Trailering your Skidsteer Mulcher... What are you using?

PLMLLC · Jan 20, 2014

Dirt road. I have a commercial policy. Unfortunately I can't go with a bigger truck at the moment. 2 kids I have to haul around hence the crew cab when not working. Hopefully 2 years I can get a dedicated haul truck. It looks like I will have to get the dot stuff. I guess I am going to run it and hope to not cross fit. It's all local and mostly back roads.

05rammer · Jan 23, 2014

Your truck will handle it but I personally don't like pulling that much weight with my truck, would do it every once in a while bit not every day. Not to mention if something would happen then the lawyers would probably tear you up for using a pickup. I would get a bigger truck with are breaks.

ShearHeadMS · Jan 27, 2014

Bought a 75 chevy C70, got it for $1200 rebuilt 350 and rebuilt trans, took off dump body and put a 5th wheel and goose neck ball on it, haul every thing I got with the old girl.

DIRTROAD · Jan 28, 2014

ShearHeadMS said:
Bought a 75 chevy C70, got it for $1200 rebuilt 350 and rebuilt trans, took off dump body and put a 5th wheel and goose neck ball on it, haul every thing I got with the old girl.

That is all the truck you need and cheap to operate! :thumbsup:

Danny C · Jan 28, 2014

DIRTROAD said:
That is all the truck you need and cheap to operate! :thumbsup:

Except for fuel! lol

ShearHeadMS · Jan 28, 2014

Hahaha!! When you spend all your money on college, you really have to come up with cheap ideas! And it gets about 10-11mpg, put a fuel injected 350 in it and geared it out just right, for driving just 30-50 miles away to me it's perfect. You can haul machines and haul chips and logs to the mill.

RedNeckRacin · Jan 28, 2014

Look at a S/A tractor with a day cab. they can be had with a diesel and ALOT more capacity than your pickup for 10k or so. If your in business look at it as a write off!

GTLandshaper · Feb 7, 2014

F-450 4x4 service body (12,000#) pulling a 10 ton PJ bumper hitch. No problems. Good brakes and the tow/haul switch on the transmission helps.

RDrancher · Feb 8, 2014

GTLandshaper said:
F-450 4x4 service body (12,000#) pulling a 10 ton PJ bumper hitch. No problems. Good brakes and the tow/haul switch on the transmission helps.

What year is your F450 GT?

GTLandshaper · Feb 8, 2014

RDrancher said:
What year is your F450 GT?

Hey John,
My F450 is a 2005 with a 6.0 diesel. I picked it up a couple years ago with 9,700 miles on it. Had to do a little turbo and EGR work on it but it's a good puller.