Re: farmall 350 weight

Posted by dhermesc on September 29, 2005 at 07:43:06 from (68.110.220.22):

In Reply to: farmall 350 weight posted by Mikes d on September 28, 2005 at 16:47:35:

What year is your Chevy? If it's a 97 or older I'd rather drive the tractor 1000 miles then tow it with that pickup. The newer half tons have much heavier springs.

I recently towed my 350 (with loader, wheel weights and loaded tires) behind my 84 F150 with a 302 & C6 transmission. I went 60 miles and will never do it again - with that truck. Way to much weight for the light springs and not enough braking power. Never got over 40 mph the entire time, even with the weight somewhat "biased" to the front of the trailer every imperfection in the road rocked the trailer and made the pickup sway like a ship at sea. 60 miles took a full two hours and gave me plenty of time to regret trying.

Borrow or rent a 3/4 or 1 ton and the trip will be much safer and faster. Hate to see you find yourself in a similar situation a 1000 miles from home and find you can only SAFELY travel to 35 mph, you'll get shot on any major highway travelling at that speed. I only got away with it because I drove on secondary roads used to farm traffic.

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