Can my Titan tow my tractor??
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RobertN
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Add in an hour to go and rent the trailer, get it hooked up, and another hour to drive all over to drop it back off, get unhooked ect.
And, as I mentioned in previous post, you need to find a rental place that has a 10klb trailer for rent...
And, as I mentioned in previous post, you need to find a rental place that has a 10klb trailer for rent...
RobertN
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What kind of availability for heavy flatbed trailer do you have in your area? Out here, there are not many.
And for better or worse, even with super duper tow rating, most places around here want to see a 25xx ie 3/4 ton series before they rent heavier trailers. The local rental/concrete buggy places wont do more than 1/2 yard of concrete behind any "1/2 ton" either. Some won't even hook up a concrete buggy to less than a 25xx series 3/4 ton.
And for better or worse, even with super duper tow rating, most places around here want to see a 25xx ie 3/4 ton series before they rent heavier trailers. The local rental/concrete buggy places wont do more than 1/2 yard of concrete behind any "1/2 ton" either. Some won't even hook up a concrete buggy to less than a 25xx series 3/4 ton.
puckgrinder85
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Well the trailer will and should have brakes, thats of course the most obvious point. Tongue weight should be able to determined by you loading the tractor accordingly. I towed a 12,xxx lb mini excavator with my 3/4 ton and while i was not fond of the idea i centered the load over the trailer with a little bit of tongue weight, the truck barely sagged at all and towed just great with the trailer brakes dialed in it was no worse than my 6x12 enclosed with no brakes.
nwngunner
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you guys have alot more courage and or guts then i do. I would never pull a 10,000 pound trailer on a half ton truck. Now matter how many people say they have done it just fine.
We have a 13,000 pound camper that i pulled with a 3/4 ton 78ford with over loads, bumper hitch and it needed torsation bars and sway bars. It was still a job to drive that
We recently upgraded to a 3500 dodge drw and you dont need anything to pull the camper now. No load hitch or sway bar needed.
The one day, i had 12,000 pounds of hay on my hauler and my 3500 pulled it like it wasnt back there. That was with 5000 pounds of tounge weight approx. figured i had 8bales on a 6place trailer 6 in front of the axle 2 in the rear. Down to 4 bales that werent counter balanced. That was a normal just pin draw bar, and i dont have a spring loaded hitch on my truck. I want one how ever.
How ever if i were you guys i would be upgradeding to a bigger truck if i was to haul that much weight even more then once.
We have a 13,000 pound camper that i pulled with a 3/4 ton 78ford with over loads, bumper hitch and it needed torsation bars and sway bars. It was still a job to drive that
We recently upgraded to a 3500 dodge drw and you dont need anything to pull the camper now. No load hitch or sway bar needed.
The one day, i had 12,000 pounds of hay on my hauler and my 3500 pulled it like it wasnt back there. That was with 5000 pounds of tounge weight approx. figured i had 8bales on a 6place trailer 6 in front of the axle 2 in the rear. Down to 4 bales that werent counter balanced. That was a normal just pin draw bar, and i dont have a spring loaded hitch on my truck. I want one how ever.
How ever if i were you guys i would be upgradeding to a bigger truck if i was to haul that much weight even more then once.
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If you friend is going to have to rent a trailer why not look into what a wrecker would move it for?
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The 1/2 ton trucks of today are equal to or better than the 3/4 ton trucks of the 80's. I have had 2 3/4 ton trucks and 3 1 ton SRW trucks and 7 1/2 ton trucks and I can tell you the get stronger and better each and every year.
I would not hesitate to haul that load with any make of 1/2 ton truck but thats just me. Heck, I am not scared to put 25,000# behind my 2006 F-350. I would not head out across the country like that but locally or a few hundred miles would not scare me. I guess its a comfort level thing. I have been towing 10,000 miles or more a year for the last 20 plus years.
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nwngunner
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On my 3500 dodge i am not afraid to hull that much weight either. I have just seen to many half tonne trucks with their front wheels almost off the ground trying to pull @ 65mph
Baucom
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Don't blame the truck for the operator's inability to get the load properly balanced. If the front end is that light, someone has put way too much wt. on the trailer tongue. Any properly equipped late model 1/2 ton has the suspension to handle ~10% tongue wt. on a 9-10K trailer.
