Goose neck vs bumper pull

ovrszd · Feb 15, 2015

Trailer pulling story. I was pulling my 6800# GN trailer with 2 Jeep Buggies onboard with my '00 7.3 Powerstroke. Friend of mine was pulling same size trailer with a Jeep Buggy and a Polaris RZR onboard with his '06 6.0L Powerstroke. On an accessable 4 lane hiway. A GM Duramax truck pulled onto the roadway ahead of us pulling same size trailer with a Bobcat CTL onboard. My friend was ahead of me. We caught the Duramax before he could get up to speed and started passing him. My friend got ahead of him and pulled back into the right lane. I was coming behind still in the passing lane. I noticed the Duramax was in the throttle and smoking. Ahhhhhh,,,, the race is on. The Duramax pulled into the passing lane ahead of me so I had to match his speed. We slowly crawled past the 6.0L. After he got past my friend the Duramax pulled to the right lane. Him and I raced for about 20 miles. Took me that long to get past him. I looked at my speedo as I crawled past him and I was going 87-88 mph. As I passed he gave me the thumbs up and courteously flashed his lights when I was clear to move to the right. My friend in his 6.0L was at least 1/2 mile behind by this time. The two Powerstrokes were stock. Pretty sure the Duramax was too. Hope so anyway or he would be very disappointed.

RedNeckRacin · Feb 15, 2015

,Gotta love what these diesel trucks can do!

ovrszd · Feb 15, 2015

RedNeckRacin said:
,Gotta love what these diesel trucks can do!

Yeah. And the new stuff puts our old stuff to shame.

I've put 90K miles on my truck since buying it with 100K miles already on the clock. I've never touched the overhead mileage thing. I glanced at it awhile back and it's at 17.4mpg. I think that's a bit inflated and probably more accurate at 15mpg. That's pretty good for pulling a 6800# brick around all the time plus about 20% of the time pulling my GN. And doing all that under 2K rpm.

square1 · Feb 15, 2015

Gotta love what these diesel trucks can do!

I know my IDI isn't going to win any races, but if I can connect it to the truck, the motor isn't going to be the limiting factor on whether or not it will move

TomSeller · Feb 15, 2015

ovrszd said:
Yeah. And the new stuff puts our old stuff to shame.
I've put 90K miles on my truck since buying it with 100K miles already on the clock. .

And it is probably good for twice that at least. There is a lot to be said for reliability and not buying a new truck in my opinion.

ovrszd · Feb 15, 2015

TomSeller said:
And it is probably good for twice that at least. There is a lot to be said for reliability and not buying a new truck in my opinion.

I agree Tom. I bought this truck from the original owner. Elderly farmer that kept meticulous maintenance records on a seedcorn notebook in the glovebox. It was 5 years old when I bought it with 100K on the odometer, new brakes, new tires. I paid $12,500.

Sure hope there's another like it laying around 5 or 6 years from now when I'm done with this truck at 300K miles.

square1 · Feb 15, 2015

when I'm done with this truck at 300K miles.

You're going to sell just after the break in period?

ovrszd · Feb 15, 2015

square1 said:
You're going to sell just after the break in period?

Here in Northern Missouri, I'm afraid the body will be rotted off and I'll be sitting on the framerail.....

Degolyerent · Feb 15, 2015

bindian said:
My canopy is (I think) 1/4 inch aluminum held on by 3/8th inch U bolts. It might flutter a little at highway speeds, but it's nothing like wacking a huge limb with it. Mine has a rubber trim around the edges. Limbs just knock the trim off......then I just push it back on. I did back into a limb before and bent the back edge. But it straightened out real fast with the right tool:hammer:...................I carry a 2 pound ball peen in the tractor's tool box.!
hugs, Brandi

I have done the same thing with mine and fact of the matter I need to straighten it again.
John

bindian · Feb 15, 2015

ovrszd said:
Trailer pulling story. I was pulling my 6800# GN trailer with 2 Jeep Buggies onboard with my '00 7.3 Powerstroke. Friend of mine was pulling same size trailer with a Jeep Buggy and a Polaris RZR onboard with his '06 6.0L Powerstroke. On an accessable 4 lane hiway. A GM Duramax truck pulled onto the roadway ahead of us pulling same size trailer with a Bobcat CTL onboard. My friend was ahead of me. We caught the Duramax before he could get up to speed and started passing him. My friend got ahead of him and pulled back into the right lane. I was coming behind still in the passing lane. I noticed the Duramax was in the throttle and smoking. Ahhhhhh,,,, the race is on. The Duramax pulled into the passing lane ahead of me so I had to match his speed. We slowly crawled past the 6.0L. After he got past my friend the Duramax pulled to the right lane. Him and I raced for about 20 miles. Took me that long to get past him. I looked at my speedo as I crawled past him and I was going 87-88 mph. As I passed he gave me the thumbs up and courteously flashed his lights when I was clear to move to the right. My friend in his 6.0L was at least 1/2 mile behind by this time. The two Powerstrokes were stock. Pretty sure the Duramax was too. Hope so anyway or he would be very disappointed.

That Duramax could have been pulling 10,327 pounds of Bobcat 770 CTL. I would think it weighs a lot more than two Jeep buggies. Did it look this size?