[AT] OT: Really Nice tractor towing rig

[Dean VP]

Cecil:

The one I saw was a F550 not F350. First time I had seen a F550 with a
conventional P/U bed on it. The problem one has to deal with is that the
heavier the truck itself is, the less towing capacity. At one time Ford
rated the F350 Dually with less towing capacity than the F250 due to the
fact that the F350 plus duals weighed so much more. Don't know if that is
still true today! A dump truck on a F350 had to weigh quite a bit. 

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

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Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Really Nice tractor towing rig

> While at the Gas station paying $2.19 a gallon for Diesel fuel, a rig
pulled
> in that I hadn't seen before. A 2005 F550 Ford Dually with a conventional
8'
> P/U bed on the back. Diesel Powered, Automatic Transmission, 70 gallon
(two
> tanks), Goose Neck set up in the bed plus a class 4 receiver hitch.  It
was
> three days new. Had to ask the owner questions about it. He intends to
pull
> a 30+ foot horse trailer with 14' living quarters.  Expects the trailer
load
> to be over 15,000 lbs. The truck is rated to pull ~17,000 lbs.  But he
> expects to stay under 26,000 lbs GCVW. 


	I just now looked at a Ford Motor Company TV ad on the Outdoor Life
Network that advertised a new Ford F-350 dually. It stated in the ad that
this pickup truck has a towing capacity of 19,000#. That must be one helluva
Ford. I've had several Fords and not even the F-350 dually dump truck with
the big block V-8 could handle 19,000#.

Cecil
-- 
The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
what you said.

Cecil E Monson
Lucille Hand-Monson
Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole

Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment

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