1/2 ton cement mixer.......

I looked at one of those years ago but the dealer said our F150 was too weak to pull it.

Power wise mine is not bad. IF the concrete place is anywhere close to correct wieghts. Trailer is 2500. Concrete per yard he was saying 4500...I've heard 3300-3500 lbs per yd.. Had 1.25 yds.... I held 55-60 on local freeway grades driving the 15 mile's to daughters house. I could see an older rig being under powered per say. I did every bit as good as towing with my 2000 C2500 with a vortec350.

Marty

Nice pic Marty! That new to you truck still shows the sparkle, that goes with pride of ownership! I'm sure that mixer would tow with less resistance than a 7,500 lb TT. If you could feel the load turning/tugging on the hitch, it would feel weird, especially at more than slow speed.

Jerry

Pull empty, feed sand, gravel, and cement to it when you get to pour site? Bought a yard of cement one time already mixed. Drove 25 miles. With the road conditions all the water came to the top and I thought I was going to end up with a square cube of cement. Live and learn.

bgum wrote:
Pull empty, feed sand, gravel, and cement to it when you get to pour site? Bought a yard of cement one time already mixed. Drove 25 miles. With the road conditions all the water came to the top and I thought I was going to end up with a square cube of cement. Live and learn.

I thought I was going to get a trailer with it poured in. Got there and had this setup. Many ways nicer. Just had to pull up to slab. Hydraulics lift mixer. Those are powered by a 10-15 hp honda. Cool etup.

I'm surprised at pulling power of this 4.3 V6 tho. I can pull more weight than the 7:8000 max this trailer was. But with the rotating tub driving down the road ... I was maxed for this chassis. Then again, if I did it daily, I might change change my mind. I coukd get it filled with 1.5, maybe two. I would want more suspension.

Marty

What is the hitch weight on that mixer?

Jack knifed? Picture looks all straight shot to me.

Time2roll

Thought it was taken jack knifed. I had pulled away from pad....

Hitch weight is lowish. Empty yard did not use a hack to take off the ball.

Marty

blt2ski wrote:
Hitch weight is lowish. Empty yard did not use a hack to take off the ball.

This is a great example of towing something other than an RV trailer that could max out the tow rating without concern for payload. So many are so confounded about how the tow rating can be so high and yet limited by the truck carrying capacity. Trucks do actually tow other stuff besides RVs. Of course you know that but so many seem lost on the concept.

Our local rental place calls this Tow Behind concrete and will not sell to you unless you have a 3/4 or higher. I used 3 trailers worth to do the extension on my shop. It ended up being just shy of the 3 yards so I wipped up some 12"x12"x12" boxes and put the extra in them with some hold down bolts embedded and now use them as rolling bases for a vise and grinder that are on pedestals.

1320fastback

This place had a 1 yd for a half ton. Typical 8 lug truck 1.5 yds, 2+ was a dually/commercial type rig to pull the trailers. Being as they use surge brakes. Typical recomendation is to have the trailer wiegh no more than tow rig for the brakes to be most effective. I can see how they've come up with said statements from owning and pulling other rental trailers with surge brakes. Along with the spinning drum if concrete creating its own issues vs a sitting load on a trailer.

Marty