towing another idi home need advice

[towcat]

you got a set back axle trailer. i'm suprised the 'burb didn't squat with the load. you have a preload on the tongue weight. with the trailer and the ext cab you're hauling, you're OK in this combo to haul engine backwards since there will be little weight aft of the axles. your ext cab will have a rough gross of 6.8k. 4k will be front axle weight, the rest on the rear axle. if you load it backwards, the lighter side will be on the "bridge" between the axle and the tongue and the majority will be on the axles. if you secure the load with the pickup front axle right over the forward trailer axle, you "should" have a good balance there. if it doesn't feel right, some rearward or forward adjustment will make things right.
btw.....that's a nice trailer you have there.
i've been real lucky over the years, there's a truck scale around the corner from my shop that's open 24/7 and they don't care what you weigh after hours. as a result, it's been a good education for me on weights and balance and being able to estimate a load. When I was hauling for a friend of mime, I got hit with all the "O" loads......overlength/overheight/overweight and oddzised. the scarry part is the fact I was doing this at the behest of DOT, so no permits was needed. When you are operating in that capacity, you better know what your equipment can do and be smart about how you get things done.

 

[texcl]

Yeah, what your saying seem right on about the weight distribution. Guess it was hard to tell without pics. As long as I get the bed to compress a bit with the truck on backwards, that should be enough tongue weight, correct?

 

[franklin2]

Yes, that's a good way to do it. Watch the tow truck as you pull the vehicle up on the trailer. You want the tow truck's springs to settle quite a bit. You know your truck and how much it moves down with different weights. Just make sure it has plenty of weight on the truck before you take off. Most of the trucks have a progressive spring stock, so they will settle quite a bit before the thinner upper leaves hit the lower thick leaf spring. Don't worry if it's not level, it will pull fine as long as you have some weight on the truck/tongue.

 

[lotzagoodstuff]

There were 3 kids and 2 pigs in the back of that sub, , yes I'm a red neck.

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Thanks for sharing, that's good stuff.

 

[Drew2010]

Okay...

Pull it on front first... balance it as necessary... strap/chain it down...

DONE!


Not seeing the need for two pages of this. Squat the tow vehicle a little bit... Use your head, you'll be fine

 

[Jake_IN]

Not seeing the need for two pages of this.

Well we're a talkative bunch here. There is after all a 3 page thread talking about the door chime. So if this is only two pages i'd say we're doing alright

 

[Drew2010]

I suppose

 

[towcat]

Okay...

Pull it on front first... balance it as necessary... strap/chain it down...

DONE!


Not seeing the need for two pages of this. Squat the tow vehicle a little bit... Use your head, you'll be fine

who appointed you as the thought police?

 

[GOOSE]

We'll get to page three, don't you worry.

 

[Coyote_Red]

Okay...

Pull it on front first... balance it as necessary... strap/chain it down...

DONE!


Not seeing the need for two pages of this. Squat the tow vehicle a little bit... Use your head, you'll be fine

I only see one page.........

 

[HS108]

^^^^

Same here, I switched to 40 posts per page, makes it much easier!!

 

[cpdenton]

I do tile work for a living. I use my trailer to haul pallets of material all the time. I always load it where my f-150 work truck squats about 2 inces on the rear wheels when possible. I have hauled small cars engine forward and old trucks engine rear to balance mine.

Plus I wanted to add another post to see if we could get to 3 pages.........

 

[Jake_IN]

Plus I wanted to add another post to see if we could get to 3 pages.........

Awfully thoughtful of you

 

[towcat]

hell....pre-facebook days, this place had tech and chatter mixed up in equal doses.
are we at page 3 yet?

 

[Dieselcrawler]

sometimes you have no choice.....

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9300 lb 2008 f450 on a 10000 lb rated trailer. yes we were way overweight, and the tow rig(94 6.5) was squattin pretty good. but it towed nice!

best part is the f450 is my pops truck, waterpump went bad. the red dually is his old truck sold to a friend of mine. the 6.5 has 260000 on it, all hard towing miles like this.... lol
rescued by his old truck......