Well, I was in Lubbock, Texas two weeks ago. I drove from Dallas, about 350 miles. My girlfriend was graduating college, so I had to go to Lubbock and move her horse back to Dallas. It had snowed in Lubbock the day before we left and everything was wet and muddy. Saturday morning, we get the horse trailer hooked up, it weighs about 3000 lbs. We finally get the old mare (mean) loaded up into the trailer, she weighs about 1500 lbs. We then load the truck with 6 bails of hay and the rest of her equipment. There was also another 200-300 lbs loaded into the trailer storage. So I guess we were looking at about 5200 lbs total. Not anything special, but still a good pull for 350 miles.

So, we are now ready to pull out and hit the road. The trailer and truck are sitting in mud, but I wasnt worried, I have 4x4. So I put it in drive and start to move, just barely accelerating. However, the trailer seems stuck. I figure it was the mud. So I put it in 4x4. I push down a little and we start to move, I am now barely accelerating and am pulling the trailer through the mud, with no trouble at all. I look back at the wheels on the trailer and notice they arent turning. I keep moving though. I then pull it up onto the gravel road, so I now have moved about a total of 25 yards. I begin to notice that the trailer still seems to not be moving right. That's right, the wheels on the trailer were completely locked up, due to a malfunction with the brakes on the trailer. I had just pulled the trailer through the mud and down a gravel road and I barely even had to accelerate. My girlfriend was amazed at the power. The neighbor next door was loading his trailer with his f-350 diesel and was in disbelief.

Anyways, not a major sled pull or anything, but for a regular Texan just tryin to move my horse, I was very happy. We ended up having to disconnect the lights and go to a trailer shop and get a connection to bypass the trailer brakes. We then drove to Dallas without any trouble. Averaged about 15 mpg during the trip. So guys, this is the beast we own and drive. I couldnt be happier.

 

great to hear it man...glad that phord guy saw it too!

 

That's the stuff!!!! Just drag it!!

 

That horse must have been pumped about the start of its 350 mile trip. Must have got shaken up a bit in there with the brakes locked up... . Thats how you show a ferd guy a thing or two about cummins power!

 

Thats why its calle Horse Power!!
Nice its times like that you wish you had the trusty video camera.