards charge by the yard because they don't have scales and use a skid steer bucket as a yard but not all these places have a full yard bucket.

ss55 · Sep 29, 2018

I would ask for one yard at a time, because that will get you one yard minimum and probably more. Depending on which employee does the loading and which machine he uses you could get one yard on one trip or a yard and a half the next trip with your pickup frame bottomed out on top of the rear axle.

SDE · Sep 29, 2018

I asked the lady how much the gravel weights per yd and it was 2770. If you get it from a supplier that carries all of the rock type products, I would bet that they know all of the weights. Just ask them.

ericlb · Sep 29, 2018

1 yard, now call ahead, most gravel pits will not load a pickup with a factory body, their equipment is too big, and the gravel will clean the paint off the sides and tailgate of a factory pickup body, they will load a 1 ton with a commercial body

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