Don't try this at home folks. I inadvertantly overloaded my truck today with a pallet of sod. I had no idea it would end up weighing so much. It is sand-grown and was cut very thick. As the guy was lowering the pallet in, the rear dropped wayyyyy down. I did not check it until about a mile down the road, because the ride felt like I had no rear suspension. I didn't. It was resting solidly on the bump stops. When I went over any road irregularity, the rear end would only bounce up, then hit back down roughly. I ran it about 5 miles, never over 30 mph. I was sweating bullets. I should have had him push it all the way to the front of the bed to better distribute the load, but was scared he'd bend up my bed.
The pics don't look so bad, but keep in mind my truck has 2" steel blocks on the rear end. Without them, there would have been virtually no space between the tire and top of the wheelwell edge. I almost didn't put back on the rear bump stops when I lifted it, thinking I couldn't possibly ever cause the rear to drop that far. Well guess again - good thing I did.
The shocks don't seem to be damaged. Apparently these new Rancho's had just barely enough compression length space to not bottom out. But I'd swear the rear is just barely not sitting quite as high as before. At least I did not break anything.
The pics don't look so bad, but keep in mind my truck has 2" steel blocks on the rear end. Without them, there would have been virtually no space between the tire and top of the wheelwell edge. I almost didn't put back on the rear bump stops when I lifted it, thinking I couldn't possibly ever cause the rear to drop that far. Well guess again - good thing I did.
The shocks don't seem to be damaged. Apparently these new Rancho's had just barely enough compression length space to not bottom out. But I'd swear the rear is just barely not sitting quite as high as before. At least I did not break anything.
