2012 F450 Hauling 32,000 lbs. (5 TON)GVWR=44,500

[decodeme2]

Hey guys,
If you need a 5 ton or lighter equipment hauled, My son or I can do it.
We do have a 16500 lb winch for hard to move items.
We do this part time, so we like to stay within 500 miles, But.....
Kevin..
ps, dont pm me..i dont check it that often..
decodeme@verizon.net

Yes its all legal. We stop at all the DOT stations.
Located near Ft.Meade,
we charge $3.00 a loaded mile.
Check out our inventory. We haul for our customers too!

 

[Derrickl112]

All i can say is WOW.

 

[flyxpl]

That 5 ton sure makes that F450 look small . Nice dually , trailer and 5 ton .

 

[Hooty481]

nice truck what brand of trailer and weight load is that?

 

[DieselBob]

Very nice set up. Hope business is good.

 

[decodeme2]

The trailer is a LOAD MAX rated for 24,000 pounds and the M923 is like 23,000 pounds

 

[Flyingvan911]

Nice set up.

 

[maddawg308]

Uh, wow. I just hope the trailer brakes are feeling their oats when you have to haul a 5-ton. Just...don't try hauling any 5-ton wreckers, please? I don't want to read about you in the paper.

 

[austinaubinoe]

HEY thats my Deuce front and center! Thanks again for getting me my truck with pretty short notice. That was quite a night!

Here is a thread of my painting progress:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/paint-bodywork/79900-painting-my-53-reo.html

 

[sirmrtow]

great looking rig

 

[doghead]

I'm kinda looking for a new trailer. I just looked for Load Max trailers and I only see an HD gooseneck up to GVWR 22000 lbs. And the trailer weighs about 6000lbs, so max load cap is only about 16000 lbs. Was your custom built? What model is yours? Did you buy new from a dealer(could you tell me the dealer name, if so?)?

 

[tie6044]

If your trailer is rated for 24,000 lbs that means the load PLUS the trailer can only equal 24K. I'd guess the trailer weighs close to 7K so that leaves 17K to put on the trailer. Unless your trailer is rated differently than most. Just my

Dangit doghead you edited while I was typing!

 

[swbradley1]

DH, Derrick112 came down to pick up a load of 6.2 engines and had one of these he drove all the way down to North Carolina to pick up. It was one heck of a good looking trailer. I hated to push the engines across the deck...........

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[decodeme2]

Load Max 24000 lb with 2 12000lb axles. The truck has be upgraded with 19" michelin G rated tires, 5000lb each. Also subtract the goose neck weight, i prefer a 30 / 70% mix on the load. The truck can carry up to 10,000 lbs on the goose neck easily. Airbags are in the near furture. The trailer model is a Load Trail , 32' GN. LO-Pro. Call Cox trailer sales. (301)599-6285 located in Maryland. cost about 11k. It has awsome brakes too!.
We watch our axel weight, we scale out our loads if we think we are over axel, and move the load forward or back to get it perfect. Picking up a M818 soon...Should be interesting.
Kevin..
ps, Load trail on the title. load max on the trailer..go figure. Correct vin. Must be the same.

 

[doghead]

Is there a GVWR sticker on the trailer? What does it say?

I'm only interested in the trailer capacity. I would be towing with a heavier truck yet. I would like to have over 20000 lb load cap. I still don't see how your trailer can be that high.

GVWR = load + trailer. Nothing else.

GCWR = truck + trailer + load.

GAWR = actual load on axles


Here's the sticker that should be on your trailer(adjust for 12K axles).

 

[Matt65]

Be safe out there. That's a huge load.

 

[Bighurt]

Legally that trailer is over-loaded, best of luck when you run into a finicky scale clerk.

GVWR is 24k including the MT weight of trailer. Another note is Load trail uses safety chains rated at 26400. Your weight of 5 ton and trailer exceeds that number, so at least in a hitch failure you'll risk others lives and not just your own.

And people criticize why the government is beginning to regulate more than HDT's in use. I see it all the time in the RV industry, 1/2 ton's towing monster rv's, grandpa's triple axle bus, you name it. Common sense is gone, the people have forced the government to regulate since the people can't.

Doghead Diamond C makes a triple 12k axle Gooseneck and makes a good trailer, although I don't like their spare mount. They can also throw 15k axles under one as a custom build, if I were to have a custom trailer built, I'd call them. As for the other companies, I'd call M920, he's worked a welding outfit before and can attest to some other trailers manufactures issues.

 

[doghead]

Just found the spec for the coupler on that Load Max trailer, 24000lb max.

 

[porkysplace]

It looks like the load in the pictures in post#1 exceeds trailer capcity by at least 30% , so I would have to say pretty unsafe and expensive if caught by D.O.T.

 

[doghead]

Do they fine you by % of overload, or by # over?