Black dawg
Registered User
I am asking this because I am too lazy to look it up, do they really sell tow bars rated for this kind of work? How often do you plan on towing stuff like this? I have flat towed a few times, never again.
Has anyone implemented a Drive line brake on a NON-F-SUPERDUTY
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Did you flat tow without wight in your bed? because if so thats often what leads to problems
class IV 10,000lbs blueox they make bars over 10 believe it or not
a handfull of times a year, i have excess to a dolly for smaller cars and trucks
class IV 10,000lbs blueox they make bars over 10 believe it or not
a handfull of times a year, i have excess to a dolly for smaller cars and trucks
Black dawg
Registered User
Yes, plenty of weight in bed, truck was probably at 10k, and pulling an f150 2x4. Trailer is just more convenient and safer. I guess if you know for a fact the condition of tires and bearings on the item being towed (like when you own and maintain a trailer), instead of hoping everything is cool, it might be alright.
This isnt taking into account bs like lighting and stuff.
riotwarrior
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Uhm....I gotta ask what a bad boy like that is going to cost. Cause that's exactly what the OP needs.
Or to get a trailer....
BrandonMag
Dana 50 rebuilder
That is, quite possibly, the coolest extra I have seen on any OB truck.
Did you buy it directly from Telma, Calvin?
towcat
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the local FD did on taxpayer dollar. :O
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BrandonMag
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Any chance that truck is for sale? 
towcat
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when it does, I have first dibs.Any chance that truck is for sale?
The Warden
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Driveshaft parking brakes are factory equipment on F-450's, and I've seen a few other medium-duty trucks that have them. Maybe exceptions were made for those vehicles?
Well, like was said, those are parking brakes not service brakes. I have heard on here folks saying the superduty parking brakes are easily toasted by people forgetting to release them. Probably not a lot of help stopping a load. I guess so long as it's auxiliary, DOT can't say much.
"engine braking" in ohio is illigal in "marked" areas. as you go down the highway you will see the sings in ohio that say "no engine braking" i think thats because of the noise created by semi "jake" brakes (kinda like in certian areas the trains dont sound there horn's at rail road corssings, it has to do with "sound ordnance"
LCAM-01XA
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Yes they are, but only when used as service brakes. Think pinion brakes on Rockwell 2.5-ton axles here, not parking/emergency brakes of the F-Superduty variety. Have you seen people slap a pair of Rockwells under their mudding truck on giant tires, then wanna go drive the thing around town stopping only with the pinion brakes? Yeah, that's the use that makes them illegal. If you have wheel-mounted service brakes of any kind, and they work, the driveline brake is a non-issue.
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