> A couple of weeks ago I hauled a load of alder lumber home in the back
> of my half ton, short bed GMC 2WD pickup. About 620 board feet....Way
> overloaded. I had to stop in route and buy a new pair of rear tires as
> the overload shredded one of the rear tires. They were OEM General
> tires, probably not the best, and they had 45K miles on them, but still,
> I wasn't ready for a new set of tires just then.
I once filled the back of my 3/4-ton '91 Suburban with 90lb sacks of
ready-mix, then did the math while I was driving home and just about
crapped. Fortunately, the tires are slightly oversize Load Range E
things, and I'd had them well aired-up. It didn't even put the thing on
the bumpstops or otherwise cause any distressing vehicle behavior.
Since I've decided to keep the thing a while, I'm actually thinking of
swapping out the 8600GVW springs for springs out of a 6500GVW version to
soften the unladen/lightly loaded ride a bit, and add some air helper
springs to get the load-carrying capacity back. Anyone have any
thoughts on that approach?
John.
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