Me and some neighbors are going to get some gravel for the alley way and i have access to a dump trailer. I have no idea what the capacity of the that trailer is, but if it will hold 10 tons, can i haul it about 15 miles, mostly flat ground and about half of it interstate?
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2000 F250 Xcab, 4wd, auto, PSD
Chrome bed rails, chrome nerf bars, 285's, gooseneck, flowmaster exhuast system, K&N drop in air filter, superchips tuner, tranny temp and oil pressure guages.
1997 Ford Explorer with a solid front axle, 35's, locked front and rear, Warn M8000 winch, custom front and rear bumper, rock sliders
can the truck tow it, yes. would i want to, no. yer lookin at 10 ton plus the trailer and probably 8,000 for the truck, that's alot of weight to stop. if it wasn't for the highway "I" would do it, but that doesn't mean that you should [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] in order to haul 10 ton the trailer would have to be at least a tandem duall dumper. i think for that distance it wouldn't be much of a hassle to make 2-3 trips.
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It is a tandam axle trailer and it will be 2 or 3 trips with that size load. lol
I don't have to take the interstate at all, just figured that would be easier. Doesn't matter anyway.
I'm interested to see how it would pull a load that size. Only thing i've put behind it is my explorer which is between 4-5000 lbs plus my car trailer.
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2000 F250 Xcab, 4wd, auto, PSD
Chrome bed rails, chrome nerf bars, 285's, gooseneck, flowmaster exhuast system, K&N drop in air filter, superchips tuner, tranny temp and oil pressure guages.
1997 Ford Explorer with a solid front axle, 35's, locked front and rear, Warn M8000 winch, custom front and rear bumper, rock sliders
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It is a tandam axle trailer and it will be 2 or 3 trips with that size load. lol
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yes it's a tandem axle, but do the axles have dualls on them. not counting what the trailer wheighs thats 2500 # on each tire if both axles have dualls, if it doesn't have dualls that's over 5,000# on each tire.
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<span style="color: #FF0000">#18</span> not all trucks are created equal
THE COWBOY'S CADILLAC,<span style="color: #FF0000">my pics.</span>, 96 F-350 XLT SC DRW PSD, 4x4 conversion(D60),more oil than you, auto tranny by faubion motorsports, tuned by a backwoods hack(thanks tony), 230cc injectors, D66 turbo, head studs, 910 valvesprings, open element intake, homebuilt fuel system, 3-4"DP, intercooler with homemade spider and piping, 5" chrome stacks with turnouts, front hitch(for my weight bar), member of the <span style="color: #FF0000">WNYPA</span>
Is the trailer rated to haul a load that big? Do you have a weight dist hitch? Does it have good brakes? If you said yes to all those, you can pull it and if you use your head you should be safe. The overall weight isn't a big deal. My father croses the scale at almost 38,000 lbs with a gooseneck in a 1990 F250, so your truck can pull it.
Trinity
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Me and some neighbors are going to get some gravel for the alley way and i have access to a dump trailer. I have no idea what the capacity of the that trailer is, but if it will hold 10 tons, can i haul it about 15 miles, mostly flat ground and about half of it interstate?
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Q1. can you pull it?
A1. probably. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smokin.gif[/img]
Q2. can you stop it?
A2. maybe. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif[/img]
i am more concerned with the questions surrounding Q2
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It is a tandam axle trailer and it will be 2 or 3 trips with that size load. lol
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yes it's a tandem axle, but do the axles have dualls on them.
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Ok, i see now, sorry about that. It is not a dual.
Like i said in the first post, i don't know what the rating of the trailer is, i just wanted to know if i could do it if the trailer could handle it.
I do have a weight distrubution hitch system.
As for stopping it, i don't know. I would assume that if the capacity is with in what i dump in it, then the brakes would handle it on the trailer. I don't know if it is hydralic or electric, i'll try to stop and look tonight coming home from work.
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2000 F250 Xcab, 4wd, auto, PSD
Chrome bed rails, chrome nerf bars, 285's, gooseneck, flowmaster exhuast system, K&N drop in air filter, superchips tuner, tranny temp and oil pressure guages.
1997 Ford Explorer with a solid front axle, 35's, locked front and rear, Warn M8000 winch, custom front and rear bumper, rock sliders
Sounds like the trailer is a light duty dump trailer if it is a 8lug axel then the gvwr is around 14k. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] 8 lugs are usually a 7000 lbs axel. the trailer probably weighs around 3200 lbs. So even with the 7000 lbs axels you have a payload of around 10500 lbs. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] HALF of what you are looking at towing. I have towed 15k with a f-150. I am not proud of that but I did do it. It really depends on the weight the tires will allow because that is what will fail first. From whaat is sounds like your trailer is even smaller than the one I speced above. Good Luck and be safe. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smokin.gif[/img]
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2005 F-350 Lariat 6.0 PSD CC Dually 4x4
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Your trailer sounds very similar to the one I have. Double check the weight rating plates on the trailer, more than likely it's a 14kGVW trailer. The trailer alone will weigh in around 4k. It will more than likely have electric brakes. The one I use has them on both axles and I really don't like the feel of it w/ 5 tons (10,000lb) in the trailer. I had ample power and COULD have pulled more though I'd be concerned with stopping it.
For me the quarry is about 15 miles from the house mainly side roads, w/ a little on a 4lane state hwy. When I sat down and calculated what it cost me to haul it myself, counting only fuel, I was within $20 of having it delivered. Check with some of the local trucking companies and you might surprise yourself. Your average tandem axle dump truck carries in the neighborhood of 17 tons. For me here anything I was looking at was about $10/ton out of the quarry. Delivery ended up costing me about 40 over the cost of the product.
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95 F350 Centurion Conversion Bronco E40D (Crew Cab SRW) 4X4 4.10, Boost, Pyro, & trans temp on the A-pillar, BDP Stage 1 injectors, Open air intake, Dpp Downpipe, TS chip.
I have no idea what the capacity of this trailer is!
I stopped to look at it this afternoon. It's a dual axle, dual wheel, goose neck all electric. It's kept at a friend of mines and he has no idea what the capacity of it is.
Like i said earlier, i have no idea if this would even haul that much (before i stopped to look at it) and i was just curious that if so, would the truck haul it.
Yeah 50 would be tops. No way would i put that kind of weight behind a pick up truck and try to do 70 on the highways.
I did call today about getting gravel hauled here and it was suprisingly cheap. 35 bucks for a dump truck load, between 17-20 tons. So that's great. I'm sure i'll end up doing that, but it would be fun to see how well the PSD with that kind of weight! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif[/img]
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2000 F250 Xcab, 4wd, auto, PSD
Chrome bed rails, chrome nerf bars, 285's, gooseneck, flowmaster exhuast system, K&N drop in air filter, superchips tuner, tranny temp and oil pressure guages.
1997 Ford Explorer with a solid front axle, 35's, locked front and rear, Warn M8000 winch, custom front and rear bumper, rock sliders
If it is a dual tandem goose then it is prob. rated at 20,000. That means the thing probably weighs about 6000-7000 anyway. So you could only put about 14,000 of stone in it. If you do it make sure the brakes all work properly and drive defensively. Oh yeah, don't forget your CDL.
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