How many bottles of bleach?

[JohnN]

So a few weeks ago, I got my first truck. It's a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 with a 4.7L V8. Quad cab, long bed. 4x4. It's amazing how hard it was to find a truck that had everything I wanted. So the question is: How many bottles of bleach can fit in the truck? Bed and cab included.

 

[JohnN]

The other day I brought it into the shop to grease it up (turns out everything is sealed) and when it was up on the rack I noticed it had a busted leaf spring, and both sides were bent. So I took the springs out, and brought them to a place by me (rnhspring.com) and they replaced the broken leaf, re-arced the springs, and added a new leaf to each side. The back of my truck now sits up 3" higher than it did before. I have a close-up of the Sport badge so you can see my touch-up work. It was all faded, so I used some model paint to make it look better.

 

[Butterfly]

Very nice truck! Now, how many bottles of bleach can you get in there :lol: :lol:

Wait, is this another contest?

 

[JohnN]

Don't forget I have all of this room inside, also.

Forgot to post a picture of the engine:

 

[Charlie_R]

Loose bottles or cases of four?

 

[JohnN]

121 oz single bottles. That seems to be about all I can get around here.

 

[harleysilo]

Packed to the ceiling or single layer? Same question for bed too....

 

[JohnN]

Stacked as high as they can go. For the bed, up to the top of the sides.Tailgate open with one of those bed extender things. You know, one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Mopar-Dodge-Ram-B ... d+extender.
This started as a joke, but I think this might actually be a fun little thing. I'll have to take some measurements sometime.

 

[Richard320]

A 121 oz jug of Chlorox is roughly 8 lbs.
Payload on that should be about 1600 lbs. But with new springs, let's push that to 2000.

2000/8 = 250 jugs.

You could probably stack them higher and overload the truck, but you wouldn't want to be unsafe, would you?

 

[Casey]

If we guess right... do we win the truck?!!!

 

[crokett]

Will 250 jugs fit in that truck? Assuming a jug is 8" diameter at the base, with an 8' bed that works out to 12 bottles per row, then 6 rows across that is 72 rows. Double that so it can be stacked 2 high that is only 144 bottles. I don't think 100 bottles will fit in the cab. So I am going to guess another 40 in the cab for a total of 184.

 

[techguy]

I know my Dakota can hold 100-110 cases of Girl Scout Cookie packed as you described.

 

[RobbieH]

I've had over a ton in the back of mine, but mine's a Dodge 2500 4x4 diesel.

I picked up all 1300 lbs of salt in mine, couldn't even tell it was there. While I was there getting the salt, some crazy guys were trying to put a pallet of composite shingles into the back of a Ford Ranger. It didn't work.

Nice truck, I bet you like it a lot!

 

[JohnN]

The math just got easier. I have found that Aldi has the best deal on bleach, so we are talking boxes of 4 96 oz bottles. They are approx. 12.5" x 13". Now I just need to measure the bed again. When I put the new springs in, I had them add a leaf, so I bet I could put 2000 lbs in there.