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Maximum Suspension "Hit" - 1/21/2005 4:57:01 PM    worfofmoog   Posts: 1 Joined: 1/21/2005 Status: offline Hey all, I'm planning on getting a few loads of crushed stone in the next few weeks. I'm going to a quarry that can supposedly drop just the amount of stone you want in one shot. You back up, they put the big chute over your bed and *WHAM* 1/4 ton, 1/2 ton, whatever. I'm wondering if anyone knows what initial weight "Hit" a 2002 SXT could take. I'm looking at the figures for my truck on the door frame, but that's just max weight. I'm concerned I'll break a shock, or worse yet, a spring, or the infamous ball joint! Thanks, Patrick Post #: 1

RE: Maximum Suspension "Hit" - 1/22/2005 9:46:32 AM    DakMan6704   Posts: 129 Joined: 2/19/2004 From: PA Status: offline lesson one...ball joints are on the front of your vehicle. lesson 2, i dont know what the max is...getting a large mass dumped in like the ford commercials and gmc commercials show is something i wouldnt put my truck through. but id say start with under a 1/4 ton...see what it does, personally, id shovel...or get a front end loader to do it...as far as breaking a shock or spring...its not gonna happen, but thats why you have a warranty isnt it...haha _____________________________ 2004 Dakota Sport Plus V8 4X4 Clear Corners, Extang Full-tilt Snapless cover Flowmaster DeltaFlow 40 Series 409S Ram Painted center caps De-Badged, Line-X Liner Mobil-1 since 1000 miles Royal Purple Drivetrain Synthetics (in reply to worfofmoog) Post #: 2

RE: Maximum Suspension "Hit" - 2/2/2005 8:18:02 PM    BlueDak   Posts: 77 Joined: 2/2/2005 Status: offline tell them to load it gently, they are loading a passenger vehicle not a semi trailer, if they load it like they load a semi, then I would fall back on the old stand by, they break it, they bought it. (in reply to worfofmoog) Post #: 3

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