What do you tow with?

[Marine1]

I thought I would give a little more info on my rig since others are telling all their secrets.

I tow with a Ford F350 6.0PSD CC 4x4 Long Bed 3.73.

My trailer is a 14' Texas Diamond "C" trailer, tandem axle, 3500# axles each with electric brakes on one axle, and a bulldog hitch. It has a fold in half tailgate and a Delta toolbox.

Thanks.

 

[RobertN]

I tow with a '01 Dodge Ram2500 xcab longbed, 4x4. It has the Cummins, auto, 4:11's, camper and tow package. It's stock so far, but I would like to chip it and add an aftermarket exhaust. I have an older Tekonsha Sentinel brake controller.

I like that Cummins; sound a lot like the 8.3l setup in our stations fire engine...

I tow a few things.
1 - 5x8 utility - For "stuff". Used it for mowers ect when we did landscape maintenance. It's lite weight, something like 2500lbs gvwr
2 - 16' 7000lb flatbed - Used primarily for my Kubota B8200, and my Farmall-A. Hauled lots of other stuff; Cub Scout floats, lumber, hay, pipe, concrete block, cars, Bronco's, big wooden docks for Cub Scout day camp water front ect. I've run it from a few stick of long PVC pipe, to a Bobcat that maxxed out the GvWR.
3 - 14' Pace enclosed 7000lb - Our Boy Scout troop trailer. We have about 2500lbs of gear right now(those Dutch Ovens are heavy!). A week and a half from now, I will tow it back from Portland Or. Our troop is attending resident camp just south of Portland. someone else is towing up, and I am towing back.

 

[Cowboyjg]

Vehicle: 2002 Ford F-350 superduty, 4x4 off road pkg, crew cab, turbo diesel, catIII hitch, brake assist controller.

Trailer: (was) a Hurst 18' equipment trailer with two 3500# axels & brakes. Sold, too short.

Looking at 2006 Down 2 Earth 20' dovetail equipment trailer w/2 6000# axels w/ elec brakes on both, breakaway pkg, spare tire & 7k# drop leg jack, 15" tires, 2 5/16" hitch.

BTW....How's $2800 sound for this setup???

 

[firemanpat2910]

sounds like a good price to me. when I was looking a couple of months ago simular set ups were all over $3000.00

 

[BarryinMN]

Looking at 2006 Down 2 Earth 20' dovetail equipment trailer w/2 6000# axels w/ elec brakes on both, breakaway pkg, spare tire & 7k# drop leg jack, 15" tires, 2 5/16" hitch.

BTW....How's $2800 sound for this setup???

I paid $3K for a similar skid steer trailer back in '02. Doublecheck the tires to be load rated over 3K lbs each. My trailer has 16" 10 ply ST 235/85R16 with a load rating of # 3045 each. ST rating is stiffer sidewalls for trailers vs LT rating for pickups with more flex. 8 bolt wheels are easy to find, 6 you have to look.

A minor point may be a DOT safety inspection sticker requirement for a trailer over 10K lbs, along with a DOT Medical card for the driver.

In MN farm intrastate use is good for 2 years, I tow with a 3500 Chevy diesel dump truck and DOT that with the trailer. I drove it less than 2K miles in 2 years so mainly lives in the barn behind the tractor these days.

Last inspection he found bald spots on the front truck tires which I replaced, this year he found a brake wire knocked loose on the trailer and replaced the backup light switch on the truck tranny.

If I were to get another trailer it would be a bumper pull deckover so no chance to crunch trailer fenders. Weighs more so may need to go up in axle ratings and tires + remember you get another 10-15% on the tongue.

 

[kentrodngun]

My tow vehicle is a 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Crew Cab with tow package. Trailer is a dual axel 20' landscaper with electric brakes all around. I use a Prodigy brake controller and a break-away box. I secure my machine with grade 70 (front) & grade 43 (rear) chains with ratchet and lever type load binders. I chock the tractor tires with 6x6s cut into wedges and placed in-between the wheels and place 4x4s across the trailer width in front and behind the wheels. I get 10 mpg towing the full load with my 5.9L (360 cu in for us old guys) gas guzzler.

 

[George2615]

I tow with a 3/4 ton 05 Chevy with Duramax Diesel and Allison auto. Truck is rated for 12K tag trailer or 15,5K gooseneck.

1st trailer is a 20' tiltbed by H&H trailer. (bought new)Rated for 7000# with brakes on both axles. I added the hydraulics to tilt it with. (Used to be a manual jack type) an 8000# winch inside the storage box and welded on my own D-rings where I needed them.

2nd trailer is a gooseneck 24' (20' plus 4' tail) by Appalachian rated for 12,000#, brakes on both axles. Bought it used, sanded it down, painted it, rewired it, installed new brakes and breakaway switch, and added a 9000# winch. It came with new tires when I bought it.


George

 

[Birdhunter1]

My truck is an '06 F-150 supercab 4wd 5.4 auto w/ 3.55 rear axle.
One trailer is a 6 1/2'x16' tandem axle utility trailer with #2500 axles
Another is a 7'x16' + 2' dovetail car hauler with 2 (brakes) #4000 axles
The single tilt deck is a 6x12 I think

I don't even know what brand my controller is, it works and was super easy to install.

Would like to have a 7x14 dump trailer with #5000 axles

 

[FarmGeek]

2005 droF, er, um, I mean a Ford F250 4x4, FX4, 5.4L 3v Gasser with the BEST brake controller on the market – Ford’s Integrated Tow Command System. This thing ROCKS! Main reason I bought the Ford to begin with. The other reason is it was cheapest 

Trailer is a bumper-pull tandem Stohl 10K #, 16-foot with 2-foot beaver tail. Pulls all sorts of stuff like a dream. Like my Orange M4900 or Bobcat 763, building materials, gardening supplies, landscape rock, Terramite or whatever-my-wife-bought-now.


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.

 

[3RRL]

I've got an old 1994 full size Blazer 4x4 with a Vortec Blower on the 350ci. It's got 173,000 miles now and I've had it on for 7 years. Blazer still screams. I don't own a trailer yet but looking at an 8" x16" dual axle 7000lb one.