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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 02:57 PM
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What The ?

saw a ctd pulling a 5ver down the hwy today,it had a dolley mounted 5th wheel hooked to the bumper.never seen anything like it,and doesn't seem safe to me with 0 weight on the drive axle.sorry i couldn't get my phone out fast enough to get a pic
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 03:18 PM
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You mean this ? http://estore.websitepros.com/774249/Detail.bok?no=84 . I've mostly seen them used by haulers delivering horse trailers to pull doubles .
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by RickG
You mean this ? http://estore.websitepros.com/774249/Detail.bok?no=84 . I've mostly seen them used by haulers delivering horse trailers to pull doubles .
yep thats it! the truck i saw was a quad longbed and the 5ver wsa only about 30 ft so why spend $5,000 and not be able to back up?
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 03:41 PM
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A few had them on the Ford site, mostly Excursion guys. I would not take one for free.
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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I've seen them advertised in mags, but I have also seen one in person. All that I could say is "Why?".
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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which would you not take for free??? the excursion or the dolly??? LOL
just went to the la auto sow yesterday. i know they dodn't make the excursion anymore but man i looked at the f350 king ranch,2 things wrong...
1- talking about trying to cram 10 pounds of dog .... into a 5 pound bag (underhood) and 2- the truck was extremely uncomfortable.
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