Bed cargo volume?

[Dead Parrot]

Sun is sort of out here. My 75 bed is 72"W x 20"H x 98" L. Not allowing for the wheel wells and figuring the length as a even 8', I came up with a 80 cubic foot capacity assuming filled to the top of the bed rails.

Unless you are hauling very light stuff, you should worry more about running out of weight capacity before you run out of volume.

[raceman6135]

Originally Posted by Dead Parrot

Unless you are hauling very light stuff, you should worry more about running out of weight capacity before you run out of volume.

This.

One cubic yard of gravel is usually between 2400 and 2900 pounds, which is well over one ton.

An 8' truck box filled to the top is going to be between 2.5 and 3.0 cubic yards, so if the gravel is 2400 pounds per cubic yard x 2.5 cubic yards capacity = 6000 pounds, which FAR EXCEEDS your truck's cargo capacity.

[rainamy]

Mixed use.

Looking at mulches, light organic heavy dirt, things like that.

Tires have a heavy load rating, factory heavy half had a 6200# gross weight rating... bigger springs already in there, etc.

I wouldnt fill it up with all gravel, but some of that other stuff, that I could/would.

I figure it's rated about 2100# cargo capacity as it sits. Going even a couple hundred over that short distance.... not a big issue either, just be careful