big loads require big trucks

[deere755]

Watching people at the boat ramp loading and unloading their boats is good entertainment. Some of these people have no clue what to do. If you could sell tickets you would be rich.

 

[workinallthetime]

ya this kinda goes with all the late BRAKING news about which truck can pull how much and what happens when you do.
fords new duelly is supose to handle 22k
gm and toyota are bragginf about 10,500 in a 1/2 ton
ford is saying 11k in a half ton
i bought the 10,500 version gm has and i love it
pulls great lots of power and stops my trailer great with my b3030 TLB on it
I would have to say that if what i was pulling was heavier than 7k i am not using my truck. and this is why;
3 years ago i was on a road trip down the turnpike, it was raining pretty bad and the road was making it worse due to the water was building up in the tracks where everyone drove. i was doing about 60mph on a 75 mph road and was in a hurry. anyway toped a hill and a motor home had hit another car about 1/4 mile down the road and it was all i could do to get stoped. got her stoped and thought oh S#^% what about that semi i just passed, well here he came. he got it stoped right before he hit the motorhome which was still in the middle of the road. then here comes the dodge 1/2 ton pulling a 23-26 foot boat on a tandom axel trailer, he couldnt stop, the ditch didnt stop him, the highway fence didnt stop him, the long open field was slowing him down real good, but the big tree next to the creek did a real good job of helping him off into that creek which did stop him, rubber side up.

thats why i wont pull 10.5k with my 1/2 ton but its nice to have a truck built and backed that could (maybe) do it. i keep thinking there has to be some kind of minimum weight thing for the truck to be able to stop that much but i guess not when you look at a semi with all that weight they are pulling, o ya they have good brakes on the truck and the trailer,lol

 

[Z-Michigan]

Try to tell people that though... "You mean I can't drive 100mph while towing my 35' yacht with my 1/4 ton light duty pickup truck? Of course I can and it's perfectly safe, I've done it hundreds of times, get off my back man, you're just jealous. That's why you're hatin'..." Something like that is probably the response you'll get.

No no no, boats actually increase the top speed of the two vehicle due to their slippery aerodynamics, and the lift generated by that smooth hull also causes the boat to actually hover while being towed at speeds of 80mph and higher, so the tow vehicle requires a rating of only 1/4 the boat's weight.

Also, I have a brand new CAT D11 for sale, $29.99 complete, will ship UPS overnight.

 

[john_bud]

No no no, boats actually increase the top speed of the two vehicle due to their slippery aerodynamics, and the lift generated by that smooth hull also causes the boat to actually hover while being towed at speeds of 80mph and higher, so the tow vehicle requires a rating of only 1/4 the boat's weight.

Also, I have a brand new CAT D11 for sale, $29.99 complete, will ship UPS overnight.

I think I've seen your sale on e-bay....

Does that D11 come with a 7k trailer ?

jb

 

[RichM96067]

Stories as these are the reason the speed limit for towing is 55 in California.

 

[LoneCowboy]

Stories as these are the reason the speed limit for towing is 55 in California.

which creates WAYYYYYYYYY MORE ACCIDENTS than it solves
traffic is a disaster when you have vehicles doing different speeds.
the safest traffic is when all are doing the same speed
Think I'm wrong?
drive I-15 from LA to Vegas
at the border, the drive instantly smoothes out and average speed goes up, the brake lights go away and all the bunching up goes away
Why?
Because in nevada, the speed limit is 75 for everyone.
the road doesn't change, the exits don't change, nothing, but the stupid nanny state making things worse.
<rant off>

 

[KICK]

. i keep thinking there has to be some kind of minimum weight thing for the truck to be able to stop that much but i guess not when you look at a semi with all that weight they are pulling, o ya they have good brakes on the truck and the trailer,lol

stopping distances for big rigs can be double or triple what a passenger vehicle is.

 

[rback33]

which creates WAYYYYYYYYY MORE ACCIDENTS than it solves
traffic is a disaster when you have vehicles doing different speeds.
the safest traffic is when all are doing the same speed
Think I'm wrong?
drive I-15 from LA to Vegas
at the border, the drive instantly smoothes out and average speed goes up, the brake lights go away and all the bunching up goes away
Why?
Because in nevada, the speed limit is 75 for everyone.
the road doesn't change, the exits don't change, nothing, but the stupid nanny state making things worse.
<rant off>

I have to agree here. After going out to Fresno/Tulare to the World Ag Expo, I have seen first hand what happens when you have two vastly different flows to traffic. It was a mess. Horribly frustrating on top of that. Might explain road rage issues as well.....

 

[KubotaSteve]

My brother told me about a guy trying to put his boat in the water. He couldn't back up the trailer so he drove the truck straight in. My brother said there the truck was setting stuck in the water and the boat still on the trailer on dry ground. I guess he thought he could make a U-turn in the water and come back out.

 

[froggy]

My brother told me about a guy trying to put his boat in the water. He couldn't back up the trailer so he drove the truck straight in. My brother said there the truck was setting stuck in the water and the boat still on the trailer on dry ground. I guess he thought he could make a U-turn in the water and come back out.

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