I come to you all, since I know there are some smart people in here (I know, I know it is the wrong forum) BUT

I need something to pull a 21,000 lb backhoe on a 7,000 lb trailer - I'm limited to around $55k (No, this is not my money - it is for my company - we bought this new backhoe with the intention of buying a dump truck but state funding killed that and now we have this pintel hitch trailer for our brand new backhoe and no way to pull it). My next option - is to present to the state a lesser option. The F-750 is a lot cheaper than the Peterbuilt 337 I had originally specked BUT does anyone know if it can handle this on the tongue weight?

Here is the link to the Spec book -

http://assets.forddirect.fordvehicle...11AAAF6F11.pdf

the salesman wasn't much help - he wanted me to provide HIM with specs... Chevy is not an option, as they only go up to the 3500 (and it rates up to 21,000 lbs on a gooseneck) and Dodge is supposed to get back to me. I'm really aiming for a Ford (for obvious reasons) but am stuck figuring this out on my own... any help?

F-750 has a GVWR of 37,000 lbs. Front axle of 10,000 and the rear axle capability of 21,000.

 

If your only worried about tongue weight, All you need to do is spec a good pintle hitch one in the $300-$700 range.

What do you plan to have for hitch weight?

What axles do you have on the pintle hitch trailer?

What pintle hitch trailer do you have?

 

The sum of front and rear axle capacity is less than the GVWR? Are there two rear axles?

 

I would imagine that you would not be over on the tongue weight. Most trailers figure 10-20 percent tongue weight. This would put you at a max of 5,600 lbs. An F-750 will probably weigh around 14,000 to 16,000 by the time you get a bed on it. Even if half of the weight of the truck is on the rear axle your rear axle weight will still be around 13,600. We pulled a dozer that weighed close this for years with an F-800 with a gas 429 and the truck handled it fine, not the fastest in the world, but it still handled it.

 

Did you pull it with a gooseneck or a pintle hitch?

 

Pintle hitch

 

Some more light on the subject > 1954 F800 (391) 20 ton Eager Beaver,
will do Cat 215 Excavator, TD15 Dozer. Again its not a speed demon, but
gets the job done. The dump truck comes in at 15,500. Ill bet I have had
around 60,000 gr. on junking stuff. May sound like a lie, but the scrap
yard is about 3miles all with 30-35 mph speed limit smooth back road.
This is with pintle hitch. E.B trailers are sweet when empty you dont even
know there's a trailer back there. Dont know why, but Im not allowed to
att. pictures but there in my garage somewhere. sp