Your towing rigs and trailers

[RDrancher]

Here's my set-up. Hadn't planned on using this truck to pull heavy but sometimes you have to make things work. Probably about 30k gross or close to it

Brett

I wish you were close Brett. My CTL is sitting dead next to a creek bottom with a blown primary hydraulic hose. It's not accessible without pulling a track and final drive. I'm going to try to drag it outa there with a SVL90 tomorrow. It's raining right now....

 

[ultrarunner]

I keep equipment long enough so over time I can adjust tire pressure to correct for uneven wear...

A couple of years ago I towed my equipment trailer down from the mountains in the dead of winter... had 50 in all trailer tires... when I was going through the desert, I check pressure and that 50 was now over 60 psi.

 

[3930dave]

I keep equipment long enough so over time I can adjust tire pressure to correct for uneven wear...

A couple of years ago I towed my equipment trailer down from the mountains in the dead of winter... had 50 in all trailer tires... when I was going through the desert, I check pressure and that 50 was now over 60 psi.

Nitrogen can help a bit with temperature swings, but there is no substitute for regular checks - manual or TPMS. I've seen it swing 30deg C here, in one day, w/o driving anywhere.

A problem I see often enough on pickups is when a guy is always running the LTs on the rear at 80psi, but the truck is mostly empty all the time..... then wonders why the centre of the tire wears out.

That, and the other big issue is paying no attention to the manufacturer's tire pressure specs for the vehicle, and just setting all tires at the Max pressure on the sidewall.

Not for nothing.... a standard check on single vehicle rural highway wrecks is to note all the tire pressures, as improper inflation is a common problem.

Rgds, D.

 

[rustyshakelford]

I wish you were close Brett. My CTL is sitting dead next to a creek bottom with a blown primary hydraulic hose. It's not accessible without pulling a track and final drive. I'm going to try to drag it outa there with a SVL90 tomorrow. It's raining right now....

That's no good. Break downs are a pain but being so inaccessible makes it that much worse. Good luck. I hope you can get it out. The mud might help it slide

Brett

 

[MinnesotaEric]

More important than my truck and dump trailer, I got Bill, one of my dogs, to hold still long enough to shutterbug.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

More important than my truck and dump trailer, I got Bill, one of my dogs, to hold still long enough to shutterbug.

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[Bradbilt]

Here's my tow setup.

Truck: '09 Ford Ranger FX4 w/ 5spd, 3700 lb trailer capacity, & load springs in rear.
Trailer: 1700 lb factory cap. Engineered 2' extension, reinforced frame, new bearings & tires.
Tractor: '75 Cub Lo-Boy 185, 1650 lb (front weights included)

Are your tires grooved? Any up close pics? Better snow traction?

 

[LiveRoll]

This is My re-furbished Kubota hauler, the trailer was pretty typical upon purchase black and rust, Blasted, painted, added the rear ramp which is totally removeable in about 3 minutes. Although it ended up being the wrong shade of orange ( just have to wait for the kubotas to fade to match the trailer lol. replaced the floor decking with an aluminum section of floor from a wrecked Highway Reefer trailer ( always good to recycle!!) Switched over to LEDS all around Hope these pics show up first attempt at posting pics

Cheers

Roger

 

[two_bit_score]

Great Job LiveRoll! :thumbsup:

 

[ultrarunner]

Looks very nice...

How big is the deck area?

 

[LiveRoll]

I can't remember offhand I think it's 14 feet x 72 inches, It was a bit of a bearcat getting the floor off, as on the original highway refer van, as they are manufactured, the corrugated aluminum flooring is mounted to hardwood cross-members then those are bolted to the steel trailer cross-members making up the floor of the trailer, then when it is all sandwiched together. It is then urethane foamed about 6 inches thick for insulation purposes. but once all separated and cleaned up, cut to fit ( as one piece) and screwed down, it should make a long lasting, maintenance free deck that won't rust, is unbelievably strong. and well, it looks pretty cool as well. I found that trailer to be a good candidate, is it is heavily built, all the wiring is run inside the tubing frames, so there is very very little exposure to the elements, and well,, I got a good deal on it.
Adding up the costs on the total re-furbishment I think I am close to probably the price of a new wooden decked one, but I now know what I've got and it should still be around when some of the other ones have lived out their day

Cheers

Roger

 

[wmonroe]

Good looking trailer and good looking ram in the background.

 

[andrehoude123]

Our load heading up north this weekend

 

[RDrancher]

Good looking trailer and good looking ram in the background.

I'm liking the Ford Highboy in the first photo.

 

[LiveRoll]

My "Pullers".........

The old red 87 F-250 deck truck I initially bought for parts, to update the Highboys split rims and perhaps put deck onto, Got it for a couple hundred dollars,.It has brand new rubber on it fresh rebuild 460, 4 speed and the deck is very beefy, towed it home, replaced a bolt on battery post added some gas, charged it for 10 minutes and it fired up and runs like a top..........so what could I do??? I plated it

Highboy is a 75 F-250 390 4 speed Dana 44 / 60
Dodge is an 03 Cummins 5 sp. Had since new ( My go to town truck)

Cheers

Roger

 

[RDrancher]

Man...I wish I could find a Highboy as clean as that around here. Course, I'd never get to drive it. I have a feeling I'd have to pry my wife from behind the wheel!

 

[LiveRoll]

LOL!! Well My 13 year old daughter has certainly seemed to have claimed Mine. She is always pulling the Rain Man line on Me..... " I'm a good driver!" but she is clutching and shifting like the best of them!! and in her case, it is only a 3 speed!!!!

Cheers

Roger

 

[RDrancher]

My wife already "claimed" my 1956 Studebaker President Classic and my S&W M&P AR-15. She says I need to buy my own!

 

[woody]

my wife says I have turned our hill top into a trailer park, I have four trailers left but I would like one more I would like a shed moving trailer with all the hydraulics but I just can't justify the cost of a new one.

 

[LiveRoll]

A man can never have enough trailers...doing inventory here, Hmmm...7....from little to big.

Cheers

Roger