Towed 55,000lbs with 135hp today

[Prowler_guy]

Well I towed just over 55,000lbs (27tons) down the toad for about an hour today with no issues. 135hp with boost up to 167hp, 16 speed tranny sure helps. :W



Just stirring the pot, lol.

[gmw_photos]

Dave H M wrote:
gmw, Yoo you need to audition for a job on Alaska The Last Frontier.

You could pass for Otto Kilcher's brother. :B

Ha ! ....yeah....only trouble with that is, I'd rather watch shows about Alaska from the comfort of my camper...in Arizona for the winter !!

[Wes_Tausend]

allen8106 wrote:
I stayed at a Holiday Inn last week!

You should add that to your signature. 😉

Example:

2010 Eagle Super Lite 315RLDS
2013 GMC Sierra 2500HD 6.6L Duramax
1983 DW (love of my life)
2010 Pit Bull Terrier (Jake)

2010 Camping Nights 45
2011 Camping Nights 70
2012 Camping Nights 144
2013 Camping Nights 46
2014 Camping Nights 49
2015 Camping Nights 57
2015 Holiday Inn____ 1



Wes
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[allen8106]

I stayed at a Holiday Inn last week!

[mabynack]

I use to drive semis back in the 70s. I had an International with a 238 HP diesel and towed 50,000 lbs up and down the Rockies. There were times when I could have walked up a hill faster than I could drive, but I eventually got where I was going.

My grandfather's farm tractor had a 24 HP engine. My lawn mower has more power now.

Nowadays pickups tow half that weight with twice the horsepower as my old semi. Things sure have changed.

[Dave_H_M]

gmw, Yoo you need to audition for a job on Alaska The Last Frontier.

You could pass for Otto Kilcher's brother. :B

[shepstone]

Way to go. Farmers get my respect.

[gmw_photos]

^^^^ ha ! ha ! .....segway ! Good one !!! love it.

[Prowler_guy]

Trying to convince the old man to get one of these. :S

[Prowler_guy]

Had a bit more fun today. All the tractors were in the field and had to move full wagons 12,000kg around the farm to unload. Clutch was gone on the farm truck so I used my tahoe. 4 Low came in handy today.
No sway control or WDH used, lol 😉

[buta4]

Tom/Barb wrote:

Prowler guy wrote:
Well I towed just over 55,000lbs (27tons) down the toad for about an hour today with no issues.:W



Just stirring the pot, lol.

and did it while talking on the cell.

Dang......that rig looks like the one they used to escape in the movie
"TREMORS"! :E

[tatest]

Not much power is needed if you are towing slow, don't need quick acceleration, and don't have grades.

On a scale similar to yours, my uncle's trucks during WW2 ran Detroit to Toledo with 40,000 to 80,000 steel loads, 85 HP Ford V-8s. Top speeds were about 45 MPH and it took a while to get there.

On a whole different scale, the tugs we used to jockey around 280,000 pound tankers and 450,000 pound bombers didn't have any more than 140 HP, most were much smaller. A 80 HP tug could do the job.

The El Camino that had to catch up with the U-2 as it landed, to catch and stabilize a wingtip, that's another story. That one needed some power for acceleration.

[gmw_photos]

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Bedlam wrote:

You should have been driving an Allis Chalmers......

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....right ! With Allis, we not only TOW, we pick things UP !

[Wes_Tausend]

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Well, heck, they only give us one hp per ton at work. It worked, but woulda worked a lot better with grippy rubber tires, instead of slippery iron wheels.

I hope you locked the left/right brake pedals together when goin downhill. When I was a kid, I remembered to do that bringing a little Farmall "A" home with a single haywagen like those you show. But...

The bad thing was I wore the left brake shoe way down the day before while cultivating corn. I used the left brake to turn sharp and somehow the park brake pawl was engaged and I didn't see it. The left brake pedal stayed locked. When I got to the other end, I first noticed the rear spades were running crooked the whole pass. I pretty much took out a whole row of corn behind me and made the left brakes hot as H. Thought I smelled somethin.

Then the next day with the brakes not yet re-adjusted, when I went to slow down on a steep hill, the little tractor lurched to the right side and durn near jack-knifed me when I stabbed the brakes. I barely recovered and ended up riding down fast-n-freaky in 4th with the A way over-revved. Sometimes there's a Guardian Angel for dumb kids and tractor engines I guess.

I hadda admit my corn mistake and get help to re-adjust the brake shoe even for next time. Embarassing.

Wes
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[MVH1]

Wow it must have a turbo, flow master exhaust, and some type of sweet diesel tuner! Lol