What do you pull?
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From: Culpeper, Virginia
With our 79' we tend to pull whatever comes alomg with the lil' ol' 460. Mostly a single axle homemade utility trailer with firewood piled high as well as in the trucks bed. Or couple times a month pull a trailer full of garbage to the landfill here since we have no trash collection. Pulled my Galaxie home with it. More than once. Pulled my 86 F250 around once. Pulled many out of the ditch out here in the backwoods while wheelin' or in snow storms. Hope to eventually get a nice car hauler/flatbed that can be used for anything.
P.S. - Kikko, I'm in love with your COE. Been looking for one that's saveable around here for a while now. Found several that ran and were driveable out in Arizona. NOw to convince the wife to drive back when we fly out in March for family trip. That's one bad truck, what you got in her for motor?????
P.S. - Kikko, I'm in love with your COE. Been looking for one that's saveable around here for a while now. Found several that ran and were driveable out in Arizona. NOw to convince the wife to drive back when we fly out in March for family trip. That's one bad truck, what you got in her for motor?????
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Occasionally, in the summer I pull an 18' '77 Merrimack Runabout with a 150hp '96 Evinrude Ocean Pro.....you might can catch me at Chesapeake Bay with it if I'm not already on the water with Pop, he's 81 and its his boat, so I do most of the driving now.
Most of the other times its either a 16' Hardee 5 ton trailer with no brakes or lights with a tractor on it, a 16' Proline 5 ton equipment trailer, a 16' Falcon 3.5 ton Landscaping trailer, or most of the time, a 6.5' mighty mite 1/2 ton trailer for lawnmowers and other smaller items that don't justify a big trailer.
I've also pulled a Jeep that was broke down, and rescued a couple of Brand X's.
Most of the other times its either a 16' Hardee 5 ton trailer with no brakes or lights with a tractor on it, a 16' Proline 5 ton equipment trailer, a 16' Falcon 3.5 ton Landscaping trailer, or most of the time, a 6.5' mighty mite 1/2 ton trailer for lawnmowers and other smaller items that don't justify a big trailer.
I've also pulled a Jeep that was broke down, and rescued a couple of Brand X's.
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Biggest thing (size not weight) I ever pulled was a hunting cabin (actually small house) that a buddy had somehow got loaded onto a huge bumper hitch trailer then figured out his F150 was not up to the job. Hitched it up to my F600 and pulled it 12 miles to his little spot in the woods, thank God we where using the big truck, nothing else could have pulled it through the field to his special spot. Couldn't believe the guy and his brother would use poles with rubbed ends to lift POWER LINES as I drove under. Thought for sure somebody would get fried. No permits, not even a wide load sign, wished I hadn't opened my mouth when they where talking about needing something big to pull it.
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A 20ft. Thunderjet aluminum jetboat, to Hell's Canyon. 4,200lbs. it's got a chevy 350 spinning an American Turbine pump. The road to Pittsburg landing is 9 miles of 14% grade. SD F-250 pulls no problem, a little spinning of tires in the switchbacks of the dirt road. Also a 14' trailer and my father's 1948 jeep, it's mint. Or two 4 wheelers in the trailer. I don't run the truck much except for towing.
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Originally posted by dhermesc
Biggest thing (size not weight) I ever pulled was a hunting cabin (actually small house) that a buddy had somehow got loaded onto a huge bumper hitch trailer then figured out his F150 was not up to the job. Hitched it up to my F600 and pulled it 12 miles to his little spot in the woods, thank God we where using the big truck, nothing else could have pulled it through the field to his special spot. Couldn't believe the guy and his brother would use poles with rubbed ends to lift POWER LINES as I drove under. Thought for sure somebody would get fried. No permits, not even a wide load sign, wished I hadn't opened my mouth when they where talking about needing something big to pull it.
Biggest thing (size not weight) I ever pulled was a hunting cabin (actually small house) that a buddy had somehow got loaded onto a huge bumper hitch trailer then figured out his F150 was not up to the job. Hitched it up to my F600 and pulled it 12 miles to his little spot in the woods, thank God we where using the big truck, nothing else could have pulled it through the field to his special spot. Couldn't believe the guy and his brother would use poles with rubbed ends to lift POWER LINES as I drove under. Thought for sure somebody would get fried. No permits, not even a wide load sign, wished I hadn't opened my mouth when they where talking about needing something big to pull it.
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I pull horses in our feather light 2hrs trailer using my E250 econoline....
Van! 96 club wagon
Vans get no respect.
My 86 f250 pu with 460 i've used pond hoping my canoe. and hay haulin...yep it's ugly
big bass..son!
Van! 96 club wagon
Vans get no respect.
My 86 f250 pu with 460 i've used pond hoping my canoe. and hay haulin...yep it's ugly
big bass..son!
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From: Where ever my boots come off.
Originally posted by Kikko
Here's my ole '55 COE work truck with a 7K lbs dump insert.
I pull a car trailer that I usually transport my John Deere tractor but here's a pic with my '58 Impala headed to the paint shop.
Here's my ole '55 COE work truck with a 7K lbs dump insert.
I pull a car trailer that I usually transport my John Deere tractor but here's a pic with my '58 Impala headed to the paint shop.
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From: miami
I pull a Yamaha jetski to the salt and an airboat to paradise when the water is right. to cold for the ski now but paradise is just after christmas.(the wife and kids are going north to see snow, I`m going to spend the week at camp gourging on fresh pork.)
Bill in Miami.
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Hmmm.....
A low boy with heavy equipment(trac-hoe, Back-hoe, farm tractor), a hay trailer, and our horse trailer. Just depends on the time of year and needs of the business....I'm a Builder.
Oh, since I haven't built my gallery...
1993 F-250 7.3 IDI Turbo, Supercab 4x4 with an 8k Warn on the front, gooseneck in the bed.
Oh, since I haven't built my gallery...
1993 F-250 7.3 IDI Turbo, Supercab 4x4 with an 8k Warn on the front, gooseneck in the bed.
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From: Virginia
lets see, i pull/have pulled a 20' Haulmark enclosed landscape trailer( lawn equipment in it), a 14' PJ dump trailer (whatever in it), 16' Big Tex landscape trailer (bobcat/vehicles io it), 20' Miller tilt-top trailer (tractors/trailers/logs etc) , 24' boat, and a 35' crew shell trailer (coast to coast). Whatever needs to be hauled, ill do it. Working on the gooseneck type trailers, those are next
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From: Black Hills of SD
I pull an 863 bobcat with steel tracks. My concrete saw with 300 gallon water tank. My car hauler which made a round trip from east Texas to Whidbey Island near Seattle with a stop in Las Vegas.
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