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Aug 10, 2013 | 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by kermmydog

Well what I know is I saw a 76 F250 4x4 360 4 speed tow a 35' mobile home from Las Vegas to Reno that is 440 miles. The trailer was so heavy it bent the Barden bumper down 6" & sucked the frame in from the rear cross brace. They pulled it on the bumper with a 2 5/16 ball. The truck was new & was a Company truck & I was one of the mechanics for that company. After we straighten the frame installed a new bumper the truck stayed in service for two more years. Try that with a new truck with the same size motor a 5.9L. Of course today the Law would put an end to any attempt like that.

Craig

Well if it counts a trailer was heavy enough to bend my 9000 pound luverne bumper. Not the dinkey mounts either, the 1.5 inch thick piece of metal underneath the bumper. Try to get pics,camera is possibly crapping out. My grandpa also put a skidloader too far ahead on the trailer in his ramcharger and ripped the bolts of the hitch right through the frame. Talk about crappin your pants