[AT] OT: Really Nice tractor towing rig

[Ralph Goff]

I just read a review of this F-350 in the latest Western Producer paper. Way
out of my price range at $55,000 canadian dollars. Way more truck than I
need too.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Really Nice tractor towing rig


> I have a Ford F-Series Super Duty brochure here in front of me and the
> maximum towing weight listed for any Super Duty pickup is 17,000 lbs.
> That is for a F-350 DRW with the 6.8L gas V10 and TorqShift automatic
> transmission, 4.30 rear axle and a 5th wheel trailer.
> Check with the local Ford dealer and look at page 33 of the Super Duty
> brochure for the complete details.
>
> Phil
>
> P.S. I want a F250 Super Duty Diesel really bad, just not $30,000 worth.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> >From    : charlie hill <chill8 at cox.net>
> Sent    : Sat, 18 Dec 2004 12:41:50 -0500
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> Subject : Re: [AT] OT:  Really Nice tractor towing rig
>
>
> >I've seen a similar ad Cecil.  That is the new truck with the brake
> controller built in.  19,000 # is nearly as much as the single axle
tractor
> trailers that deliver in the cities can haul (Roadway express, etc.)  I
> don't doubt that the Ford can pull that much.  I just hope that brake
> controller works VERY well.
>
> Charlie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 7:35 AM
> 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
> >
> > Free advice
> >
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