heavy towing
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When I hotshotted with my buddy we hauled 38k+ all day long 12k for 42' float GN, 8k for truck, and 18k of pipe. Some loads were pushing almost 48k, generators, workstations, etc. Sometimes had to get a push up the hill out of the rig (2wd dually) it was weighed down so much. Get rolling and you're fine.
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i've hauled 24k in hay and other out of southern colorado and northern new mexico and 12k loads into the same area and some loads into places that where a wagon trial heavy is heavy just gotta know how to work it
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i have a 36' elite and a 26' performance both gn the performance is tandem sinles and the elite is tandem duals with 12pound axels, the 26' i dont go past 12k with it and the 36' i dont go past 18k with it.
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You guys are in a whole other league compared to what I will haul. My heaviest load is coming up in a week or so. I will be moving a broke down Army Duece and a half from Richmond to Hampton VA. About a hundred miles at 28,000 lbs. GCVW
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If you're trying to say the two are equal...well....no they aren't.
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Not sure what my Tandem 32' Gn weighs empty. But reguarly haul our Fecon which weighs around 14 to 15k with a spare fecon cutter head around 3k. Also usually have a full off road tank & a crap load of tools in the truck.. Not to mention all my pullin is in the Mtns of WNC East Tn & south east VA... Weight never has bothered me that much..just don't like hauling over width..too many idiots try & pass ya when there is no room
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Pulling heavy loads is fine, until you have to stop. I hope the brakes on your trailers is up to the task. I am sure you will be OK if you run into someone or injure somebody at 30, 40 or 50k. I am not sure what the trooper will have to say or write. Not sure I want to know.
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Pulling heavy loads is fine, until you have to stop. I hope the brakes on your trailers is up to the task. I am sure you will be OK if you run into someone or injure somebody at 30, 40 or 50k. I am not sure what the trooper will have to say or write. Not sure I want to know.
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Pulling heavy loads is fine, until you have to stop. I hope the brakes on your trailers is up to the task. I am sure you will be OK if you run into someone or injure somebody at 30, 40 or 50k. I am not sure what the trooper will have to say or write. Not sure I want to know.
You have to keep everything in good shape and load appropriately for the area your driving.
#26
Agreed. I haul hay and horses but it's rarely over straight roads on flatland for very long. I load my 4K GN flatbed with 14K + the truck at 8K so I'm moving 26k throughout the summer. The other factor is whether your load is animate or inanimate - hauling livestock is much more difficult on varied terrain due to the load shifting - those horses just won't keep still. Good question! I like to see the heavy haulers are giving their trucks some "real work" to do.
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IDhorsehauler, used to double decker gn with sheep and goats along with horses and cattle. In 07 hauled PBR bulls for 6 months till i got tired of the owners attitude. Mainly hauled them in 53 ft cattle pot with a 379 pete, wanna be nervous, haul about 4 million in animals. I know what you mean about shifting animals, they say the worse thing to haul is beef sides since they just hang and swing in the trailer
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Wow, trucks must be better down south. Pullling my 12K trailer through the mountains is enough for me. I couldn't imagine going that slow over a pass and then riding the brake that hard down the other side.
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no their not better, Its just guys who constantly haul heavy plan way ahead as much as possible just like driving a big truck. i dont run 70 over a mountain pass just cause the law says i can i start my down grades at a much lower speed and keep that way all the way down. hence the sign you see trucks use low gear. i plan my stops for my weights watch out for all the cars who want to dart in front of me and i dont get in a hurry in traffic. you'll see me going thru towns like houston at 55 in the center lane because its a safe speed even tho it pisses a lot of commuters off. haulers without common sense dont live or do it very long