Post your towing and hauling pictures here! (part 2)

[zachv]

Did you have the weight of the trailer on the truck, or is there a support I cannot see? Either way thay is very impressive!

 

[tpruitt]

The weight of the trailer and the D8R is 106,000 pounds but that is divided by 6 axles and most of the weight on the trailers axles.

There are no other support on the trailer. The trucks suspension was beefed up for the picture if it had not the truck would have sagged really really bad.

 

[Steve M]

What's the king pin resting on. When the picture is blown up in an editing program, there's nothing but air and a king pin between the truck and trailer. The plate on those trailers doesn't drop down like on an RV. It's flat up under the trailer. Two tires would pop like party balloons. The frame rails would literally crush under the weight. The hitch would snap like toothpics and the rims would shatter like glass. But it looks cool!

 

[tpruitt]

There is no air between the truck and trailer at least in the picture. what you are seeing i am guessing is the tool box or the fenders that we made for the Lowboy. We have Stainless steel ones on the truck that pulls that huge trailer and then we welded the ones on the neck of the lowboy. I will have to get some pictures of the proper truck that pulls that trailer. Its a beast all in its self. Anyway the actual kingpin for the trailers is resting on my extra high goose neck ball. just so that i can say it is. Not much weight at all on actual truck. Yes the truck frame would break like tooth pics if all that weight was on there but hey it is a dodge Cummings it can do anything.



Lets see a ford or Chevy hook to this thing.

 

[zachv]

I am confused. Going by this statement,

A little on site hauling. We did not have another truck to haul it with at the time so i volunteered mine.

, I was led to believe that you actually did move it. But, this statement,

however i did not move it nor try to move it.

tells me that the truck did not move it.



I am not trying to start a big thing, but I am curious what the deal is.

 

[tpruitt]

The pic was on there for fun. Obviously the truck would break in half if i actually put all the weight of the trailer and D8 on my truck. I would not be able to move it for 2 reasons. One my truck does not have air brakes, and there is not way to move that trailer unless i had them and Two if the weight was on the truck i am afraid to say that "It would break like toothpicks". yes i did have some weight on the truck but not much at all. Think about it our truck are built to handle how much payload. Not real sure maybe 2000lbs in the bed, and that Trailer with the D8 on it weights alone 106,000lbs. Sorry for the confusion. I was just having fun. Hope everyone enjoyed the pictures.



Maybe someone should post them on the ford site. Someone over there might try it to

 

[zachv]

The one with the smoke really had me going. I was questioning your mental state of being.

Nice shots anyway.

 

[Steve M]

I figgered you were razzin' us. But for what it's worth, our 2500s are good for about 3,000 in the bed. Rated GVW is lower but you know how those tax collectors are. I've had 3,300 lbs of elevator test weights in mine. She rides pretty smooth and even taps the rubbers on dips in the road. The stock shocks are pretty soft when given a job to do. My 1900 lb pin weight is not much for the 6,000 lb rated springs and axle. 4800 lbs total on the rear with the 5th wheel on the Cat scale.

 

[catoiler]

Just as a side note take that ripper and set it the bed and watch it drop!It would have a hard time just holding that!

 

[DRAG DIESEL]

'65 Crown Imperial

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[DRAG DIESEL]

'99 Stroke

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[DRAG DIESEL]

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... that's all for now I promise

 

[DRAG DIESEL]

just kidding



Humvee, 2 hogs, flightline trailer, and a bunch of crap packed in the humvee.



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[Turbo Horseman]

Most awesome towing picture so far: Tpruitt.



Best looking towing picture so far: Puff00.

 

[CrewCabDiesel]

Here is a photo of my old rig

 

[mgonske]

Here's kind of a before and after--my TJ on the flatbed behind my '98, and then behind the '03. Both pics are at a friend's (fellow TDR member dghost) house in Boulder, CO, right before Easter Jeep Safari (in '02, and then '03), and both have a light dusting of snow, scheduled just in time for my arrival



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[ISBPilot]

Headed to the Sale..........

Taking a load of cattle to the Sale Barn.

 

[KBalzuweit]

My little big rig. It does on average 4000 miles a week!!

 

[Prairie Dog]

4k a week :--)

That makes my ars sore just to think about it. How many miles total do you have?



Scotty

 

[KBalzuweit]

Only 164k. I got it a little overa month ago with 142k.



Karl