It would be kinda scary knowing how much I have hauled at times.
I did a job once where I pulled an old hot water heating system, complete with cast iron radiators and installed forced air.
Had a decent pile of rubble in my pickup bed, but it wasn't heaping out or anything. I was surprised and a little shocked when I drove on the scale at the metal scrapyard and my truck weighed in over 10k lbs. Nothing bad happened, but it was not a smart thing to do.
It is, I've narrowed my next vehicle to a couple vehicles and a gas 4x4 F250 is one I am considering. How cow batman they are expensive used. I only drive about 5k a year on my personal vehicle so something with 50k on the clock would rust apart before I wore it out.
Yea, I was poking at the sub-10k market. Which almost doesn't exist. I only paid two grand for my 1999 several years ago, but the body is rough and it had an electrical gremlin. Plus some damage to the steering column from when it had previously been stolen. For 2k, I'm willing to deal with those problems. Still looks rough, but that's fine - this is a work truck. It doesn't have to be pretty, it has to work. It's not a car - It only moves when it's moving something.
I will probably have to follow this route for the replacement - find something with a smoked engine or transmission that puts it at a price/effort point I'm willing to pay.