Measuring your laundry load is the best way to know if you’re overloading your washing machine. On a Samsung washer, a large load is 3 pounds of laundry per cubic foot of your unit’s capacity. If you don’t want to measure your laundry load, you can stick a hand inside the drum to see if there’s enough space.  From the top of the washer to the top of the laundry pile, there must be at least a hand’s width of space. If there isn’t enough space for your hand to fit, your washer is overloaded.