First off thanks for the warm welcome yesterday, and all the great ideas and advice. Good morning guys i have a new question to shoot by ya. I have a 91 nissan 4 cylinder and i stack a half cord in the bed. The truck has lots of power under the load the only concerning part is my suspension i feel like the truck is at its safe limit with a half cord load. My question is how much wood do u think i could get away wit pulling on a trailer with my truck bed loaded. And if i could fit more on my trailer should one "haul" the load or "pull" the load. Thanks for reading.
clemsonfor might have some opinions to help you out. That sounds like a good load on a little truck. I'm not sure I would want to put a trailer behind it to especially since it looks a little hilly in your pics.
Just curious how big the bed is on the truck? Yes, I'd be more concerned about trying to stop going down hill with a hefty load trying to push you, especially if your brakes are marginal.
Yeah. With all the weight on the back it cuts down on the stopping power of the front brakes. Also becomes a steering issue. I've been known to overload a truck a time or two. I agree it's better to get as much as possible in one shot. I am assuming this is a smaller pickup so at best it's only a half ton truck if that. It would also be harder on the transmission.
I would need to measure it. But my guess would be 7'6"longx4'wide(gotta stack her pretty high too get a half cord). The brakes thought changes my mind on wanting to pull to much more guys, though i usualy use alot of compression to get down.
For me it depends on the situation, if i only have a couple miles to go on backroads with no hills, I'll load everything i got on whatever I'm moving it with, throw more hills sharp corners higher speeds more traffic and so on, i throw less wood on truck and trailer(or any material for that matter) for me it's just about the risks. Just do not do any more than what your comfortable with. I would also keep the wait somewhat even. This summer i used a trailer for most of my wood hauling because my truck frame has a hole in it but i would still throw half a load in the truck for weight distribution and added braking help. I also when fully loaded rarely go over 45mph. #1because i don't want to have too try to stop from 60to zero with that much weight and #2 what's the rush!
This is the truck and in this picture she is underloaded i would usually have the first two rows of wood about a foot over my cab
Hi Steve Look at the GVWR on the door of your truck It will tell you all you need to know about the safe/legal weight ratings One will be with a trailer and one without trailer I would load the truck light and the trailer to its capacity. The trailer will have a GVWR also. Probably 3000 # if single axle no brakes up to 7000# with two axles with brakes If its a med sized truck I doubt its rated to 7000 # trailer Also its not about being able to "pull" the weight, its about controlling the weight when loaded Many people have been killed pulling overloaded trailers because they lost control trying stop a heavy load Be safe!
Looks like 3500 lb max trailer weight. Here's a screenshot for a manual from a 1994. I think the 94 was pretty much the same as a 91.
Brakes and steering are going to be an issue with a half cord on a mid size truck...it is with a half ton truck.
