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My buddy says that this guy we saw in town was not really as overloaded as he looked... just set up wrong. I think he's way over and I wonder about the load rating on those after market wheels. It was a 2500 Duramax. Not here to pick on any brand, just the technique.
He could be overloaded or if he put a lift or leveling kit that makes it look a ton worse. Anything we would say without being there and looking at it would be a SWAG.
If a cop was near he'd probably escort him to the scales. If he just bought the truck and is headed back to the farm he might be OK. Any real distance I wouldn't be doing it.
Move his load further back, and it will look a whole lot better. But my self, I would probably want more truck to tow with unless it is just a short distance to the shop or farm or whereever .
Yes he is well past the capacity of that era of GM trucks. However his loading has very little weight on the trailer axles and more on the pin. Reversing the truck on the trailer would have fixed this problem.
It's that big tail pipe. Take it off and the squat goes away. I agree with the Ford390gashog. Reverse it and the load is distributed properly. The GVWR on that trailer is probably 25k so he probably in over a little bit anyway.
Just looking at the rear of the pickup truck you can tell it's overloaded. It may have been more efficient to load the pickup truck into the dump truck and drive to his destination that way.
Yes he is well past the capacity of that era of GM trucks. However his loading has very little weight on the trailer axles and more on the pin. Reversing the truck on the trailer would have fixed this problem.
This would have made things better as far as weight distribution between the trailer and the tow vehicle. But he would still be overloaded.
Originally Posted by Colorado_Kid
Just looking at the rear of the pickup truck you can tell it's overloaded. It may have been more efficient to load the pickup truck into the dump truck and drive to his destination that way.
Yes, overloaded. The International is probably 12,000 pounds by itself, and that's assuming the all steel demolition bed is empty.
The strapping is adequate . . . if by "adequate" I mean that any event that will break the bazillion straps and tiny chains will first rip the hitch out of the bed and probably use the tongue to bluntly cut bodywork.
I bet the missing rear hubcap on the pickup wasn't missing before this adventure started. Imagine the forces on those wide and tall low-profile wheels when they are turning to exit the parking lot as the ramp angle puts all of either tire's load on the inner or outer edge of the tire and rim.
I'd guess conservatively at least 5,000 pounds is on the pin in those pictures, probably more like 7,000 pounds
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