Greatest Weight You’ve Ever Towed
Just for fun......which “NO” criticism from those that have never had any violation of any law! Give truck year/make/model......Whether it was farm equipment, an emergency tow for just a short distan...
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When I was younger and naive and knew nothing about towing, I bought a skidsteer loader and borrowed the seller's double axle trailer. What I didn't realize is that first, I should have had the trailer brakes connected up (didn't have a trailer plug at the time) and that the 6K lb skidsteer and about 2K lb trailer was waaay above the max tow capacity of the F150.
The trip home was only around 10 mile and I thought it'd be easy if I took it easy. Got to the nearby highway and was doing okay until the traffic got heavy in front of me. Used the brakes and the truck barely slowed down at all. O schitt!! I quickly pulled over onto the shoulder and crawled along to the nearest exit and drove the rest of the way home on backroads at a snail's pace.
What isn't right is that when you go to get your driver's licence for the first time, our gov't agencies teach you nothing and tell you nothing about towing. And if you go get a trailer licence whether it's a home-built, horse or travel trailer, again, nobody tells you anything about towing. It wasn't until I started reading RV forums that I discovered how much there is to towing and towing safely.
The trip home was only around 10 mile and I thought it'd be easy if I took it easy. Got to the nearby highway and was doing okay until the traffic got heavy in front of me. Used the brakes and the truck barely slowed down at all. O schitt!! I quickly pulled over onto the shoulder and crawled along to the nearest exit and drove the rest of the way home on backroads at a snail's pace.
What isn't right is that when you go to get your driver's licence for the first time, our gov't agencies teach you nothing and tell you nothing about towing. And if you go get a trailer licence whether it's a home-built, horse or travel trailer, again, nobody tells you anything about towing. It wasn't until I started reading RV forums that I discovered how much there is to towing and towing safely.
