Think I can pull my D4 with this?

With a 8 tire trailer that has good brakes and a little driving knowledge you should be able to truck that D4 wherever you want to take it. Even across the scales.... or around the scales 😄

Beter than a "53" chevy 2 ton flat bed! Hahaha😄 And you always want to avoid the scale house!😉

Fine, its better than a F250 4x4, as if 4wd will help on the weight. You'll never forget the sphincter muscle pucker if the load your hauling starts pushing you.

CMD

I pull a D4 with a 97 Ford F350 single wheel and a gooseneck trailer. If I can do that, the dumptruck should have no problem at all. Just make sure you've got good brakes on the trailer and you'll never have a problem.

I feel sorry for all those that think a pick up can be a big rig. A person I know hauled a john deere 210 LE with a 350 single wheel. He was heading down a hill, the load was pushing him. Everytime he tried to slow it started to whip side to side. He finally lost controll flipping the pick up, trailer and load. Any time the weight of the load exceeds the weight of the puller, I hope you have many axles with lots of air brakes.-glen

I have a class A and my D4 weights 15,000lbs and I tow it all over the place and I've never been stopped or checked. I up graded the trailer from 7k axles to 8k axles because the brakes pads are twice as wide. So it stops really good and thats the secret to hauling heavy is being able to stop quickly. Also paying attention so you don't get in a situation were you need to mash on your brakes.

I'm not sure what the F-350 is rated for when towing a goose neck trailer. If I take out all my extra chains and get the load forward I'm not exceeding the trailer tire limits of 3,100lbs. The only rating posted is for bumper pull. Anybody have an idea of what you can legally haul with a goose neck trailer?

ps, hard to tell from the pic but the spare tire is shredded. On hot summer days I carry two trailer spare tires.

We used to haul every thing smaller than 10 ton on our supieor goose neck trailer it has 2 10,000 lb axles so it's rated for 10 ton I guess. We have pulled it with two trucks over the years. The first one being a 1997 dodge ram 2500 5 speed 2wd with a 5.9 liter 12 valve cummins turbo diesel with a k&n air filter and banks fuel plate so it was pushing almost 200 hp. The biggest load we ever pulled with it was a 1952 international r190 ten wheeler dump truck. 😄

And the 2nd truck was a 2004 dodge ram 2500 4wd 6 speed 5.9 liter 24 valve cummins turbo diesel high output so it was running at 325 hp stock.😄 We never over loaded trailer with that one. But weve hauled herb burbanks d4d cat dozer and rippers and it got the job done with ease.

Idk so I guess if you are a experinced heavy hauler and you have the right equipment you can safely haul your small cats and other equipment.

When was the last time you used your goose neck Rd6 Plower?

Hey Mike Mc,

Have you taken your loaded trailer and weighed axle by axle? Do that and divide by two (two tires per axle). If you keep blowing tires, one would suspect that the tire rating is being exceeded.

See gang, I'm not saying that loads can't be hauled safely various smaller rigs and trailers, because they can and are done all the time. What I am saying is the bigger the puller and bigger the rating on the trailer the safer it is. When people don't know ratings, don't know what's legal with the rig the are using, that is neglect, and some body is going to get hurt. Just a short while ago, Jesse was using a trailer rated ok for the load, but when it slammed the tilt bed, the truck was kind of light, thus bumper to the ground or somewhat close, and Jesse was thrown off the tractor, running over his leg.

I have seen guy's haul stuff so heavy for their trailer the axles bend, with the tires running at an angle. On the return trip you usaully see them broke down on the side.

Please know the rating of the rig and trailer. Know the axle rating, the tire rating, and the ball or fifth wheel rating.