We recently had close to 1300 lbs. of wood flooring in the bed of the ridgeline. I was driving, and could hardly know it was there until it slid off the pallet. The truck sqatted about 2-3" and I will post a few pictures shortly. :D

We recently had close to 1300 lbs. of wood flooring in the bed of the ridgeline. I was driving, and could hardly know it was there until it slid off the pallet. The truck sqatted about 2-3" and I will post a few pictures shortly. :D

I too had to move a large amount of wood flooring 1-3/4" by 3/4" thick maple flooring about 36 cases. Had the bed full just below the rear window. Truck definitely squatted, but managed the load with out any issue. Wish I had weighed the load. I have been very impressed with the abilities of this truck:D

SB Ridge.

Well, I haven't hauled wood flooring yet and won't likely ever do that (house was built in '26 - orignal redoak floors still intact), but I did have a great encounter with a large load last week.

I bought a Kwik-Lift - it's a ramp-type car lift that brings the car off the floor about two feet (floor to bottom of tires). Unless you have a big garage with high ceilings that can accomodate a post-type lift (again, house was built in '26), it's really the cat's meow. The car ends up being the perfect height for working underneath with an adjustable crawler - from hanging exhaust to dropping tranny's. Anyway, this isn't a commercial for Kwik-Lift, but they are way cool.

The company is in OK, so when you order one it's shipped via freight in two boxes - one medium size 55 lb box and one very large 540 lb box. The small box will fit on the RL's passenger seat if you hold your tongue just right. The big one is strapped to two standard pallets and is 4' wide by about 9' long and about 24" thick.

When I went to the loading dock to pick it up, the forklift guy comes out and looks at the RL and asks "so, how is this going to fit in there - do the back seats fold down or anything to deepen the bed?" I told him no, with the tailgate down it will fit just fine. He said OK, brought the forklift around with the big box and lifts it up just past the height of the bed and then stops and walks back over where I'm standing next to the truck watching/guiding. He looks and says "well, I guess the box will fit, but we're not going to be able to get this on with the pallets". I just looked at him and said "there are no wheel wells in this bed, it's flat all the way through, so the pallets should sit just fine... just lift up a little bit more and slide it right in". He kinda gave me this funny look and said OK. So, he did exactly that, slowly moving forward until the package touched the back of the cab then dropped the whole thing right into the bed - perfectly centered and flat (you just gotta love a good forklift operator). The RL squatted a bit, but not a great deal. The forklift guy pulled away, took a look at that big box in the RL, said "hm", handed me the paperwork to sign and after attaching a couple straps from the rear cleats and pallet, I was on my way. I could tell I had a little weight back there, but really it just didn't seem to matter much to the RL as I drove home.

Felt pretty good - this is the largest load I've had in the RL to date. I just love this truck to pieces.

Felt pretty good - this is the largest load I've had in the RL to date. I just love this truck to pieces.

I know what you mean. I love it when people say that will never fit and you smile and just do it. Now did any of you see the picture of the white RL with Mulch up to the roof. I bet that one went past the 1500 lb. limit:eek:

SB Ridge

Here are the pics...

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8666/woodup2.jpg
http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/6890/wood2ck4.jpg

:rolleyes: