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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Trailer for tractor
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Posted by Dennis Frisk on October 04, 2000 at 08:06:30 from (12.4.181.2):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Trailer for tractor posted by George Willer on October 04, 2000 at 06:55:35:
George - Truth is I actually run closer to the speed limit than You may think. I actually try to run With traffic. Eliminate the extreme differences in speed. I haven't towed that much heavy stuff with my F-250. Biggest was a Tandem Car trailer with my 1988 Mustang GT on it.(Wife's Car) Sold the Mustang with 117,000 mi. and No one Ever got a speeding ticket with it. Wife did get stopped & Verbal warning doing 32 in a 25 zone taking Son to Baseball practice. Son never even got a speeding ticket with it either in His 20,000 He put on it. The truck did know something was behind it when I was hauling the car. Probably 5000# of the 10,000# it's rated to tow. I pulled a 2000# enclosed trailer 600 mi. round trip to take Son to college 2 mo. ago. Only cost me 1-2 MPG. I've averaged right at 18.5 MPH over 134,000 mi. with the PowerStroke. Highest has been 20.4 over 2000 mi. Not Too bad for a 5800# truck with the aerodynamics of a BRICK. But I still question the wisdom of tying a 6000# tractor (M) on a trailer and trying to haul it with a bumper hitch trailer behind a 4000# pickup. Even with elec. Brakes, load Dist. hitch, etc. Like a mechanic told me couple yr ago, Most people with these BIG trlrs. behind these $50,000+ 1-ton dually's actually need something that says "Freightliner" on the grill. When my Super H (over 6000# w/ loader, fluid & rr whl weights, etc.) got hauled to it's new Home (200 mi.) 5 yr ago I almost hauled it behind my '87 F-150 4X4 w/ 300-6 & 4 spd w/ creeper low,(NP-435), & 3.55 gears. (2600 eng.RPM@65MPH.) It would have pulled it, but I would Not have run busy highways(interstates) or during peak traffic hours(daylight). The truck was actually only rated to pull 5000# total. The Super H actually was hauled on a 30' gooseneck behind a 454 powered Chevy 1-ton dually. Guy got about 4 MPG pulling it. I'm not saying your Dodge Won't pull it, or that Dodge's aren't decent trucks, But I guess That's why I don't buy Used Trucks, but I'll buy Used Farmalls & Cub Cadets. ALL three of my Cub Cadets get used, and I plow snow all winter w/ Super H. All the Cub Cadets look like New but the SH has to be completely repainted. Dad & I were the 3rd owners. He bought it when I was in HS in 1970. The next additions to my collection will be Dad's '51 M he bought New, and His Cub Cadet #70 He bought New in about 1963. SIX tractors on 2 acres is enough.
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