A guy I know has a 2nd gen quad cab 4x4 cummins on 315's with a 6spd. He has the most expensive banks kit on there that adds like 120hp. Apparently he tows 80,000 lbs up hill at 90mph without any trouble. Yall correct me on this but the last time I checked the max I've ever heard of being towed with a cummins is 35,000. I just thought I'd throw this one out there for yall. I'm waiting to get this guy behind me with my new injectors and show him what a true cummins can do. Apparently he doesn't think to highly of my stacks and my "bald" nittos (he runs BFG all terrains).

 

Max load 42,000lbs truck trailer and load. I regularly scaled 34,000 to 39,000. I didn't go up hill at 90mph though. 45mph was the tipical uphill speed.

 

And how long does it take him to stop going 90 m.p.h. downhill ? Sounds like the biggest bunch of BS I ever heard . Power to pull it ? Yes. Suspension and tire capacity ? No way .

 

sure he wasn't haulin 80,000 potatoe chips???????/

 

Sounds like he's about 45K over the unofficial record. Hope he has some awesome brakes.

 

HA! no way. he would have the record doubled. but he dosent, because theres no way that he can pull 80,000 lbs. especially uphill at 90 mph. call his bluff and tell him you want to see it.

 

Oh, I figured it out.

It was 80,000 lbs. of canaries, but they were all flying around in the trailer at the time.

Liar

What's wrong with A/T's?

 

35,000 behind a 8,800 lb truck was the heaviest I've ever been.

 

Coming back into CO with my wife this last August, we saw the following: A Ram was heading east, moving slowly on the shoulder pulling a substantial trailer with one semi tractor on it, and a second tractor had the front wheels on the trailer with the rear wheels on the ground. I don't know semis at all.......what kind of weight was this guy pulling? Have no specifics on how built he was, trans, etc....but irregardless, it was pretty impressive (if not stupid-crazy looking). Someone give me a guess on the weight, please.

 

"It was 80,000 lbs. of canaries, but they were all flying around in the trailer at the time."

The trailer would still weigh 80,000 pounds. The canaries would be pushing on the air below them with their wings and that air would push on the trailer floor.

Stopping would be interesting. Talk about a shifting cargo.

 

Need more info . Were they road tractors with sleepers or daycabs ? Tandem or single axle ? A road tractor runs around 15,000 lbs. Full fuel tanks can add another 1,000 or more

 

what the hell was he pulling that was 80k

 

80 000 of what?....and going 90mph up a hill?...crack abuse must be stopped! just say no to drugs plz people

 

Properly distributed, what percentage of 80k would be the pin weight? Enough to snap a 3500 series truck in half, I imagine...

 

I pulled a load of hay a couple years ago with my 92 that grossed 39000 (truck, trailer, load combined), up an 8percent grade that was nine miles to the top and six down the other side---was going 45mph at the top, pretty high EGT, (1225) but it pulled pretty well. The only problem was slowin down coming down the other side, was a borrowed trailer that didn't have verygood brakes. Anyway I thought itwas a substantial load for a pickup.