crashz
Elite Member
Last weekend I pulled my fathers Ford tractor (I think its a 5500, an old state of New York DOT mowing rig) with 5 ft bush-hog to my aunts house to cut the fields. The tractor I'm assuming is about 6000 lbs, the trailer is about 2000 lbs. Its well within the range of towing in my 2012 Chevy 2500 (6.0L gas, 6 speed auto, 4x4 ECSB).
I took it easy and kept to the speed limit, which clearly ticked people off behind me. A long line (about 6 or 7 cars) built up behind me on a country road, posted at 50 mph, which I maintained. Our route had us climb a long up hill grade with two lanes (one for slower traffic). The bummer about this hill is that it starts at a stop sign, pulling out of a hole at the beginning of the long hill. So there is no momentum working with you.
So as I pulled out, I jumped in the slow lane and made it up to posted speed at a slow rate. Behind me the group of cars that were stuck behind me earlier, began to pass. About the middle of the pack, a white SUV cut in front of me, slammed on the brakes, slowed us down to 15 mph and then took off. He made a 3 point turn up the road a mile later. Must have been upset that I was slowing him down. And then went out of his way, spending more time just to mess with me.
My gut reaction was to gun it and rev the **** out of the truck. But by that time we hit the steepest part of the hill, the truck was in second gear already and was north of 5000 rpm. She was out of breath and not going to catch up anyway. I had to calm down and protect my rig. I think that was the hardest part of the experience.
The point(s) of this story is that:
- The ignorant are often vengeful as well.
- This was the first time I wish the Chevy was a Duramax. The 6.0 just fell on its face as soon as we started losing speed, and while I could have pulled into the fast lane, I didn't have the torque to pass.
- No matter how mad you get, don't let your equipment take the punishment.
- I highly doubt a TBN member would be like the guy in the SUV, but I bet there are many members that could have been in my position. So I thought I'd share my experience.
I took it easy and kept to the speed limit, which clearly ticked people off behind me. A long line (about 6 or 7 cars) built up behind me on a country road, posted at 50 mph, which I maintained. Our route had us climb a long up hill grade with two lanes (one for slower traffic). The bummer about this hill is that it starts at a stop sign, pulling out of a hole at the beginning of the long hill. So there is no momentum working with you.
So as I pulled out, I jumped in the slow lane and made it up to posted speed at a slow rate. Behind me the group of cars that were stuck behind me earlier, began to pass. About the middle of the pack, a white SUV cut in front of me, slammed on the brakes, slowed us down to 15 mph and then took off. He made a 3 point turn up the road a mile later. Must have been upset that I was slowing him down. And then went out of his way, spending more time just to mess with me.
My gut reaction was to gun it and rev the **** out of the truck. But by that time we hit the steepest part of the hill, the truck was in second gear already and was north of 5000 rpm. She was out of breath and not going to catch up anyway. I had to calm down and protect my rig. I think that was the hardest part of the experience.
The point(s) of this story is that:
- The ignorant are often vengeful as well.
- This was the first time I wish the Chevy was a Duramax. The 6.0 just fell on its face as soon as we started losing speed, and while I could have pulled into the fast lane, I didn't have the torque to pass.
- No matter how mad you get, don't let your equipment take the punishment.
- I highly doubt a TBN member would be like the guy in the SUV, but I bet there are many members that could have been in my position. So I thought I'd share my experience.
