Low speed contruction towing
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Low speed contruction towing
Towing capacities are listed are for highway use. Are there any capacities available for off road use? We have a 97 F250 4x4 crew cab at work that an issue came up that we needed to pull a farm wagon that weighed 12,500 pounds at less than 5mph on level concrete at a construction site. Is this within range of this truck?
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From: South Jersey
it will be fine, i pulled our loaded fuel oil deliver truck last winter when my cousin forgot to put anti gel in it and i towed it three miles to our shop to work on it. even though i have a 04 F-350 with a 5.4 i just put her in low range, and go real easy.
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From: Jessup, PA
Sounds like liability/insurance is at the root of this question.
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I've pulled plenty of big rigs when I still had my shop. The tow trucks would leave them down the street so it was either pull, push or call the wrecker again when we had space to move them in. Hell no I'm not calling a wrecker while I have my truck. It was fun.
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I don't think you will find any official ratings like that. If you need a document, you are out of luck.
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I wish I had video of me blocking traffic with my truck pulling a truck and trailer. Yeah it was empty but still heavy. A cop started yelling at me and threatened to give me a ticket so I told him fine I'll leave it there, that's where I found it. He stopped me from unhooking my chains real quick and just said to get it moved so it's not blocking traffic. That was funny.
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Everyone seems to be in agreement that the truck can physically handle the task just fine. The questions seem to be:
And given that this is a commercial operation, the legal/liability issues just get that much more complicated.
Just my $0.02
- Does a construction site still qualify as a public road/highway? If so, a LEO could still issue a violation for exceeding the combined weight rating of the rig.
- If something were to go wrong, could the insurance company balk at the claim? Knowing insurance companies, I'm sure they would try!
And given that this is a commercial operation, the legal/liability issues just get that much more complicated.
Just my $0.02
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Construction site, IMO, is not a public roadway. (unless your constructing public roadways, i guess).
If his supervisor told him to move the load with his truck, the company just became liable. If he's moving this on his own accord, he is responsible.
That's my two cents.... maybe worth only one though. (darn economy)
If his supervisor told him to move the load with his truck, the company just became liable. If he's moving this on his own accord, he is responsible.
That's my two cents.... maybe worth only one though. (darn economy)
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I spoke about heavy loads pulled by pickups with couple of DOT officers and LEO do NOT check or worry about GCWR at all. One said "we don't have records about vehicles hauling more than manufacturer recommendations costing any safety issues"
They do check the weigh stickers to make sure you paid the fees adequate to the hauled weight.
Than again, if you see something like this doing 60 mph on the freeway, why would you worry about anything doing 5 mph at construction site?
They do check the weigh stickers to make sure you paid the fees adequate to the hauled weight.
Than again, if you see something like this doing 60 mph on the freeway, why would you worry about anything doing 5 mph at construction site?
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I spoke about heavy loads pulled by pickups with couple of DOT officers and LEO do NOT check or worry about GCWR at all. One said "we don't have records about vehicles hauling more than manufacturer recommendations costing any safety issues"
They do check the weigh stickers to make sure you paid the fees adequate to the hauled weight.
Than again, if you see something like this doing 60 mph on the freeway, why would you worry about anything doing 5 mph at construction site?
They do check the weigh stickers to make sure you paid the fees adequate to the hauled weight.
Than again, if you see something like this doing 60 mph on the freeway, why would you worry about anything doing 5 mph at construction site?
