Will a 2/4 drop effect the amount of load you can carry in the bed? I imagine it would only effect the suspension travel and not the amount of load.

 

yes it will, your truck will bottom out if you put to much in. i had 2 dirt bikes in mine and it was significantly close to having the bump stops touch. infact if you do a 2/4 you have to replace the back bump stops with one thats like only 1" tall or they will touch the axle

 

IT WILL DEFINATELY EFFECT YOUR LOAD BE CAREFULL

 

What is the appx. weight of your two dirt bikes? 500 - 600 lbs? any additional gear in there at the time?

 

ya probably about that... just our helmets, gloves, and boots. no like i said, it wasnt bottomin out... but at the same time i probably wouldnt have thrown 2 more bikes on there if we coulda got them to fit lol

 

I think I can live with a 700 - 900# payload.

 

ya its not like you plan on going to get a yard of gravel ya know. you should be ok

 

My buddies running a 2-4 drop on his 04 4x4, he also put some bags on it for towing heavy stuff.

 

what if you put a set of air shocks on a 4" drop, air them up when towing/loaded and when done drop the air

 

Not good, because then the load is perched upon the shock mounts, baggin' it would be the way to go.......