How much top soil have you guys hauled at one time?

[poconojoe]

2019 Silverado 1500 LD 4X4 Double Cab standard bed.

The yellow door sticker states I can haul 1764 pounds. (I found out about that yellow door sticker from you guys in one of my other posts. Thanks for that).

I need two cubic yards of top soil. Do I have to make two trips? I'm guessing yes. But have any of you pushed it to two yards? What's the consensus out there?

I remember hauling a yard of top soil in my 4x4 2016 Colorado crew cab and the suspension hardly moved. Freakin' full sized truck and it can only haul 1764 pounds.

I remember putting a ton in my 2008 4x4 Ford Ranger! The front end was high and the rear end was low! 

I know the actual weight of top soil can vary with moisture content. Some sites state 2,000 pounds for one cubic yard.

 

[doropallo]

I remember hauling home 1 yard and think that was about it volume wise, I don't think you can physically fit 2 yards, but I might be wrong.

[poconojoe]

21 minutes ago, doropallo said:

I remember hauling home 1 yard and think that was about it volume wise, I don't think you can physically fit 2 yards, but I might be wrong.

I believe 2 yards will physically fit. I have the 6' 6" standard bed. It's the weight that concerns me.

I have hauled a yard each of both river stone and mulch and there was plenty of room. 

Now that I'm thinking of it, that yard of river stone I hauled had to be way heavier than top soil.

[aseibel]

You will have to make two trips. Even if you can fit two yards in there with it heaping over the top. The weight is your limiting factor. 2,000 lbs/yard is dry. If its any wetter than that you won't even carry 1 yard without hitting the bump stops on the axle.

https://downeastermfg.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Cubic_Yardage_Chart-D.pdf

 

I question the measurement accuracy used if you had "1 yard" in a Colorado with no suspension sag. Around here when you buy a yard of something they scoop it up with a huge bucket and usually are pretty generous. Depending on your location and source, I could see "1 yard" varying quite a bit.

[poconojoe]

24 minutes ago, aseibel said:

You will have to make two trips. Even if you can fit two yards in there with it heaping over the top. The weight is your limiting factor. 2,000 lbs/yard is dry. If its any wetter than that you won't even carry 1 yard without hitting the bump stops on the axle.

https://downeastermfg.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Cubic_Yardage_Chart-D.pdf

 

I question the measurement accuracy used if you had "1 yard" in a Colorado with no suspension sag. Around here when you buy a yard of something they scoop it up with a huge bucket and usually are pretty generous. Depending on your location and source, I could see "1 yard" varying quite a bit.

Every place I go measures a yard by two scoops of their bobcat, or is it a skid steer?...I think the two are basically the same.

But, yeah, I guess I'll be taking two trips.

Thanks!

[doropallo]

Here 1 yard is a heaping scoop with the backhoe.

[CamGTP]

I hauled half a bed full of black dirt twice before, didn't weight it but it was heavy. The rear end was doing the California lean.

[truckguy82]

16 hours ago, poconojoe said:

2019 Silverado 1500 LD 4X4 Double Cab standard bed.

The yellow door sticker states I can haul 1764 pounds. (I found out about that yellow door sticker from you guys in one of my other posts. Thanks for that).

 

 

I need two cubic yards of top soil. Do I have to make two trips? I'm guessing yes. But have any of you pushed it to two yards? What's the consensus out there?

I remember hauling a yard of top soil in my 4x4 2016 Colorado crew cab and the suspension hardly moved. Freakin' full sized truck and it can only haul 1764 pounds.

I remember putting a ton in my 2008 4x4 Ford Ranger! The front end was high and the rear end was low! 

I know the actual weight of top soil can vary with moisture content. Some sites state 2,000 pounds for one cubic yard.

 

Just had 3500lbs of it in my 6.5ft bed. It was basically full. I had no idea it weighed that much at the time.

 

I only drove it about 5 miles. But the truck took it like a champ. Yeah the rear end was down a little bit, like a reverse rake. But it never hit the bump stops.

It didnt feel unsafe at all so I did it 3 times.

 

I asked for 1.5 but you know how that goes, they always give you extra. Mine was piled about 1 ft above my bed height.

 

If it’s local and slower roads, i wouldnt sweat it

 

 

Edited June 24, 2020 by truckguy82

[zsk]

I recently got 2 yards of processed top soil in my 2014 CC. It was heavy for the truck, but caused no problems. Understand braking distance and handling will be different. Not something I want to do every weekend, but once in a while, seems OK.

[truckguy82]

[truckguy82]

That was just the back, the center of the pile was a lot higher

[Salsa De Piña]

I hauled a yard of 1/4 down limestone a few weeks back.  Probably close to 2800 lbs.  It was sitting on the bump stops.  I won't be doing that again.

 

Two yards of topsoil is easily over 3000 lbs.  That's two trips.

[poconojoe]

1 hour ago, truckguy82 said:

Just had 3500lbs of it in my 6.5ft bed. It was basically full. I had no idea it weighed that much at the time.

 

 

I only drove it about 5 miles. But the truck took it like a champ. Yeah the rear end was down a little bit, like a reverse rake. But it never hit the bump stops.

It didnt feel unsafe at all so I did it 3 times.

 

I asked for 1.5 but you know how that goes, they always give you extra. Mine was piled about 1 ft above my bed height.

 

If it’s local and slower roads, i wouldnt sweat it

 

 

Interesting. Maybe I'll have one yard dumped in and see how low it drops. I can decide then.