Keeping Fitness Gear In Truck Bed

[TICKLE ZOMBIE]

Paranoia time, but I’ve been keeping roughly 350# of fitness gear in the bed of my truck pretty much all the time.
I know the payload is 1500# and it’s usually just me in the truck (I weigh 185#)

So technically I’m good to go, or should I periodically take the fitness gear out and give the suspension “a rest”?

I did buy my truck for fitness adventures, hence I got the “sport” model. ?

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[Grumpaw]

Keeping 350 lb of "stuff" in the bed is NOT going to "stress" your Ranger at all.
If anything. it will help the ride as the suspension on an empty truck, especially the Ranger, tends to be a bit harsh.
I usually have around 200 lbs of stuff in my bed every day and just leave it.
There are members here who carry all kinds of items for work, all day, every day. Add to that toppers, hard tonneau's, racks, tools, ect.

 

[YaBoiNewton]

Paranoia time, but I’ve been keeping roughly 350# of fitness gear in the bed of my truck pretty much all the time.
I know the payload is 1500# and it’s usually just me in the truck (I weigh 185#)

So technically I’m good to go, or should I periodically take the fitness gear out and give the suspension “a rest”?

I did buy my truck for fitness adventures, hence I got the “sport” model. ?

350lb is nothing dude, pack up your stuff and send it

 

[RangerTX]

350 is nothing... Truck is a tool... use it!

 

[cfhgarza]

Maybe it’s just me but I feel like the truck rides better with a couple hundred pounds in the bed. Takes the excessive bounce out

 

[YaBoiNewton]

Maybe it’s just me but I feel like the truck rides better with a couple hundred pounds in the bed. Takes the excessive bounce out

Not just you - that is by design.
Google the Damping ratio equation and you'll see that increasing mass reduces the damping ratio of a given system.

Truck suspension, also true for any vehicle designed to haul, is design to be a little over damped when empty so that when you load up to the max payload (increase m in the damping ratio equation) the suspension still works.

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