Mind Blowing Sight!

[BigEd]

I live in southwestern Virginia, and was on my way to Fairfax, VA to see my dad. Traveling north I-81 at exit 200 and a white dually power stroke went by me that had six people in the truck, 2 large bails of hay in the back, pulling a 30ft horse trailer full of horses, and a 15ft horse trailer hooked on this one full of horses as well. I was doing about 75 and he just flew by me, he had to be going at least 90 miles an hour. In my opinion that is one strong power stroke! What do you think the GVW would be on that?

 

[Philip]

What do you think the GVW would be on that?

Enough to kill everyone and everything in that truck if he had to stop fast. Not to mention making someone very wealthy from law suites.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

Sounds impressive enough - for flat country - but as I tell my wife when a loaded Ford or GM passes us out in the flats, ANYONE can go fast downhill or on the flat - we'll see THAT guy again when we get to the grades up ahead - and we usually DO!



A lot of times when the Fords and GM stuff are going real fast, they're trying to make up for time lost on the LAST hill, and getting up speed for the NEXT one!

 

[JohnE]

I'll have to wear the asbestos suit for this comment

Many "horse people" have head firmly inserted in south orifice of north facing animal. I've been around enough of them to make this call first hand.

I see similar things around here with Chevy, Dodge, and Ford trucks.



A close second is the RV idiots with their 1/2 pickups lugging a fifth wheel travel trailer and big boat in tandem.

 

[bighammer]

There are many who only seem to think about going. (without much thought about having to stop)



Even empty, let's face it-- We are driving trucks, not sports cars.

 

[Philip]

"""I'll have to wear the asbestos suit for this comment

Many "horse people" have head firmly inserted in south orifice of north facing animal. I've been around enough of them to make this call first hand.

I see similar things around here with Chevy, Dodge, and Ford trucks. """



Aren't these the same people that turn the trailer brake balance almost off so they don't wear out the trailer brakes to fast.

 

[nickleinonen]

A lot of times when the Fords and GM stuff are going real fast, they're trying to make up for time lost on the LAST hill, and getting up speed for the NEXT one!

:-laf

 

[Sled Puller]

Big Dittos on those comments.

I'd guess that would gross out at about 26,000.



Just like a freight train, took em a long time get going that fast, and will take even longer to slow em down!

 

[evldsl]

Probably late for the rodeoOo.

 

[Rebel_Horseman]

Probably a friggin dumbass driving. There is absolutely no reason to be going 90 with not 1 but 2 loaded trailers. Waht a fool. I pull my trailers no more than 80 and that's if I"m running late or trying to get home at 2 a. m. That's with a max of 4 horses in a 4-horse trailer. I can say there is cause for going wide open with a horse trailer such as an emergency situation where the animal's life or human passenger's life is in danger. Being late for a rodeo is no big deal cause a lot of associations say you have to be signed in before your event.



Probably a d@mned barrel racer taking her time to get ready and making everyone late.



Brian [><]

 

[LDPetersen]

My horses are more valuable than my truck and 6 horse trailer combined. My daddy taught me how to haul horses safley at age 15 . Would not take chances even tho I know I can go that fast .

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95 ext. cab. some mods . Full transmission mod.

35ft featherlite 6 horse trailer.

 

[rbattelle]

Is it legal to run 2 trailers in tandem? I've never seen that.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

You can in some states - as long as you don't exceed a specific overall length - my Ford driving RV bud tows a 14 foot boat/trailer behind his 33 foot Alpenlite sometimes. It also requires a special driver's license upgrade - but lots of confusion on that aspect...

 

[Rman]

Here you can carry tandem, but must be within a length, I don't recall the max... it's long though. I see big 5th wheel TT towing BIG boats alot. Nuts if you ask me. I can't believe I read the horse comment, I'll have no comment on that one.

 

[BV]

Here are the towing laws if anyone is interested: http://www.towingworld.com/towinglaws.html

 

[Rebel_Horseman]

I've seen tandem trailers bafore, but they've always been unloaded going to set up a display at a show. I've never seen loaded tandems. Personally I think that's just assenine (sp?).



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[Ncostello]

My uncle used to pull a small 12' camper with the Ranger bass boat behind that with his Powerwagon 4x4. Always seemed to work out fine to me since he was very careful and kept it at or below posted limits.



On the other hand... I'm driving on Indy I-465 this past weekend. The limit is 55 but if your doing that your gonna get rear ended. Anyway some guy has a F-350, I'm guessing 80-82 model, with the 84" Cab Axle length, a contractor dump loaded with blocks, ladder rack and boxes full of tools, huge snow plow on front (and it was 2WD) and a tandem axle trailer in tow with a Caterpiller skid steer loader. The loader was almost too big to be considered a skid steer. It was probably the largest one you can buy and I'm sure weighs plenty.



He passes me doing probably 85 mph... . front end bouncing all over the place and the trailer swaying all over. He's weaving in and out of traffic like a race car and the trailer is barely keeping up with him. The tires looked like onion skins and were half flat. The truck was obviously overloaded as the front wheels had that famous I-Beam lean inwards and the overloads were less than flat. Plus the gas engine was screaming with no mufflers. Prolly a 4speed manual.



That guy must have nerves of steel or dont know any better cause that thing looked like a mess about to happen. That stuff scares me to see. Perhaps that was his means to make a living and the best he could afford... I understand... but driving carefully with that kind of load (overload) costs nothing. He had probably driven like that a thousand times I'm sure. Its that 1001st time that gets you.

 

[WyattEarp]

BigED

Hey there was reading the post and saw your from Tazewell, Im down here in Grayson county not that far, went to school up there in Bluefield, well thought i would say hello to ya.

And to comment on the speeding powerstroke, I don't know about those pple but i enjoy breathing and living to much to see how fast my truck can go.

 

[dpuckett]

Originally posted by Rebel_Horseman

... . Probably a d@mned barrel racer taking her time to get ready and making everyone late.

I dunno. When I was on the Mizzou rodeo team, our bull dogger was pretty prissy. And since we took HIS truck, HE got everything his way, (93 IDI turbo or 96 PSD. The 96 DID get decent mileage, neither one got out of their own way up a hill), includig ample time to get his clothes coordinated and just so- so. Barrel racer wasnt much better, though. Friend of hers and I got along real well, though; no comlpaints at all.



Daniel

 

[QRTRHRS]

Per that website BV posted, it is not legal to pull doubles in VA. Guess that must be for a pickup because it is legal with a big truck. Virginia has a max length limit of 28. 6' on either trailer when running doubles. Overall length is not limited allowing longer power units only. Pretty similar laws to many states.



I hate to say it but there is something else I want to bring up about horse people. I suppose you could find the same problems with any recreational segment of our population though. Anyway, as anyone who keeps horses will tell you, it takes money and lots of it. Things go lacking. I have seen many people with quality ie; expensive horses neglect their trailers. Probably ignorance comes to play too. A relative who drives truck once saw a horse fall through a trailer under tow. They had to destroy that poor animal on the spot to end the suffering.