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Finally made it over the scale. F450 with full tank of fuel, 27.5 Reese hitch, Retrax MX and me at 270. Next will be to do it all again with the Cyclone hooked up.
Made it back to the scale. First tow on the highway with the new truck. It was only a 50 mile round trip but very impressive. I set the cruise at 60 on the way there and 65 on the flip side. I'll have to do a little more with this but I got better mpg at 65 than I did at 60 and I had a slight head wind at 65. 8.5 mpg at 60 and 10.5 at 65. There was a couple little hills and the truck held set point and never even down shifted. Trailer was heavier than expected but I wanted the heaviest potential tow I would pull. I filled the 100 gal fresh tank and had the Can-Am and Kawasaki Vulcan in the garage. Only things missing would be the 45 gallons of gas which is under the back and my two 30 pound lp tanks are empty in the front. I can't say enough good about the F450. Best purchase I've ever made.
took me awhile to figure out why my front axle was lighter while towing but then I remembered I had full fuel with just the truck and half a tank this time First trip out on the road. If it looks a little squatting to you I forgot to air my tires back up. Had them at 60 psi for the winter. Puts the Cyclone at 19220 lbs and 3200 lbs on the pin. That's only 16.65% with full water and toys. Makes me wonder where I'll be for pin weight with just the toys in the back.
Made it back to the scale. First tow on the highway with the new truck. It was only a 50 mile round trip but very impressive. I set the cruise at 60 on the way there and 65 on the flip side. I'll have to do a little more with this but I got better mpg at 65 than I did at 60 and I had a slight head wind at 65. 8.5 mpg at 60 and 10.5 at 65. There was a couple little hills and the truck held set point and never even down shifted. Trailer was heavier than expected but I wanted the heaviest potential tow I would pull. I filled the 100 gal fresh tank and had the Can-Am and Kawasaki Vulcan in the garage. Only things missing would be the 45 gallons of gas which is under the back and my two 30 pound lp tanks are empty in the front. I can't say enough good about the F450. Best purchase I've ever made.
took me awhile to figure out why my front axle was lighter while towing but then I remembered I had full fuel with just the truck and half a tank this time First trip out on the road. If it looks a little squatting to you I forgot to air my tires back up. Had them at 60 psi for the winter. Puts the Cyclone at 19220 lbs and 3200 lbs on the pin. That's only 16.65% with full water and toys. Makes me wonder where I'll be for pin weight with just the toys in the back.
In MD, you need a Class A license for that weight. Do you in your state? (I suspect we are never checked though.)
Made it back to the scale. First tow on the highway with the new truck. It was only a 50 mile round trip but very impressive. I set the cruise at 60 on the way there and 65 on the flip side. I'll have to do a little more with this but I got better mpg at 65 than I did at 60 and I had a slight head wind at 65. 8.5 mpg at 60 and 10.5 at 65. There was a couple little hills and the truck held set point and never even down shifted. Trailer was heavier than expected but I wanted the heaviest potential tow I would pull. I filled the 100 gal fresh tank and had the Can-Am and Kawasaki Vulcan in the garage. Only things missing would be the 45 gallons of gas which is under the back and my two 30 pound lp tanks are empty in the front. I can't say enough good about the F450. Best purchase I've ever made.
took me awhile to figure out why my front axle was lighter while towing but then I remembered I had full fuel with just the truck and half a tank this time First trip out on the road. If it looks a little squatting to you I forgot to air my tires back up. Had them at 60 psi for the winter. Puts the Cyclone at 19220 lbs and 3200 lbs on the pin. That's only 16.65% with full water and toys. Makes me wonder where I'll be for pin weight with just the toys in the back.
Looks great I think I have asked this before to you is that a cyclone 4000
If it is I have the same trailer
Non-CDL, right? I mean I'm not far from you roots planted in Delaware and they have the non commercial licenses available,'something like that?
Correct. MD has a non-commercial class A. My rig, fully loaded will be about 25,500 if I don't get an aux tank.
Some folks I have asked, including our state police expert say you can't use a class c if your GVWR's added together are over 26k. My license says GVW - I'm going with that.
Correct. MD has a non-commercial class A. My rig, fully loaded will be about 25,500 if I don't get an aux tank.
Some folks I have asked, including our state police expert say you can't use a class c if your GVWR's added together are over 26k. My license says GVW - I'm going with that.
03-03-2017, 07:05 AM
