Re: How much in wagon can be safely pulled?

Posted by G-MAN on August 23, 2004 at 16:43:03 from (67.52.48.10):

In Reply to: Re: How much in wagon can be safely pulled? posted by Shane on August 23, 2004 at 16:10:22:

No, but a semi is a whole different ball game, and most guys running around with pickups and gooseneck trailers are exceeding their recommended GVWR by a bunch. Not terribly safe, but it happens. Of course a semi is different. You have brakes on every axle and a semi-trailer, not a full trailer as on a gravity wagon. The trailer is much more integral with the truck, and puts a lot of it's load on the semi tractor. Basically one big unit that can flex in the middle. A gravity wagon or other full-trailer running gear doesn't put any weight on the tractor's rear axle, so if you have to stop quickly, the wagon wants to pass you. More like steering two separate units that happen to be slightly connected down the road. And it's made even worse if the wagon doesn't trail well. I've been there and done that, and I wouldn't be caught dead with 20,000 lbs behind a 7000-lb tractor, particularly when there's a much larger and more powerful tractor around to be used. I haven't seen any gravity wagons with brakes, but I haven't been around any new ones. Perhaps the big ones do have them now. As far as the brakes and semis go, in a lot of cases, a fully-loaded truck can actually stop better than an empty one because the tires are forced into better contact with the road, which keeps them turning instead of allowing them to lock up fully and skid.

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• Re: How much in wagon can be safely pulled? pbutler 19:23:10 08/23/04 (1)
  • Re: How much in wagon can be safely pulled? lsnurse 06:32:33 11/06/06 (0)

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