A "weighty" issue: Running out of payload capacity....

So you've done this once, or do you drive with this load on a daily basis?

 

Whew! Great debate and I learned alot, but glad to be done. I need some Tylenol now. Let's see I weigh 158 pounds and the max daily dose is 4000 mg..... Wait is that based on a 135 or 175 pound person?.....LOL
I was thinking about looking at campers but sounds like too much homework. I think most people do pretty well with common sense approach, but we've all seen some pretty scary clusterFs cruising down the interstate at 60 mph.

 

I've used add a leafs. I don't remember on what trucks, but they were just chunks of metal jammed in the spring pack that didn't flex at all. Had the main leaf just bending at the ends of the add a leaf. Wasn't sexy at all.

Air bags on the other hand... b e a yootiful, with no road drawbacks and arguable off road. Not generally quite as cheap as an add a leaf, but usually easier. (less sweat).

 

borrowed from the funny pic thread lol. I guess the difference between desperation and hope is 1 experience away.

 

you know, you have some really good points...especially about the weight shifting(not to be confused with the load shifting, for anyone else reading this). The bearing never went, he had the truck for about anoth 30k miles. (sigh) got to the point he was actually trying to hurt the truck. he want a new Toyota but had a hard time justifying it with that one still running. He finally just got fedup with the rust in the bed.