I thought I had saw everything

[6V92TA]

imaginable getting pulled by a Ram Truck but today they took the cake.
out on Alligator Alley today, guy had some type of Ram Dually pulling a large gooseneck trailer with what looked like a 40 foot shipping container .

 

[Michaelsloft]

imaginable getting pulled by a Ram Truck but today they took the cake.
out on Alligator Alley today, guy had some type of Ram Dually pulling a large gooseneck trailer with what looked like a 40 foot shipping container .

I've seen a situation similar to what you are describing on I 70 in Eastern Ohio recently. Early Gen 2 that looked very worn, probably a one million mile truck hauling a heavy load up a long grade. Looked like it was going to get the job done, albeit slow and in a 70 mph speed limit area. And it was at night too!

 

[SnoKing]

These are the guys that resell them for storage(empty). We see it here in Washington a lot. 40 footers have a tare weight of 8377 lbs.

 

[TFucili]

There is a guy down the road that hauls them through town here frequently with a 3rd Gen 2500.

 

[mpaulson]

Actually quite common here in Alberta. My cousin was hauling them for 4 or 5 years with his 2012 Ram drw and a custom trailer with can locks, tilt deck, hyd sliding axles and a winch to pull them on or off. It was a nice set up.

 

[NIsaacs]

imaginable getting pulled by a Ram Truck but today they took the cake.
out on Alligator Alley today, guy had some type of Ram Dually pulling a large gooseneck trailer with what looked like a 40 foot shipping container .

It's about perception, it looks overloaded but isn't.....9k truck, 9k trailer and 9k container=27k....

same as this load...8k truck, 5k trailer and 12k cinders =25k

 

[6V92TA]

NIssacs, I doubt that 70's Ford had a GCWR of 25k no matter what the modifications the end user gave it. .
friend of mine had the same style in F250 form with a 4-53T in it. sweetest sounding Ford Diesel pickup I ever head.

I live out near the Everglades Agricultural Area, and during picking season I see this same Central Americano over and over with a red 1st Gen Dodge dually, pulling the same 20ish foot or so flatbed. he has plywood sides on the truck and short sides on the trailer. I've seen him with watermelons piled past the top of both . truck squatted down big time and get a kick out of the overweight old girl still going about her business 30 years later

 

[promisedland]

You should wax that old girl, the new trailer looks like it cost more then the ford!
Nice pic

 

[Mark31]

Naw, man! Dat's petina--the "in" thang! LOL

 

[JR]

That's the pinnicle of Ford haulers, she'll handle 2k pin weight all day long.

Guys had an ad in Craigslist on them 40 footers for a few years now, hauls them all the way up to Lake Erie from Mississippi with a Duramax. He must get a heck of a deal to make hauling those wind sails all the way up here worth his time.

 

[NIsaacs]

You should wax that old girl, the new trailer looks like it cost more then the ford!
Nice pic

Remember, perception? It looks like it is worn out but it will go to New York and back with 5k on the pin

Before all the age and miles:

 

[SnoKing]

Two guys had a hay truck. They bought hay for 1000 a ton in Eastern Washington and sold it for 800 in Western Washington. One said we are not making any money and the other said I think we need a bigger truck.

 

[TFucili]

Two guys had a hay truck. They bought hay for 1000 at ton in Eastern Washington and sold it for 800 in Western Washington. One said we are not making any money and the other said I think we need a bigger truck.

I thought that was the two polacks, Stosh and Stan, selling watermelons...

 

[mwilson]

Remember, perception? It looks like it is worn out but it will go to New York and back with 5k on the pin

Before all the age and miles: Now what?? Dang pictures wont post? Just a link?

Nick, the picture issue is fixed now.

 

[NIsaacs]

Nick, the picture issue is fixed now.

Thanks Mike.

 

[TFucili]

Thanks Mike.

Off topic(what else is new), but was that "Tank Fire" anywhere near you, Nick?

 

[NIsaacs]

The Tank Fire is/was between the San Carlos and White Mountain Apache reservation, about 60 miles south east of here. We are under a stage 3 fire restriction, legally, you can't even smoke outside, not even on your own property, it is super dry here. We are pretty safe here, just a few Juniper trees and dead short grass. The high country of Showlow, Pinetop/Lakeside, Springerville and Heber, in the heavy pine trees is where you don't want to live this time of year.

 

[TFucili]

The Tank Fire is/was between the San Carlos and White Mountain Apache reservation, about 60 miles south east of here. We are under a stage 3 fire restriction, legally, you can't even smoke outside, not even on your own property, it is super dry here. We are pretty safe here, just a few Juniper trees and dead short grass. The high country of Showlow, Pinetop/Lakeside, Springerville and Heber, in the heavy pine trees is where you don't want to live this time of year.

Good to hear. I have a buddy who has a cabin in Happy Jack and they were on evac notice. Interestingly, the fire is named for Fuller Tank, which was named for his grandad.

 

[JR]

This is my native neck of the woods (Wold tract), mom and brother and sister are dealing with evacs as we speak. The situation is fluid but heavy rains are in the immediate forecast so hopefully the worst is behind them.


https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5836/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.9news.com/amp/article?section=news&subsection=local&topic=wildfires&headline=wildfire-growing-near-colorado-wyoming-border-shuts-down-major-highway&contentId=73-564086904