When I was a teenager, a neighbor took me to work with him for a day and let me drive ... a pair of 1500-Hp locomotives and about fifty cars, about four million pounds.
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Douglas Campbell, P.E.
1986 Isuzu P'up, 177,673.8 miles.
- Hella headlights (highly recommended)
- DOT C-2 back end (also recommended)
- R-12 air conditioner converted to R-406a. Saved ozone and money
- 4.1:1 final drive converted to 3.4:1. Quieter, better mileage but it's a good thing I live in the flat Midwest.
- 9/22/2007, age 21: Still running well when reluctantly sent away for reincarnation, due to body & frame rust.
Mine is pretty small in actual weight but probably 5 or more times the tow rating of the vehicle (if it even HAD a tow rating).
Chevette diesel (52 hp) towing a 2500 lb trailer 300 miles from Youngstown, OH to Cincinnati, OH not once but twice. Hitch was a steel tab bolted to the bottom of an aluminum bumper with a hitch ball on it. No brakes. No brains. Second trip I could not get over 45 mph on the interstate so I ran the surface roads to keep from being run over.
I know, I know - but I did survive and have learned my lesson.
Dave / Believer45
__________________ THANK YOU to all the heroes in our military and all the heroes at home who wait for their safe return. I am humbled by and grateful for your service and sacrifice.
'95 F250 ext cab long bed, PSD, 5 speed, 2 wheel drive, 3.55 gears, 286,000 miles, Edge Evolution CTS (LINK TO MY REVIEW), LUK clutch, homemade REAR BUMPER, open element AIR FILTER, 36" ARE contractor cap. With tools, full of fuel and me on board (300 lbs) steer 3620, drive 3860 total 7480.
In 1980, Chevrolet's marketing geniuses "towed" about a 30-foot boat trailer with a then-newly-introduced front-wheel-drive Citation. They cobbled together a rigid "hitch" and removed the rear wheels from the Citation.
They, too, suggested not repeating the exercise.
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Douglas Campbell, P.E.
1986 Isuzu P'up, 177,673.8 miles.
- Hella headlights (highly recommended)
- DOT C-2 back end (also recommended)
- R-12 air conditioner converted to R-406a. Saved ozone and money
- 4.1:1 final drive converted to 3.4:1. Quieter, better mileage but it's a good thing I live in the flat Midwest.
- 9/22/2007, age 21: Still running well when reluctantly sent away for reincarnation, due to body & frame rust.
Pulled a wagon load of soy beans across the scales once with a 2005 Dodge 2500 CTD 6 spd. Scale ticket said 44,000 gross. Had no problems with power, but didn't feel too good getting pushed around. Wagon had 4 wheel surge brakes. Another neighbor was pulling a set of 2 wagons all day with a simialr setup, had to weigh over 50k. Been hauling corn to the elevator with a JD 8120 and am short loading the wagons cause the scale only goes to 100,000. First load was tractor and 2 wagons at 99,560. Scaled 93 to 97,000 all day long.
Aaron SEIA
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My Truck:
97 F350 4 door dually, E4OD, DIY intake
only exhaust is stock DP
flatbed
gutless wonder, I want my 94 back!!!
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Hitch was a steel tab bolted to the bottom of an aluminum bumper with a hitch ball on it. <font color="red">No brakes</font>. No brains. Second trip I could not get over 45 mph on the interstate so I ran the surface roads to keep from being run over.
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[/ QUOTE ] of course, no brakes. The scariest part was the hitch bolted to the aluminum bumper that I could bend with my bare hands. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
Better to be lucky than good on THAT one!
Dave / Believer45
__________________ THANK YOU to all the heroes in our military and all the heroes at home who wait for their safe return. I am humbled by and grateful for your service and sacrifice.
'95 F250 ext cab long bed, PSD, 5 speed, 2 wheel drive, 3.55 gears, 286,000 miles, Edge Evolution CTS (LINK TO MY REVIEW), LUK clutch, homemade REAR BUMPER, open element AIR FILTER, 36" ARE contractor cap. With tools, full of fuel and me on board (300 lbs) steer 3620, drive 3860 total 7480.
I had a load of trees that weighed 33120lbs before they got rained on all night with the balls socking up the water like a spounge that thing weighed over 36000lbs from Cookeville to Indy.
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New truck: 2009 F-250 4x4 6.4 Torxshift Crew Cab Short Bed Lariat Black w/ Black leather every option
F & A.M. Lodge 266
GeorgeC
"I will own a fleet of Dodges first."
Hogzilla Tub Grinder
Gross weight was 164,359 lbs. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
Pulled it with a Pete, but wishin I was in a PSD [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smokin.gif[/img]
Moved a relative across country - 42k of household stuff on the gooseneck (which had a dry weight of 5500lbs). Exhaust brake, trailer brake, and prayer. Got 8mpg average and more turbo flutter than I like. And I agree - I didn't like getting pushed around that much either.
My wife got me airbags for christmas after that. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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PSD PAC
2000 250 PSD CC LB 3.73 4x4 6spd XLT Bright Red. Rickson 19.5s and Goodyear G124s, Performance Friction rotors and pads, GTP38R turbo, Thomas compressor with 5gal tank and 150/110 switch, Air Horns, Sony MD/6CD-MP3/XM & Components all around, Brown Bread soundproofing, USGear brake on 4" Magnaflow, ScorpionLiner, TransferFlow 30gal box, F350 springs 4" blocks and Firestone air bags rear, Rancho level kit up front, DiamondHitch gooseneck, Isspro, Husky Liners, Weather Tech, aFe ProGuard intake, Donnelley auto dimming mirror w/temp, Zerostart, Fumoto, 203 stat, Stanadyne Blue in every tank, Yaesu FT-857D and ATAS 120 with remote mount kit, 1.25kw Inverter under rear seat, Optima redtops with extra studs, Luxeon LED interior lights, Jody Tipton's 40/80/120/high idle flip chip WOOHOO!!!
Allis Chalmers or IH dozer, can't remember which, but bigger than a D-9, with blade and ripper. Pulled with an International with a poor overworked 8V71, but it always did OK in the steep country thanks to a gear for every occasion, 5 X 4 gearboxes.
110,000lbs on a new Frieghtliner 112SD with a Cat 600HP and 18spd Fuller. The truck was a tri-axle roll-off pulling another roll-off trailer. Both boxes were full of construction debris, overloaded by the contractor and then got rained on. DMV was not impressed with our weight and it cost about $5,000.00 in fines [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]. The truck however pulled the loaded with ease and it pulled hills at better than 75mph with just the split of a gear [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
really excited to load up my new "Tow-Boss" and see what it will do [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Current Diesels
2008 F-550 CrewCab 4WD...being upfit currently
2006 John Deere 244J Wheel Loader
2006 John Deere 4720 Cab Tractor 4x4
2003 Frieghtliner Sprinter Van MB power
Past Diesels
2006 F-350 Lariat CrewCab-LB Dually 4X4 PSD Tow Boss Pack Chrome Pack,Loaded...Black Tan
Fuso FG Cabover truck
2002 New Holland TN-75 Full Cab 4x4 Tractor
2000 F-450 Reg.Cab 4x4 StakeBody Plow beast
2004 John Deere 3800 Articulated Telehandler
2005 F-350 CrewCab 4x4 sb/srw PSD Dark Stone
2002 Excursion PSD
2000 Excursion PSD
2002 F-350 XLT CrewCab 4x4 PSD sb/srw
2000 F-350 XLT CrewCab 4x4 PSD lb/srw
1999 F-250 XLT SuperCab 4x4 sb/srw V-10 (oops)
1999 GMC Kodiak Flatbed Car Hauler, Cat Diesel pwr
Back before I put the PSD in my 72, I had right at 35K on the trailer, and the truck and trailer weighed another 14,500. Only pulled about 100 miles, but the truck did pretty good. Trailer had 4 wheel vacuum over hydraulic disc, and they stopped it really well. When we moved from Missouri to Idaho, my 72 and a 24 foot stock trailer weighed 26,100 full of fuel with me in it. That was more than enough for a trip that long.
Tim
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"Better to be hated for who you are, than loved for who you're not." - Van Zant
My Truck 1972 F-350 4x4 Extended cab 14-36 Swampers, 97 Powerstroke, 4 position chip with custom tunes, 3" downpipe, 5" exhaust, 99 intercooler, DIY E-fuel, Dana 60 front, 70 rear, lockers in both ends. <font color="blue">72 POWER STROKE</font><font color="red"> INTERIOR PICTURE </font><font color="blue"> ENGINE PICTURE </font>
Wifes' Grocery Getter 99 F-250 SD 4x4 XLT Lariat 4 door. 7.3, Auto, 4 pos Bullydog chip, 3 1/2" downpipe, 5" straightpipe, Genuine Tymar, Stage 1 Monsterbox, 33-12.50-16.5's
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