Show/Tell us what you are haulin'

[utvnut]

I was real happy to discover the roof is clear when a ladder is placed on the tailgate and the back bar of the roof rack. I did scratch the rack but now use a towel as a pad but the roof is undamaged.

[shortspark]

I used my Ridgeline RTL as a truck for the first time today. I hauled a Pioneer big screen TV to the dump with my first load. I know the bed scratches real bad from other threads here so I put an old quilt down and I had no problemo. The tv, which was big mind you, fit like a glove, even with the tailgate up.

Then, I had an old hot tub cover for dumping which was 90"x90" (fold in half makes it about 45" wide) and was placed in the box my new hot tub cover came in. Overall, the box measured 8' length, 49" wide. The entire thing fit flat in the bed! Even with a large portion of it off the tailgate, a little rope and the box was secure. Ridgeline rocks!!

[frbear]

This being a holiday, my wife and I went over to our local house and garden superstore to pick up about a hundred pieces of retaining wall bricks. These weigh about 8 lbs a piece. I've noticed a slight sag when the fork lift operator lowered the stuff onto the bed. Driving home was unremarkable. It was as if nothing was loaded in the back. We would certainly be back at the store pretty soon. I've taken a few pics for everybody to look at.

[mayfielh]

I haven't said I love my RL yet today so here it goes.

Went to Home Depot to get some lumber, the 4' x 8' kind. Paid and promptly went out to my Truck lowered the tailgate and slid the 2 sheets of MDF into the bed with ease, slight overhang off of the back but what a great fit.

I saw 3 contractors loading similar sheets on top of their bed racks. One looked at me and scratched his head in disbelief.

[zero]

I loaded 12 bags of PlaySafe rubber mulch for my kids' swingset into the bed. Not as impressive as some others but you gotta start somewhere.

[mayfielh]

Originally Posted by zero

I loaded 12 bags of PlaySafe rubber mulch for my kids' swingset into the bed. Not as impressive as some others but you gotta start somewhere.

PM me with what you think of that mulch. I thought about using it but couldn't find a local dealer last time I looked and the shipping was outragous.

[VaVet96]

Carried home 30 bags of mulch. 24 fit just fine in the bed - right to the top of the bed walls. Put the other 6 in the back seat area. Other than the distinctive mulch smell, the ride home was great. No effect on handling at all.

[Truckin']

Darn, I forgot to get a photo. We just hauled a 5' tall 100' long roll of pasture fence and 40 seven foot steel T-posts. I threw some carpet plush side down into the bed as I'm still not willing to have my new truck get scratched.

[shovelhd]

Here's my Ridgeline (my daughter named her Boston) with 1200lbs. of concrete mix in the bed. The rear end sagged a little, and you could definitely feel the weight in the back when driving, however it was always under control, unlike any other truck I've owned.

[STEVE FROST]

Two weeks ago I went to the lumber store to buy some material for a railing down some new steps I had poured.
I purchased Weather Best some of that new composit lumber. I picked up four eight by 8x8 sleeves that fit over a 4x4 post and some 2x2, 2x4 and 1x6 stock. other than the posts which fit in the bed no problem, all the other material comes in twelve foot increments.
I did not want to cut it so opened the rear window to and slid it through letting the aft end supported by the tailgate and the forward end supported by the dash, the middle was supported by the rear window frame and my bike seat as my bike was in the back seat area with the rear seats up.

This worked well other than the composite boards are as slippery as snot on a door knob, each time I accelerated I needed to wrap my right arm around the bundle tight to keep it from slidding aft. I was happy that I had no panic stops on the way home or a new windshield would be in my future.

I found this lumber just as tough to work with as to haul due to its slippery nature, I was chassing it around in circles trying to cut it, thought sure I would wind up circumsizing myself again before it was over.

A nice product for the Ridge might be an internal support bracket that attaches to the rear floor for supporting loads like this.