Enginerd
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This ought to be interesting...
I've bought myself a backhoe. It's an old Hy-Dynamic Dynahoe 160 and I love it. It's got a Detroit 3-53 and I got it up and going yesterday. It sounds so sweet. This old backhoe has sat for 6-8 years, no one in town really knows. Anyways, I'm towing it home today if the weather permits. Or I'll do it tomorrow.
This puppy weighs 15,800 pounds, and the 35+5 gooseneck I'm using weighs 9,000 empty according to the books.
My truck now has a heavy flatbed on it. It's an F250HD 5 speed 4x4 extended cab so I'm assuming with the added flatbed weight I'm probably sitting at 6,000 pounds with fuel and tools and all that.
It's 10 miles away from me on one country highway stretch, no major hills, just some curves. I'm glad I swapped out my e4od for this 5 speed because it's much easier to control a load. I've got 325,000 miles on the motor, 150,000 on the transmission, so it'll be a good stretch of the lungs on me and the truck.
Just wanted to see what weights others have put behind their IDI? Looks like I might be grossing about 31,000 pounds..
I've bought myself a backhoe. It's an old Hy-Dynamic Dynahoe 160 and I love it. It's got a Detroit 3-53 and I got it up and going yesterday. It sounds so sweet. This old backhoe has sat for 6-8 years, no one in town really knows. Anyways, I'm towing it home today if the weather permits. Or I'll do it tomorrow.
This puppy weighs 15,800 pounds, and the 35+5 gooseneck I'm using weighs 9,000 empty according to the books.
My truck now has a heavy flatbed on it. It's an F250HD 5 speed 4x4 extended cab so I'm assuming with the added flatbed weight I'm probably sitting at 6,000 pounds with fuel and tools and all that.
It's 10 miles away from me on one country highway stretch, no major hills, just some curves. I'm glad I swapped out my e4od for this 5 speed because it's much easier to control a load. I've got 325,000 miles on the motor, 150,000 on the transmission, so it'll be a good stretch of the lungs on me and the truck.
Just wanted to see what weights others have put behind their IDI? Looks like I might be grossing about 31,000 pounds..
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