Houston, We Have Tile

Just for your future reference, tile is heavy.
When you buy 367 tiles at Lowes, ask to have them put on a pallet and loaded via forklift into your pick-up truck.
Twenty...
seven...
cases...
weighing...
fifty...
five...
pounds...
each...
loaded onto a cart-
pushed across the store-
and stacked one by one
up into a pickup truck bed makes for a very tiring workout. So tiring, that when you buy 22 more cases at Home Depot that same night, you'll make sure they have a fork lift since you can no longer lift a finger.

Also, its helpful to do some math before you test the maximum payload limits of your 1/2 ton truck...
or, don't bother - if you like low-riding in your truck as you slowly haul 695 square feet of tile to your home.

1/2 ton truck max load (per manual) = 807 kg
1 kg = 2.20462262 lbs
1/2 ton truck maximum safe load = 1779 lbs.

27- 55 lb cases of Tuscan Bone = 1485 lbs.
22- 53 lb cases of Cortina = 1166 lbs.
3- 25 lb bags of thin set mortar = 75 lbs.
2 home-improvers = 300 lbs.
TOTAL weight (not including cup holders) = 3026 lbs.

We left the 3/4 ton Ford at home and instead, took the 1/2 ton Dodge on our shopping adventure. That's smart foresight, huh? It helps to pray the entire time while commuting in your "low-rider". Once parked and unloaded, be sure to thank God the brakes stopped your heavy load, leaf springs didn't break, and bridges didn't collapse in the process.


A 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 can, in actuality, carry at least 1200 lbs. more than its payload is rated for. Next time we'll try to push the payload by an extra ton. With lumber and etc., we were probably closer to that number than we think.
Limits-shimits.

Installation, so far, looks fantastic.