[AT] tri-axle trailer question

[K7jdj at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/16/2004 8:32:08 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
CBear81438 at aol.com writes:
If you are talking about GVW, Gross Vehicle  weight, your truck is probably  
about 22000 lbs...  However, when  you tow a trailer, you should use the  
GCW, 
Gross Combination Weight  rating which should be somewhere around 36000  for 
that truck.  I  have  a 1600 Loadstar that we load with everything  under the 
sun  
and also pull large combines with and it never has been  loaded.
 
Cecil,
My 1950 GMC 750 is rated both GVW and GCVW, the 1963  International 1600 only 
has the 
plate stamped for GVW. There is a place to  stamp the GCVW but it is blank. I 
just went and looked at it again and it  actually says 20,000 GVW.  I always 
assumed that meant it had the same  GCVW.  I have a 1600 parts truck that says 
22,000 GVW.  I'll check  tomorrow and see if they stamped it for GCVW.  The 
GMC is rated "single" at  30,000 and "combination" at 65,000. Man it will 
barley get up the hill  when I'm at 30,000 can't imagine 65,000.  Its underpowered 
with a 4-71 but  does have a 5 speed main, 3 speed aux., and 2 speed rear 
axle. I have taken it  up some very steep hills (private roads) but it has a top 
speed of about 
2  MPH in "low hole."

Its interesting that the International is OK (read  that marginal) with my 
580C and with a 580B that I have hauled but the 580K is  about 2,000 more and it 
seems to really tax the truck.  It also is  underpowered with a 304 engine, 4 
speed main and 2 speed rear axle.

Lots  of hills here. Most range from 8 to 12 percent.  Both trucks struggle 
up  and down.
I have plans to make a ramp truck out of an International 2050A 3  axle dump 
powered with a DT466.  It has a roadranger but I can't remember  how many 
ranges (12 I think).  Rear axles are single speed.  This will  replace the GMC for 
hauling my JD 450C and maybe even the 580K.

I think  the main point in all this, is usage.  I have a "hobby" business so 
I'm  only on the 
road a few days a week and some weeks not at all.  If I were out there  every 
day you'd
probably see me on the 6 PM news.  I plan my "hauls" as much as  possible to 
avoid 
peak traffic and do a lot of weekend hauls. On occasion when I  miss-time a 
trip I wish I 
had a bullet Prof vest. Most of our drivers own the roads and  don't like to 
share.
 
Gary
Renton, WA.