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Old 11-24-2015, 02:27 AM
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Saw this on the way home at 6am. Toyota p/u with pallets wider than the mirrors, looked like it was on the bumpstops too.

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Old 04-04-2016, 10:27 PM
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@wizkid00104 Thanks for the submission.

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New project for this weekend....

So the wife called before lunch said she heard a "thud" from in the house. The neighbor called and said the retaining wall tipped over.



I was planning on doing it this summer, but it has now got pushed up to tomorrow. Luckily, I brought the F250 to work today so I went had got gravel and drain pipe at lunch today.



The truck weighed in at 7100 empty. I left the yard at 10,400... so I am slightly over GVWR.... by almost a ton.

I had the guy load it until the overload spring just touched the perch on the frame. I thought he had got about 1 ton in the bed. I was surprised to see that I had closer to 2 tons. It will be a slow and comfortable drive home today
 
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@wizkid00104 Thanks for the submission.
At least I wasn't towing a quad and trailer with a Prius lmfao. And for the record, my springs still had arch. It was smartly overloaded 😉
 
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My 89 Ranger, The wagons do have surge breaks and stop nicely, 4x4 low is obviously a necessity and high-speed isn't an option.

 
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Does this count, I'm not sure if the v10 is rated to tow this big of a trailer.
 
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twigs- You may exceed the speed limit on your trailer tires
 
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My 89 Ranger, The wagons do have surge breaks and stop nicely, 4x4 low is obviously a necessity and high-speed isn't an option.

I pulled one of those out of a barn with my Ranger in 4lo. It wasn't loaded but it did have flat tires
 
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Old 04-06-2016, 12:11 AM
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twigs- You may exceed the speed limit on your trailer tires
Speed was the hard part for the V10, it was very hard to hold it back to 10/15 mph.

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I pulled one of those out of a barn with my Ranger in 4lo. It wasn't loaded but it did have flat tires
I towed the Brent 600 loaded 100 yards only one time with the Ranger, the poor truck was the only thing nearby and did the job but made some interesting noises doing it. tough!
 
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Old 04-19-2016, 04:17 AM
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From the working Super Duty thread.

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37 foot office trailer. 24,000 and some change gross. Yanked around by my 1999 F250 v10 truck.
 
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That's pretty damn heavy.... my 02 is rated for 7k and I don't think it could tow that in PA...
 
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My 99 is rated at 5k/10k, If I upgrade the receiver hardware I can jump to 6k/12k. But yeah a lot of weight.
 
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That has to be murder on the drivetrain. Especially the transmission....
 
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Saw this one in central Thailand earlier this year.


Figured I might as well eat a salted roach after seeing that!
 
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Saw this one in central Thailand earlier this year.


Figured I might as well eat a salted roach after seeing that!
For an Asian load, I am surprised it's not 6ft taller.... Sorry 2m taller lol.

As for the roach... I got the shivers just looking at it. I'll stick to cow 😉
 
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LMAO looks like a face palm in the rear view mirror
 
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