What do you tow with?

[InlineDieselFan]

Trailer, 18' (16' flat, 2' dove/beaver tail). tandom axle 12,000 trailer hooked up to the Torq lift super-hitch.

If I had known I was getting as big of a tractor as I did I would have gotten a 28'-30' gooseneck. When I bought my trailer a year or so before the tractor we were looking for 2-5 acres.

Truck, 2003 Dodge dually 1-ton quad cab, with the Cummins and exhaust brake.

steve

 

[DavesTractor]

2006 Dodge Dually 4x4, Cummins with 6 speed. 27 Foot Tandem dually goseneck, rated at 20K, and yes I pull it with a CDL. This was a full load.

 

[3RRL]

That's a great looking rig Dave, and a great looking tractor too. The truck used by my dealer (from MO to So. Cal) used a Dodge like yours to deliver the tractor to me. The 55hp Kama 454 had loader and backhoe mounted and he also had a 6' boxblade, 6' brush hog and PHD on the trailer. Not only that, he had already dropped off some other equipment to another ranch before he came to me!

 

[DavesTractor]

That's a great looking rig Dave, and a great looking tractor too. The truck used by my dealer (from MO to So. Cal) used a Dodge like yours to deliver the tractor to me. The 55hp Kama 454 had loader and backhoe mounted and he also had a 6' boxblade, 6' brush hog and PHD on the trailer. Not only that, he had already dropped off some other equipment to another ranch before he came to me!

Thanks Rob. Only recently have we had such a nice rig. When I started the business I used my wife's 1987 Suburban, toasting the transmission. Then on to an old 1977 GMC 1 ton with a 454 with 200k miles. I worked on it as much as drove it, then to a 1989 F350 with a Banks turbo. After several automatics were replaced in the Ford, we just recently decided it was time to upgrade. So far, so good with the Dodge. After driving old stuff for so long, it's a real treat.

 

[roxynoodle]

On a side note….
Farmwithjunk recently enjoyed ribbing me on owning a Ford. The other weekend I went looking at new trucks and stopped into a Chrysler dealer’s lot. They had a very pretty little item that cost almost $60,000 and had a rear spoiler! What’s up with THAT? It didn’t even HAVE a trailer hitch. tisk, tisk, tisk

Oh well, I guess these pretty, sexy trucks are to be driven by the pretty, sexy drivers like Mr. Junk. Me? I’ll just drive my droF.

Sounds like you looked at an SRT-10, which is a racing truck. It is hardly a practicle truck for the majority of truck owners.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

On a side note….
Farmwithjunk recently enjoyed ribbing me on owning a Ford. The other weekend I went looking at new trucks and stopped into a Chrysler dealer’s lot. They had a very pretty little item that cost almost $60,000 and had a rear spoiler! What’s up with THAT? It didn’t even HAVE a trailer hitch. tisk, tisk, tisk

Oh well, I guess these pretty, sexy trucks are to be driven by the pretty, sexy drivers like Mr. Junk. Me? I’ll just drive my droF.

My beauty is my curse!

 

[Noodlearm]

Just purchased a Ram 3500 Mega Cab. Trailer is an 18' International (I believe) 10,000# with a weight of 3,000# if I remember correctly. Only wish is that I purchased a longer trailer. Fitting the CK30 on with a brushhog doesnt leave much room to properly weight the trailer, or much room for anyhting for that matter, hog wheel sits between the ramps

 

[RobertN]

The SRT10 was started after the Ford Lightning(right name?), which was Fords idea of a performance truck. It was the fast sport truck out there till Dodge dumped a V10 Viper motor in the Ram1500/SRT10.

You could tow with it. It's got over 500hp ;-)

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

I tow a Big Tex 70CH 18' w/dovetail with a 2003 F250 with the 5.4V8.

 

[InlineDieselFan]

Dave, real nice set up. Like I said in my post if I had known how big of a tractor I was getting, I would have gotten a set up like yours.

Towing loads like that on a regular basis, have you considered an exhaust brake?

steve