But its a ONE TON..

[Chuck K.]

Dont quite know what to say..

Picture claims 43,000lbs.

 

[Lurch]

Story is he drove it all the way to Alaska. Don't remember where in the states he started.

 

[RobS]

Hey, isn't that Egon's rig?

 

[Dmace]

Well it is a Dodge Ram with a Cummins diesel, so he should have no problem.

 

[Egon]

That reminds me of a trip my Dodge made!

Does he have an automatic transmission?

 

[Lil_FarmerJim]

Oh good grief!

 

[JohnDeere4300]

He must not know that they make tractor trailers.______Or a ford

Its hard to tell what he has on the trailer.

 

[jfox]

I think the story goes like this.
He drove to Texas bought the trailer, then to Oklahoma to get it loaded with a metal frame building. Something like 40X60.
Then took it home to Alaska!!!!!!!!!!
It is a 5 speed. Only issues were at the canadian border and down the mountains.
He just played dumb when asked about the weight.

 

[powerstroke444e]

I wouldn't doubt that that the hole rig is around 43K as the truck & trailer would be around 15K and 30K of load would not be hard to put on there. I was at a steel factory one time and the fork lift operator put about 30,000 on my trailer, when I seen the weight I made him take a little off and I made a second trip. I have seen dodge's scale over 50,000 @ the elevator with corn in the trailer. I am just glad I didn't meet this guy on the wrong side of a hill.

 

[Builder]

Some people don't care about anything or anyone else but themselves.

 

[some zilch]

yeah, its a legit story and the weight is correct.

truck and trailer should, in theory, handle the weight fine, and it did, just slowly at times. a tandem dual trailer, and a diesel/5spd truck seems like it should be ok. i am not surprised that he did NOT kill anyone, calm down....

 

[Scooby074]

21ton through the mountains especially, with that rig, is just stupid.

 

[JohnDeere4300]

21ton through the mountains especially, with that rig, is just stupid.

Very well said

 

[JESSE1]

That doesn't even look like a dually. Looks like single rear wheels.

 

[JohnDeere4300]

yeah, its a legit story and the weight is correct.

truck and trailer should, in theory, handle the weight fine, and it did, just slowly at times. a tandem dual trailer, and a diesel/5spd truck seems like it should be ok.

I don't think it should be OK.....WHEN HE kills someone he will be locked up for a long time.

 

[radman1]

Give the guy a break. At least it wasn't a bumper pull!

 

[Builder]

yeah, its a legit story and the weight is correct.

truck and trailer should, in theory, handle the weight fine, and it did, just slowly at times. a tandem dual trailer, and a diesel/5spd truck seems like it should be ok. i am not surprised that he did NOT kill anyone, calm down....

Calm down?

You know, a lot of people spend a lot of time/money to learn how to handle that kind of load safely & professionally. I get my med card this Monday renewed. Why do I go through the trouble? Probably peace of mind knowing that I did my part for safety and it's the law.

I'm guilty of overloading myself a few times, but not to that degree.

Calm down? Heaven's no. I will continue to voice my opinion on idiots who put other people's lives in danger. I don't care if it's a Cummins or a Briggs & Stratton. It's only a pickup and pickups weren't designed to safely tow that kind of weight.

I'm perplexed as to how/why but posting pictures of trucks towing way beyond their safe limits is allowed. There's a lot of immature people out there who will look at that photo and try to immitate what was done to stroke their own ego or impress others with the towing capacity of their "Cummins". Then someone gets hurt or worse.

Sorry, but that just makes no sense to me.

 

[Renze]

Some people don't care about anything or anyone else but themselves.

WRONG !!!

From the looks of things, this person doesnt even care about himself !!

 

[Builder]

WRONG !!!

From the looks of things, this person doesnt even care about himself !!

TRUE!