Re: tractor hauling question

Posted by RustyFarmall on July 28, 2005 at 06:10:19 from (216.248.75.165):

In Reply to: Re: tractor hauling question posted by txgrn on July 28, 2005 at 04:56:57:

Mark, considering that the trailer itself weighs about 2,000# you are totally maxed out with just about everything you haul, and you are probably exceeding the rated capacity of your hitch. The fact that you have been getting away with it is only because the trailer mfgr. is required by law to build some reserve strength into the trailer. I have hauled similar loads on similar trailers, pulled behind a 1/2 ton pick-up. I could not run at the speed limit on interstate highways because the trailer would start swaying and transfer that motion to the truck. It got real scary real quick. Just because you can do it doesn't mean that you should. Whenever I see someone else doing what I have described, I give them a wide berth, I do not want to be involved in the crash that is certain to happen, sooner or later.

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