[AT] tri-axle trailer question

[CBear81438 at aol.com]

Gary:
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 hav ve a 1600 Loadstar that we load with everything  under the sun 
and also pull large combines with and it never has been  loaded.   A 3500 
Chevy or a F350 ford is rated 20,000 GCW. so, your  27,000 gcwwould not really 
overload a 1 ton.  
 
You should be ok with your 580, I haul a 400 JD Backhoe and Loader behind  my 
1600 on a 3 axle and also on a Spread axle 45 foot gooseneck....
 
Cecil in OKla
 
 
In a message dated 11/16/2004 9:20:35 PM Central Standard Time,  
K7jdj at aol.com writes:

I tow an  old 3 axle with an International  Loadstar 1600.  Trailer is maxed  
out with a Case 580K backhoe and so is the  truck.  I don't  travel very far 
with this set up.  Check the  gross
weight  rating of the truck and then add up the trailer and load.   If you  
are 
only talking about
occasional use as I suspect, then you  could  "cheat" a bit. I'm grossing 
about 13.5 tons and the truck is  rated about 11  tons.

Gary
Renton, WA.
44 JD B
2 F  Cletrac's
1 W  Cletrac

and lots of "junk"