1/2 ton cement mixer.......
I'll leave at this. Only real issue towing is was the 5000 or so lbs of moving mass on trailer. Otherwise at 7-8000 lbs total it was not a big deal... My son took a picture jack knifed in ...
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mkirsch wrote:
The ready mix trailer has a fraction of the wind resistance that an 8000lb travel trailer would. You also aren't hauling that loaded ready mix trailer on a long trip so you are much more tolerant of any performance/handling issues. You'll tell yourself, "It's not so bad," because you're not hauling it on a long trip, but if you had to run 300 miles with it, it might start grating on you.
True.
On the other hand, I would probably not want to to this trailer for 300 miles, as by then the concrete would be curing. The spinning of the drum and how the weight shifting would be more if a factor too.
But, if I'm going from about 60 sq ft of frontal area now, to 90 sq ft like my TT was. That's an additional 30 hp or so needed at 60 mph. Same hp needed if I added only 10,000 lbs of actual weight! Either of those adds behind current set up, be it a 15, 25, or 35 sw/dw setup is going to be noticable.
Still, to be able to pull a 2-3% freeway grade at 55-60 mph is doi g pretty good at what I will guesstimate us 14,000 lbs gcw. I weighed truck at a dump yesterday as empty as I have been able to over the last month at 5640 with me in it. I was 6100 truck, 5860 in axle if equipment trailer last week. Had no problem doing 60 on the same 2-3% grades. I had my mini excavator behind me.
Only issue I truly had, was I spun rear tires goi g up a freeway on ramp, got the anti-skid system squeaking at me. Not sure if the reason(s) were GY SR-A tires not liking wet rained in roads. Lack of hitch weight and heavy trailer behind me. Or some combo there of. I have had this issue before with other trucks and trailers combos. Usually ice/snow and steeper grades.
So would towing an 8000 lb rv trailer be more or less fun? As I noted earlier, I would be going slower due to wind resistance, mpgs would be less due to wind resistance. Whether or not I would be more tired cranky or otherwise.....hard to say.i could very well be going faster with this truck than I did with my 96 SW K3500 crew cab with a turbo diesel. Then again, this truck has an additional 100hp available, 100 lb ft of less torque, one more trans gear, auto vs manual..... Some places better, some worst in reality.
So far, it's doing things as well or better than I expected.
Marty
