Towing Capacity

RobS · Mar 20, 2002

Mark, my 18' with twin 3500 pound axles weighs in around 1500.

Not sure what you meant about a different license for a heavier rig. You shouldn't need a CDL until 26000 pounds. You are right about needing a serious tow vehicle for serious loads. Lots of overloaded vehicles out there /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

MarkV · Mar 21, 2002

Thanks Rob, I thought the CDL license started after you exceeded 10,000 pounds. Told you I didn’t know much about towing./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

MarkV

RobS · Mar 21, 2002

<font color=blue>Told you I didn’t know much about towing</font color=blue>

Yeah, but at least you're asking questions Mark. Lots of people out there towing with potentially dangerous combinations. 99.9% of the time they're fine, but in a panic/aggressive situation an improperly matched trailer can get real ugly, real fast. Keep it safe /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

RanchMan · Mar 21, 2002

<font color=blue>Lots of people out there towing with potentially dangerous combinations</font color=blue>

You got that right! It drives me nuts that I see so many folks drive without safety chains! /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif Such a simple thing to take care of...

Golfgar4 · Mar 21, 2002

If you want to find out what bad things can happen when you're towing something, check out the thread in the Photos section called "How strong is your trailer hitch". Sorry, I haven't figured out how to post a direct link yet /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif.

DocHeb · Mar 21, 2002

Type in:

{url=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=photos&Number=119893&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=}How Strong is your Trailer Hitch?{/url}

except in the four spots where one of the curved brackets { } are used, use square brackets [ ] in their place. I actually don't type all that in, instead I use Ctrl-C to copy the url from the address bar on my browser, and Ctrl-V to copy it to my reply page. This will show up like:

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=photos&Number=119893&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=>How Strong is your Trailer Hitch?</A>

You can use any title for the web link. In this case I used the title of the thread, but it can be here.

Golfgar4 · Mar 21, 2002

Thanks Chris /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif. The next time the situation presents itself, I'll give it a try.

edt · Mar 25, 2002

Mark didn't see it in the post but may wan't to go with a transmission cooler for the heaver loads keep an eye on cooling hoses and anti freeze and temp good luck boy all you guys are vey smart this is a great sight first i check in the morning
thanks for the knowledge

MarkV · Mar 25, 2002

Ed, good point about the tranny cooler. I should have mentioned it when I described my van. Amongst the other heavy-duty options from the factory, I did get extra transmission cooling and extra oil cooling units.

MarkV