Great minds think alike, huh??

Only reason I knew that is because the place that did my flatbed charged me more than if it was a Chevy or Ford, because they were oddbal

Chris

 

And here's the thread....
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...ad.php?t=71611

That's a lot of weight to take up the ALCAN.

 

Exceeding the manufacturers weight is dangerous like everyone on this thread has posted. BUT, the manufacturers put those weights on there to cover their own *** on overloading the truck. If you break the dang truck in half and it is overloaded, they aren't going to warranty it. Same thing with trailer manufacturers. Say a 50ton detach trailer for an 18 wheeler is built to be rated to haul 50tons. What they won't tell you is that they have anywhere from 10% - 25% load factor in there to keep it at 50tons when actually the trailer can haul 55+tons. They are covering their own *** just like vehicle manufacturers.

I have hauled a D3 dozer with ripper with my dad's '04.5 Dodge Cummins, auto, 4x4, with dual tandem gooseneck. I calculate that to be about 31,000# gross. Is it dangerous? Yes. But hauling any load is dangerous. You have to have sense. Heck, the dang truck pulled the load in overdrive doing 70mph no problem. You have to know how to load it. I would never pull that load in downtown Dallas. But out here in the country you see it all of the time. I wouldn't pull anything heavier with that trailer, don't want to push my luck. I wish I had a dual tridem (3 axle dual wheel) trailer. That would give me another brake axle to have. I am thinking about ordering one so I can pull my 1155 Case track loader w/ ripper down the road. It weighs about 26,000#. Thinking a triple axle will weigh 7,500#, that will gross out at 40,500#. But I have 5 braking axles + will have a exhaust brake on my 6spd. Cummins.

 

Last summer I rolled across the scales at 29,900# gross, behind my first gen w250. That was 10 big round bales. Earlier, I had 30 large square bales, and 28,000# gross. I made sure to move two over the tandems from the front of the trailer so I was not over the tire rating on the rear of the truck. Both loads I run OD on the interstate at 70 mph and 58 on the two lanes in 4th. I routinely run around with two full size 4X4 trucks (5000#+each) on my 7000# trailer behind my 7000# truck.

As far as load ratings and such, I'm not too much worried about any farm truck pulling heavy loads. The jeep grand cherokkes and air streams bother me. Or the ford expiditions pulling 27' campers, with the soccer dad rolling 70 mph down the interstate. THOSE are the scarey ones.

Michael

 

Amen to that statement.

I am more scared of the Ohio Navy that invades my area each summer.

I have seen Corvettes pulling cabin-cruisers down crooked little two-lanes at 70MPH.

 

I grossed 29500 last night. I only had to go about 1/2 mile but it was straight up hill. It was a machine our company crated that needed to be weighed but we didn't have a large enough scale to weigh it so I loaded it up on the gooseneck and drove to the moving company behind us. They had a Cat scale they let us use. Yep thats alot of weight...

 

I loaded up our 39 foot cargo trailer, moving from OR to FL. Once all loaded, the truck took off slower than I was used to with my estimated weight. I drove 55 all the way. Hit the first truck stop, 15K on the axles, total was 24.6K Not bad for just 275's and a stock auto with 3.54's. I had close to 6800 on the rear axle, that included the weight of a 100gal aux fuel tank filled in the bed. Properly adjusted trailer brakes made stopping not a big issue. Granted pulling ANY weight over the unloaded truck weight will require a longer stopping distance. I took my time at ~25mph down some of the hills, once creeping along at ~15mph or so. I learned my lesson

 

Drawing on experience driving all types of trucks for many years, the Dodge is comfortable when loaded properly, up to about 30 to 35k, then it gets the overloaded feeling. I have had the axle up to around 9000 pounds, springs held just fine. The longer the trailer the more comfortable. My truck still has the original U joints and rear axle, although I did have to put carrier bearings in it once. Loading proper is a necessity though.

 

Just saw this thread, and that person was me. When I changed my gears to 4.10's, the bearings werent looking to good. Seemed to have a little slop. Good thing I got in there. My dif must have been smokin hot. To this day, after my 3500 mile trip up the alcan, my dodge is running perfect. It doesnt get to work like that anymore. The most it sees now is about 12k with the 5er and a the trailer behind it. IMO, the truck was overloaded, but it had all the right equipment on it to be safer.