Record load more proof I need a larger truck and/or a trailer .8705 tons

My warehouse contact (my neighbors’ son) texted me pictures for metal they needed removed from a warehouse even closer to my home than the one I normally pick up from.




This warehouse is 1.2 miles from my house. The scrapyard I took the load to was 2.4 miles away from that warehouse.


Long story short we loaded (a warehouse guy helped me) 1740 lbs. of clean ferrous in my 98 Dakota. The person at the yard scale was shocked and said that I was nearly dragging and on the way out called over another person I see there all the time, I showed him pictures because he didn’t see me drive in. “What the?! 1740 pounds?!” cause he’s seen my little truck many times.


Payload of my truck with a 6.5-foot bed I think is 1200 or 1250 – the most heavy-duty Dakota in 98’ had a 1700lb payload capacity and an 8-foot bed.


If you don’t know what a Dakota is (not everyone knows/cares), it’s a mid-sized truck. It’s smaller than a full-size truck like a Ford F150 and larger than a compact like a Toyota Tacoma or Ford Ranger. Colorado/Canyon is close to mid-sized but still smaller. Point being is that my truck is far too light duty for the load I had.


The warehouse was closing early, so I didn’t have much time to remove all the metal they wanted gone that day. So instead of making 2 trips I loaded all they needed for the day in one load. I tied it down for perception reasons, not a chance that the load could move but it would look bad if I didn't tie it down.


I might have been able to make 2 trips out of it before they closed (and maybe should have), but for their convenience and good customer service I did it in one load. I have more metal to pick up next week from them.
If I break this record with this truck, my truck will be broken as well. I didn't notice it was sagging so much until after we finished loading it.