Re: Farmall M, Tires and Hauling

Posted by Hugh MacKay on May 16, 2005 at 15:40:00 from (209.226.106.2):

In Reply to: Re: Farmall M, Tires and Hauling posted by Nat on May 16, 2005 at 13:39:10:

Nat: I wouldn't question what old is doing, he's been around here a long time. I think he's been hauling trailers and tractors a long time as well. When you start talking car haulers, I've seen vast differences in trailers, and yes all considered to be car haulers. I had one an 18 footer, pulled it with a 1972 Chevy C-20. Truck and trailer weighed in at just under 8,000 lbs. It was saftied by DOT to haul gross 20,000 lbs. It was considered to be a car hauler. I was on several ocasions subjected to inspections at highway scales, always breezed through with flying colors, even when within 100 lbs of total limit.

That truck was not as it came from factory. You can change the rating of trucks for trailering. 3/4 tons are easy, probably not so easy with a 1/2 ton. Having said all of that, I was never satisfied my unit had enough braking capacity, even though it did satisfy DOT. In the late 1970s I bought a single axle highway tractor and 40' drop deck trailer. Really not a lot more power train than the 3/4 ton. It had two things load capacity and air brakes. Now if you want my real opinion nothing should be allowed on highway in excess of 10,000 GVW without air brakes. The volume of traffic has become too great for any less. Might be fine if you wish to stick to county roads, and drive under 50 mph.

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