who has towed the heaviest?
#31
38K on a stock truck...Stopping was fine, had a really nice trailer and truck brakes were almost new at the time. The truck really knew it was back there on the hills, had to use third gear once .
30-32K a lot of times...BOMBed the truck is fine with this much weight, stoppping is still easy, just give yourself a little extra room as always when pulling the trailer.
anything less than 30K doesn't even count as a load for me, but most of what I haul catches a TON of wind which plays heck on the mileage and power. Weight=Easy, Wind=(insert four letter word here)
Chris
30-32K a lot of times...BOMBed the truck is fine with this much weight, stoppping is still easy, just give yourself a little extra room as always when pulling the trailer.
anything less than 30K doesn't even count as a load for me, but most of what I haul catches a TON of wind which plays heck on the mileage and power. Weight=Easy, Wind=(insert four letter word here)
Chris
#33
My '01 3500 truck and 36' trailer weighed in at 17,500 lbs. empty and I averaged around 16-20k in the trailer with the most ever being 23k in the trailer which made me a little over 40k gross. I ran vacuum over hydraulic brakes and never had a problem slowing down.
#34
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Originally posted by Fronty Owner
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#35
Originally posted by durasmack
Hey Chris, time for some aerodynamic combines????
two words that just dont belong in the same sentence.... "aerodynamic" and "combine"
Hey Chris, time for some aerodynamic combines????
two words that just dont belong in the same sentence.... "aerodynamic" and "combine"
"Better transport fuel efficiency with the new John Deere 986574865585 Series combines with the use of our (optional) aerodynamic soybean composite outer skins!"
What else could they be working on but THAT???
Chris
#36
over weight
Originally Posted by 1320
I don t think the weight alone means is dangerous. Its probably 99% the nut behind the wheel. If your smart enough to weigh it , and know what your pulling that pretty much leads to the question" how do I alter my driving cause of that weight"
I gross 23-25500 with my trailer, been higher but not much.
I know there was a guy on tdr I think that had grossed 56k......
I gross 23-25500 with my trailer, been higher but not much.
I know there was a guy on tdr I think that had grossed 56k......
Last edited by FAY; 02-17-2006 at 10:56 AM. Reason: How did this message get in a different thread?
#37
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Where's that guy that hauled the load form Alaska to texas that grossed over 45,000# and had the pictures to prove and lived to tell about it
#39
Heaviest ive towed?
With my dodge ram i towed a 32 foot tandem axle big tex gooseneck with a cat 416B four wheel drive enclosed cab backhoe on it. THAT was heavy. Starting was no problem, stopping, well thank god for trailer brakes. Cattlewise i have towed in the pics in my gallery it was 23 animals that weighed in between 500 thru 1000 lbs crammed like cigars in a box. The gooseneck weighed in empty at about 8000 lbs and i would assume the total weight of the cattle was close to 15K or so? It still wasnt as heavy as the backhoe tho. I dont drive over scales often i just tow and deliver..
Tx
With my dodge ram i towed a 32 foot tandem axle big tex gooseneck with a cat 416B four wheel drive enclosed cab backhoe on it. THAT was heavy. Starting was no problem, stopping, well thank god for trailer brakes. Cattlewise i have towed in the pics in my gallery it was 23 animals that weighed in between 500 thru 1000 lbs crammed like cigars in a box. The gooseneck weighed in empty at about 8000 lbs and i would assume the total weight of the cattle was close to 15K or so? It still wasnt as heavy as the backhoe tho. I dont drive over scales often i just tow and deliver..
Tx
#40
#41
With livestock, we day in and day out gross up to and over 40,000.
I have never felt dangerous or unsafe on account of the load or my equipment.
It is 90% driver sense and 10% equipment.
I wouldn't have anything except Vacuum-over-Hydraulic trailer brakes and a no-nonsense solid welded/bolted gooseneck plate of my own making.
Just hang around any stock-yards and you will see loads like this come and go all day.
It is nothing unusual.
I have never felt dangerous or unsafe on account of the load or my equipment.
It is 90% driver sense and 10% equipment.
I wouldn't have anything except Vacuum-over-Hydraulic trailer brakes and a no-nonsense solid welded/bolted gooseneck plate of my own making.
Just hang around any stock-yards and you will see loads like this come and go all day.
It is nothing unusual.
#42
I’m not real proud of it but I got roped in to hauling a load for my sons father in law.
My truck and trailer wt. Is 14,800 after loading and adding the skids up total wt was 41600 gross wt. This was not including the wt of pallets.
Only hauled it about 60 miles but had me a little concerned .
My truck and trailer wt. Is 14,800 after loading and adding the skids up total wt was 41600 gross wt. This was not including the wt of pallets.
Only hauled it about 60 miles but had me a little concerned .
#43
Originally Posted by Haulin_in_Dixie
I gross up to 33,000 regularly on most days and have for 300,000 miles. I did it stock, I did it bombed, I did it with the current commercial engine. I did it single tired, dual tired, a year with no heater, with a five speed, with a six speed, with a stock clutch, with a LUK pro gold clutch, with a SBE clutch.
I know that is not all you have did it with, why did you cut your list short? ,ie; did it with a bird,etc etc did it with like a half dozen different turbo configurations,etc etc. Goodluck,,Rick
#44
Originally Posted by cincydiesel
Where's that guy that hauled the load form Alaska to texas that grossed over 45,000# and had the pictures to prove and lived to tell about it
You guys should look up that post and read it, the pictures are something else but the story that goes with it is worth the read!!! He is one lucky guy in my book. Goodluck,,Rick
#45
You guys should look up that post and read it, the pictures are something else but the story that goes with it is worth the read!!! He is one lucky guy in my book. Goodluck,,Rick