Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Trailer Light Bulbs- Help?

Posted by VaTom on May 22, 2003 at 05:09:02 from (64.4.123.6):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Trailer Light Bulbs- Help? posted by T_Bone on May 21, 2003 at 23:20:56:

Hi T_Bone,

Actually the truck rides pretty well with shocks under the individual seats. It's the noise that gets tiresome, even with ear protectors. And that "armstrong" power steering, which actually is OK if you're going fast enough. Takes about 2 acres for a full turning radius. LOL! Add a trailer with a tongue too heavy to manually pick up, and you need to be careful where you go. We have lots of trees here, real ones.

I bulldozed a 40' walnut one day while pushing stone into the bed with my little tractor. Couldn't see that the stone was already pushed all the way to the front. Pushed hard enough to get it to jump out of gear, over-ride the parking brake, and insufficient chocks. It took off by itself down the driveway heading for a 100 yr old house with 5-6 tons of large rocks in the back.

Fortunately the tree was in the way. It went over and the truck was hung up on the root ball. Had to find a ride home to get a chainsaw to cut off the top of the tree before I could back off of the rootball. Otherwise I was trying to stand the whole tree up when I attempted to back up. Even 10 wheel drive has its limitations. Anyhow, damage to the truck was an indention the size of the tree, 14", in the bumper. Didn't even hurt the winch. There was also a collapsed copper line that I thought was an air line. Brakes worked so I didn't worry about it, but it turned out to be the fuel return line. I still don't know why it ran.

Bear in mind that these trucks were intended for young, high testosterone, guys (who didn't own the truck) to hop in and try to destroy. Heard LOTS of stories at filling stations. Always hoped it wasn't my truck they were talking about...

The trailer has 4 short axles, maybe 30" long, with one tire on each end. Axles are arranged in two rows of two each. Kind of like tandem duals, but the duals have an axle separating them. Not sure yet how you're supposed to get to the inner tires. My plan is to pick up the side of the trailer with my Cat. Real handy jack, those big yellow things. Empty weight is 5400#, leaving me only 41,600# of load. And it looks nice behind the truck (even without camo paint).

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