truck towing pictures...
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I've only towed a couple times so far.....I did tow my Can Am Commander but I guess I didn't snap a pic....could have sworn I did but can't seem to find it......
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Towing a couple vehicles to Houston.
Towing my Suburban to storage in West Texas.
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Towing my Suburban to storage in West Texas.
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if you were referring to me If pulled it fine 70-80mph down the freeway but only got like 6mpg lol mine's 4wd though
This is cool, I didnt know that was allowed, definitely wouldnt get away with that in MA
Yeah, I didn't know if it was legal or not but I rolled by two cops on the way there and no troubles.
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Here's another truck I brought home this fall on my car trailer.
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this is the trailer that i got..
http://www.kaufmantrailers.com/heav...eavy-Duty-Gooseneck-Trailer---DELUXE-p19.html
26+4 with 5' pop-up ramps and a pop-up dove-tail with the 8k 17.5 rims and tires and spare tire.. 7200.00 cash with a 19,000lb GVWR
i should have asked for 21,000lb GVWR to cover fully load axels and 5,000 pin weight i average 5500lb pin weight and a 40/60 weight split between pin and trailer
now depending what you plan on doing with it weekend hauling sled/drag/ trail rig or what i do i averge 9,000lb with max of 12,000lb loads for ~2000 miles a week.. an identical trailer would be fine for a weekend toy hauler hauling like i do i would ask for them to do the following that i posted at the end of this post...
things i learned..
sealed LED lights and harness are std with this its a 6 wire setup...with a 7 flat plug.. i would get a 7 wire to run aux lights etc..
the 8k axles are basicly Light duty 8,000lb hybrid libert axles..1/2"(std is 1/4") wall 7k tube with 8k bearings 25580/02475 vs 7k is 25580/14125A and 12x2 drum brakes which is standard 7k brake std 8k is 12 1/4 x 3 3/8"
coupler since my truck the ball is 31" high when loaded then neck is fully extended... vs avg truck runs 36-38" ball height..
it ripped the bottom of the neck... kaufmen cut it off lowered it and added guessets to it.. depending on where you ball is you might or might not need it..
i had an issuse with the subframe for the running gear it started to rip the I beam.. they plated then bottom of the I beam with 3/8"x5 the entire deck lenght.. and fish plated all 4 corners where the sub frame meets..
i got all that work for free at cost of fuel and hotel for 2 nights in lexington NC to me
i have put ~65,000 miles on the trailer..( i took delivery march 19 2012 10 days after i ordered it) 90% of its life has had has a load of some sort on it...
the two thing i dont like is the 12x2 brakes i get ~45-55k of life out of them.. or 5-6 months everything else is setup for ~150k service life
and repacking wheel bearings every 10k or every oil change which when running is every 5-6 weeks..
would i buy again.. yes
i would spesify 8k dexter oil bath axles. or in your case 7200lb oil bath dexter( 8k bearings and 12 1/4x 2 1/2" brakes) for a weekend hauler with either 16s to 17.5s it would give you more brakings at a min...
7 wire harness with aux LED flood lights on the headache rack
have the pop-up ramps with fold flat capable (not wedge ramps) 40" bars with no springs.. that way i could ahve a back stop with the dove tail is up flate and fold the ramps down out of the wind (1-2mpg difference) when i dont need them...
chain box that encoumpus the entire jack.. up to the middle bar on the head board with smaller expanded metal, 5/16" chain links like to get wedge in the holes while going down the road, on the bottom..
i put 8 20' 5/16 chains 10 5/16-3/8s binders 3' 2x2x.250 cheater pipe, the strapes for the ramps when folded flat and chain protectors... im out of room in a hurry..
the trailer weighed 5800lb when i stated its about 6400lb now with the plate and coupler gussets..
with 17.5s there is NO sway, the 215/75/17.5 are a 4600lb 16ply tire that runs 125psi.. i have accidently drug them over things loaded that will ripped the sideway of a 16 or 17LT/trailer tire.. im expecting to have to put new tires on it late summer early fall... as ~2,000 miles a week thats a another 80k on the trailer...
that answer all your questions?
this is what i got on now some round stock goign to cory steel in chicago tomorrow morning
heres some more from my album
pvc tounge n grove
as i mention in the other post you can clearly see how i fold my ramps flat when i dont need them
9000lb of brick... lost a hub on this laod limped it home 300 miles on 3 wheels 12,800 was the weight on the trailer tires.. 6400 on one hub.. it hurt the outer bearing changed it and that was it...
only load i took out west as in wyoming..
11,000lb of steel and allum from newark to columbus ohio
a centrifuge
1800 board feet of wood 10,500
2200lb dexter axles and a 8' harrow
any linemen?
moving big brown..
osha making me money
these are mil-spec boxes that went to dulles VA for a high-end comms group.. they charge 400HR just to show up..
trip home after recieving the trailer
the day i tore out the 6.5 to put the dmax in.. the 75 has GMT800 2500HD springs in the back with reverse shackles... the rear of the truck weight 2200lb so it squats a little with 4000lbs
visiting my uncle in raliegh NC
some might recognize this load.... that the LBZ split a piston on..
get more posted later
pvc tounge n grove
as i mention in the other post you can clearly see how i fold my ramps flat when i dont need them
9000lb of brick... lost a hub on this laod limped it home 300 miles on 3 wheels 12,800 was the weight on the trailer tires.. 6400 on one hub.. it hurt the outer bearing changed it and that was it...
only load i took out west as in wyoming..
11,000lb of steel and allum from newark to columbus ohio
a centrifuge
1800 board feet of wood 10,500
2200lb dexter axles and a 8' harrow
any linemen?
moving big brown..
osha making me money
these are mil-spec boxes that went to dulles VA for a high-end comms group.. they charge 400HR just to show up..
trip home after recieving the trailer
the day i tore out the 6.5 to put the dmax in.. the 75 has GMT800 2500HD springs in the back with reverse shackles... the rear of the truck weight 2200lb so it squats a little with 4000lbs
visiting my uncle in raliegh NC
some might recognize this load.... that the LBZ split a piston on..
get more posted later
I guess I got one worth posting. Got the trailer to move from CA back to TX. I did pull it from Baker CA to San Diego with no engine fan since I took it off for the winter. Only problem was with ended up being almost 80* that day. Truck never got hot it surprised me, but I had the fan in the bed just in case.
