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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 09:41 PM
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had to haul my buddy's dad's ford for a new trans. its actually a helluva truck. ~400,000 miles of hard work and still running strong. i thought y'all might enjoy. obviously if we loaded it backwards it would have not squated my truck so bad



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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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had to haul my buddy's dad's ford for a new trans. its actually a helluva truck. ~400,000 miles of hard work and still running strong. i thought y'all might enjoy. obviously if we loaded it backwards it would have not squated my truck so bad



Well not only the thing being forward but it looks to me that the trailer tires are awfully far back?!?!
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 09:56 PM
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yes they are. whoever built this must have had a crazy tall truck. axles are way back and goose is way high. it tracks hellastraight though, even in heavy wind
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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yea makes sense about the person building it for a lifted truck. didnt think about that til you said something!
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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Are they house trailer axles? Yes they are further back then they should be aren't they?
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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yeah, theyare. i have load range f (or g?)tires on them not the crappy mobile home tires and i put new brakes on them. no problems knock on wood. about the most ive had on it was ~12,000 lbs and it did good
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 02:13 AM
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Im sure its fine but that doesn't look safe to have that much leverage on the frame of the neck and bed. If it were me I would break out the welding rig and torch! Looks like the only tires carrying load are your truck and the first axle!

Plus your rig needs some air bags!

Best place for a Ferd though!!!!!!!

D-C out!
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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Yup, your trailer sucks, wanna sell it?
I Goose's out here are way to $$.
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 10:20 AM
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did you say Ford towing Dodge

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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 01:10 PM
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Both are mine,,,,, the 86 XLT is taking a trip to get a motor installed.

And this was the 90 XLT (wrecked) donor truck
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by dieselcarpenter
Im sure its fine but that doesn't look safe to have that much leverage on the frame of the neck and bed. If it were me I would break out the welding rig and torch! Looks like the only tires carrying load are your truck and the first axle!
im confident the neck isnt going to break off. like i said, if i turned it around it would have carried better, but, with the trans slipping like it was, i wasnt gonna unload it and reload it for a 30 mile trip.
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Plus your rig needs some air bags!
are you paying for them?

for what i normally have on the trailer, the springs do just fine. maybe someday though.
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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I went down to New Orleans back in May. On the way down my bro (Ford Fan) remarked at 2 Ford F350 carrying 1 dodge truck a piece. About 2 hours later, we see this Dodge carrying 3 ford trucks. He stopped talking.
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 10:29 PM
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Here is a buddy of mines 96 doing what it does best....Towing broke down fords home

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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 10:20 AM
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did you say Ford towing Dodge
LOL,....well since you've disrupted the thread a little here a vid of my Ford chuggin some soot on my pos 06 as it comfortlessly rides back to the dealership
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by OneBigDoofus
LOL,....well since you've disrupted the thread a little here a vid of my Ford chuggin some soot on my pos 06 as it comfortlessly rides back to the dealership

Hey that is not nice, j\k, recognize the roads you were on.
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