Ok. Now to threadjack
Mom's boyfriend wants to pick up a supply of hay before winter. There's a farmer in Idaho about 10 miles from the Canadian border (about a 50 mile trip) selling it for $115/ton if you buy 5 tons or more at once. Can my truck pull 5 tons of hay on a 16' bumper pull flatbed? The trailer can handle the load and has electric brakes. My truck doesn't have a controller though. The main thing I'm worried about is a 6% downgrade at 2 miles long. Everything else is uphill or small.
My truck:
71 F250 7500# GVWR
360 and C6
Dana 60 3.73
Power steering, power front discs
Bad idea..... there are some, this is one. I "CAN" shoot myself in the face, but that would also, be a bad idea.
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Oren09 wrote:Ok. Now to threadjack
Mom's boyfriend wants to pick up a supply of hay before winter. There's a farmer in Idaho about 10 miles from the Canadian border (about a 50 mile trip) selling it for $115/ton if you buy 5 tons or more at once. Can my truck pull 5 tons of hay on a 16' bumper pull flatbed? The trailer can handle the load and has electric brakes. My truck doesn't have a controller though. The main thing I'm worried about is a 6% downgrade at 2 miles long. Everything else is uphill or small.
My truck:
71 F250 7500# GVWR
360 and C6
Dana 60 3.73
Power steering, power front discs
6 percent grade for 2 miles will heat up a big rigs brakes with a full load. I bet it would fry an F100's brakes down to molten metal especially if you missed a gear.
clint
