4.7 towing
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From: milwaukee WI
Here is the slip I got when I scaled a load of truck frames I was scrapping, just to see how accurate the yards scale was. Can I prove I pulled it with my Pickup-no, but I did, but notice that the steer axle weight is way too low to be a heavy truck. Do I have a slip for the load of crete I hauled-No. But I did it. Do some math with me, 2800 lb trailer + 4 bunks of 90 sheets (360) 7/16 OSB @ 44 lbs per sheet + 7800 lb truck=? 26,440 Can I prove it-no. I hauled the OSB from Menards In town to the shop, and took each bunk one at a time to the job, an 11,400 sq foot roof tear off and redeck. Needed to buy it all, as the sale ended that evening. I have had 4 full pallets of shingles on the trailer at one time, no big deal. I haul my Ford 850 tractor with a FEL and rear blade back and forth to jobs at least once a month, no big deal. I do not appreciate being called a liar, and take great offense to it. And for the record, the truck was on the bump stops all the time, until I got a set of Timbren SES hollow rubber springs for it. They replaced the bump stops, and it sits on them all the time now. Anyone wants to come over, and load up my trailer, and I'll tow it-be my guest. Oh wait, I know, Ill take pictures next time, then you can all say I photoshopped them or something.
Last edited by me0418840987; Jan 30, 2012 at 01:32 AM.
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From: milwaukee WI
26,000 lbs? That thing would be on the bump stops and would probably rip the tow hitch off of the truck completely. Anyone who actually tows on a regular basis will tell you that 8k lbs. is pushing the comfort level in a 1/2 ton. To scale 26,000 lbs. the tow weight would be around 18-19,000 lbs. That is insane and definitely illegal/stupid. There would be no way of stopping that load if you ever got it moving with the 235 hp 4.7L.
Never said it was legal, and the hitch is still there.
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From: California
Well I hope you pull that load a very short distance. After reading your posts I believe that you DID in fact tow that load with a truck that was never built to handle that kind of weight. The rear axles are a real weak point and with that kind of weight resting on the bump stops puts an overbearing amount of pressure on them. Sure the trailer has brakes, but you should never rely on the trailer brakes to stop BOTH the trailer and the truck. I don't mean to be the tow police but that amount of weight being towed by that truck is just plain crazy. The new 3500 CTD dully isn't even rated for 26,000 lbs. Be safe man.
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Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Alberta, Canada
Here is the slip I got when I scaled a load of truck frames I was scrapping, just to see how accurate the yards scale was. Can I prove I pulled it with my Pickup-no, but I did, but notice that the steer axle weight is way too low to be a heavy truck. Do I have a slip for the load of crete I hauled-No. But I did it. Do some math with me, 2800 lb trailer + 4 bunks of 90 sheets (360) 7/16 OSB @ 44 lbs per sheet + 7800 lb truck=? 26,440 Can I prove it-no. I hauled the OSB from Menards In town to the shop, and took each bunk one at a time to the job, an 11,400 sq foot roof tear off and redeck. Needed to buy it all, as the sale ended that evening. I have had 4 full pallets of shingles on the trailer at one time, no big deal. I haul my Ford 850 tractor with a FEL and rear blade back and forth to jobs at least once a month, no big deal. I do not appreciate being called a liar, and take great offense to it. And for the record, the truck was on the bump stops all the time, until I got a set of Timbren SES hollow rubber springs for it. They replaced the bump stops, and it sits on them all the time now. Anyone wants to come over, and load up my trailer, and I'll tow it-be my guest. Oh wait, I know, Ill take pictures next time, then you can all say I photoshopped them or something.