[91blazer]

i found a 2.5 ton truck but i need to tow it and i dont know if it is even possible. i have a 25' trailer that will hold 15,000lb's, just trying to see if it has been done before.

 

[VinSil]

Nope, but I dropped one just a few mintues ago.


Seriously...find out what is the weight and you'll know if you can tow it or not. It's not rocket science.

 

[Starboard M]

Might try one of these:

:flipoff2:

 

[Tim84K10]

I would imagine a duece on any trailer heavy duty enough would severely overload any pickup truck, but I could be wrong.

 

[Albin]

Steel Soldiers is the best forum for this question.

However, there is a pic that I will try to dig up of one SS picking up his Deuce by flat trailering it with what looks like a 3/4 ton. I'll try to find it and post the link here.

Ok, in return, I want details, pics etc. on the Deuce you found. I"m not the competition since I'm not ready to buy one (Feb. '06, if then) but I'm trying to learn and see as much as I can before then. All help appreciated.

Alright, let me go look for the pic....

Al

 

[Albin]

Haven't found the pic, but did find some interesting posts on flat trailering Deuces:

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/DotNetForum/default.aspx?f=43&m=10972&p=2

Al

 

[mywillys]

deuce towing

An empty 2.5 truck weighs approx. 13,000lbs give or take a few hundred depending on if you have a spare, troop seats and hard top etc.
If you buy it from Govliquidation be aware that they may or may not have drained oil from the diffs so make sure you check everything.
I went an hired a bigrig when I got mine, cost me about $300 to have him deliver it for me.

 

[Albin]

Also, Deuce's weigh around 13,500 lbs empty +/-.

 

[Elwenil]

I wouldn't tow a Deuce with anything smaller than a Deuce. And flat towing is just dangerous unless you have some way to activate the brakes on the Deuce.

 

[BumpyDodge]

Standard practice on 18 wheeler towing is to disconnect the driveshaft and release the parking brake springs with T-bolts (look at a tandem axle truck's brake diaphragms one pair has a springs in it that will apply if there isn't air pressure). Deuces use Air *over* hydraulic so you shouldn't have to worry about air brake springs at all. They use a cable operated parking brake (I think the 5 tons use straight air brakes). The book says just put T-case in neutral and release the parking brake.

 

[TexasBlake]

Dustin, call me when/if you pick that mofo up. I'm so there. I even cut my cast off saturday so I'm no longer a total gimp. 281-723-5964

This should be a good test for your Duramax. :flipoff2:

 

[91blazer]

trailer and the deuce im looking at 19,000# with a sw duramax,hhmmmm?

 

[Elwenil]

It'll pull it, but be careful about stopping it. Also, something like a Deuce will want to push you sideways in turns so watch your speed and make sure the trailer brakes are adjusted right. I'd still rather haul it with another Deuce or a 5 ton...

 

[Rockcrawler_101]

ahh if the truck and trailer is only 19000 it should be able to do it. a new ford can pull 16000 and thats stock if you got a upgraded tranny and some really good brakes on the truck and trailer (mainly the trailer) and take it slow you shouldnt have any problems.

 

[Tim84K10]

Any trailer capable of hauling 13,000 lbs is going to need to be at LEAST 20,000 lb GVWR. The pin weight on that gooseneck is going to be so heavy it'd likely pop E rated tires on a SRW truck like they were nothing. A well-equipped DRW truck might pull it for a short distance, but I wouldn't even think about it with a single wheel truck.

Keep in mind that you're going to be at least 25% overloaded, quite possibly more than that. I'd put this in the, "So unsafe it's worth hiring somebody" crowd.

 

[91blazer]

i could strip some things off of it like the dually tires,bed,bumpers,any other crap that a dont want, think i could lose 3,000 pounds?, i have pulled about 9,000 pound on that trailer before.

 

[SlamChops]

one of the zuki guys in TX (from p4x4) was talking about how he pulled em. 1-ton dually with a 36' gooseneck or somethin. there should be a pic or 2 floating around of it. he's got a stretched zuki on rockwells and 53s (or did).

 

[Chrisbuilt]

How far do you have to go??? And max out the PSI on the sidewall of your tires. If you strip the bed, fuel tanks, duals, hood, fenders, doors, bumpers you can probably loose enough to get it down to 10,000#

 

[Rockcrawler_101]

i had a freind that pulled 27000 pounds with his dodge one ton. So you should be able to do it no problem. you just got to take it nice and slow and have everything setup properly.

 

[BIGSTIC]

Not what you are hauling be we haul our John Deere 4455 with a 78 Chevy dually w/454 and a 32' GN. They spec out at 14,500lb without the duals and the front wheel assist so ours has to be close to 17,000lb. We only haul it a max of 90 miles and stay to the back roads and keep the speeds lower but it is faster than driving it the 90 miles to our other farm. Never once had a problem.

No pics of it loaded but here is a pic of an identicle tractor