Biggest load with IDI

[Goofyexponent]

What he said - as long as I don't have to cross a scale.....For some reason compliance officer's frown on severe overweights - odd when most of them could be grouped into that class.

A Prime Example....

It only went a mile up the road, but if DOT caught me, they would tie me up by the nuts and drag me up the road for it...

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Maximum registered weight is 26000.....we were allowed to go to 27500 with a tolerance of 500 KGS per axle...I was slightly over...although NOT with an IDI.

 

[GOOSE]

Well, sorry to be a Johnny come lately but I am quite proud of what my truck has towed. I have towed a Ford 555A 4x4 backhoe on a 9 ton tag. The machine is 16,500lb, trailer 5000lb with chains, binders and such and the Logger tips in at about 7500lbs. 29,000lb gross?

I have air bags in the rear so with about 85# of air the rear holds up quite well, the front actually lifts a little to make it sit level. With the 3 trailer axles to distribute weight the whole rig handles better than most would expect. Triple axle electric brakes and an intelligent outlook on slowing down make stopping fairly acceptable.

I would say starting out is taxing on the truck. On flat ground it isn't too bad but on any kind of grade I have to put the t-case in low range and row through the 5 speeds and then crash the case back into high and resume in 2nd gear, not something I reccomend doing all the time. That is why I drool over getting a brownie in my rig. Once under way I have attained 50mph on flat roads. Any kind of small hill is instantly noticable and I am certain I would never be able to do this in any kind of hilly terrain. This is something I only do locally in a mostly rural location.

The funny thing is a few friends have newer super dutys, bowties and one even has a 500hp Cummins, nobody will even entertain the notion of towing that much. I tell them IDI Fords are like Vise Grips, just get tougher as they age.

 

[Sycostang67]

Here's what I was hauling today. Buddy and I just got done resurrecting my old 85 F-250. Next week I am hauling it out to his place and trading it for an 86 IDI F-250. Both trucks weigh about 8k and the trailer is 3500.

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Here's some other stuff I hauled but not sure of the weight.

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[Compu Doc]

Heaviest I hauled was a 6000 pound milling machine a 3000 pound lathe and a plate of steel that was 4 inches thick 8 foot wide and 4 foot deep which weighed 5227 pounds plus the trailer weight around 3000. Truck weighs in at 10,000 without anything in it and no driver

So 17,227 on a trailer that was built to hold 10,400

This was going from Middletown NJ to North Hudson NY in the Adirondack mountains. Going up the mountains I was doing about 55.

 

[leswhitt]

FWIW, I have an 88 26' Uhaul (about 11.5k empty) with the 7.3. I've never tipped the scales (loaded) at less than 26.5K and that was on a trip from MI to NC through more than a few mountains. Truck pulled fine and even though I didn't have 4th gear (Spicer tranny needs a rebuild), I kept it in 5th for all but the steepest hills. Only one hill in particular caused me trouble and I took that one at 25-30 mph in 3rd. It was a looooong stretch and the temp started rising which made me think it's time for a pyrometer. Hopefully I'll find a good parts source sooner rather than later and get that 4th gear fixed....

Edit: I see between 8.5-10 mpg depending on terrain and speed (try to keep it at 60-65 although occassionally I'll roll along at 70)

 

[Simp5782]

I was right at 36,940 with my 35ft GN and 31ft bumper pull together. Thank god the permit in Montana is only $75 a year to be able to run 95ft long, 15ft wide, 15 ft high, and 46k gross. I on average run the picture with the back trailer loaded and the front trailer with my trackhoe on it. Just dont park on soft ground. Have to use 2L to get it moving most of the time, just on soft ground she has a tendency to snap a u joint. Happened twice. Precision Heavy duty joints at that. its just a 85 NA 6.9 4spd with 4.10s. The 25k slip is for the truck and GN, the 11k is for the bumper pull hooked to the GN cale wasnt long enough to get them both.

 

[Diesel_brad]

I was right at 36,940 with my 35ft GN and 31ft bumper pull together. Thank god the permit in Montana is only $75 a year to be able to run 95ft long, 15ft wide, 15 ft high, and 46k gross. I on average run the picture with the back trailer loaded and the front trailer with my trackhoe on it. Just dont park on soft ground. Have to use 2L to get it moving most of the time, just on soft ground she has a tendency to snap a u joint. Happened twice. Precision Heavy duty joints at that. its just a 85 NA 6.9 4spd with 4.10s. The 25k slip is for the truck and GN, the 11k is for the bumper pull hooked to the GN cale wasnt long enough to get them both.

How does that work with electric brakes? Do you have 2 controlers?

 

[Simp5782]

Yes. One hooked to a 6pole and one to a 7 blade my gn is rigged with a 6way front to a 7way rear. I normally set the rear trailer higher on braking so it slows down better

 

[Diesel_brad]

Interesting. That would never fly over here in the North east

 

[gonecrazyi]

That's crazy lol. But why make 4 trips to move equipment when you can haul two trailers lol.

 

[Diesel_brad]

That's crazy lol. But why make 4 trips to move equipment when you can haul two trailers lol.

That is when it is time for a bigger truck that can handle the weight. That is why they make single axle, tandem axle, and tri axle trucks

 

[Simp5782]

Yea in montana u can go up to 110ft with a permit. Up to 18ft wide. Over 12ft u have to have flsgs and escortsand can only travel during certain times. I move my double trailers at night mostly. I get round 8mpg at 45 to 55 with 37k. With one trailer weighing 25 I get round 11 or 12. Empty 21

 

[93cc7.3]

my last scrap yard run was 12,500 family in truck trailer and a s10 blazer ive been up to 13,000 thats going from plainfield to downtown Indianapolis

 

[Simp5782]

Yea f that. I hate driving on 70 from greenfield to post rd empty when I lived there

 

[93cc7.3]

ya ive taken cars for friends and coworkers to the scrap yard pic-a-part in the center of Indianapolis ive drove out by greenfield greenwood whiteland franklin noblesville plainfield ect ect ect ive driven there from just about every direction and they all suck going downtown