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Old May 15, 2012 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by 1997 lariat 4.6
give him a break! i think ive put a little more than needed behind my 4.6 more than once! one day i think i was near 6500 lbs... needless to say she had a little bit of a squat!
Craig's my friend even though we've never met face to face and I don't want to see him or anyone else hurt because of something that could have been avoided.

It's not a good feeling when you catch a gust the right way and feeling the trailer start to take the *** end your truck and do what ever it wants to with it. It's even worse watching it in the mirror as you work to regain control. I've had it happen a couple times and each time there were little clothe washers punched out of the seat. I also take that stuff pretty seriously because I used to make my living behind a steering wheel driving everyday instead of driving a desk.

Have you ever seen what's left after an accident where the driver lost control of truck and trailer? Let me tell you there isn't much left of either the truck or trailer.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by dsq3973
Craig's my friend even though we've never met face to face and I don't want to see him or anyone else hurt because of something that could have been avoided.

It's not a good feeling when you catch a gust the right way and feeling the trailer start to take the *** end your truck and do what ever it wants to with it. It's even worse watching it in the mirror as you work to regain control. I've had it happen a couple times and each time there were little clothe washers punched out of the seat. I also take that stuff pretty seriously because I used to make my living behind a steering wheel driving everyday instead of driving a desk.

Have you ever seen what's left after an accident where the driver lost control of truck and trailer? Let me tell you there isn't much left of either the truck or trailer.
i completely understand, its not a fun experience, ive road with dad numerous times when the cattle moved to the front of the trailer and made the front of the truck come off the ground... thats not fun. (it was a superduty) dad has covered a few and brought photos back and no there really isnt muck to look at. its scary as hell when you have that big load back there, but i like to look back and see how stupid it was and laugh at it.
 

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Old May 15, 2012 | 10:26 AM
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Old May 15, 2012 | 11:15 AM
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Yeah towing makes me nervous when I see vehicles clearly not hooked up right or poorly matched to the trailer.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 11:23 AM
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ya'll is crazy by towing loads with F-150's I wouldn't touch with my Super Duty...



I think my Lightning is a lil' heavy for the green truck and I've got a butload more power and suspension mods
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by dsq3973
Morning.

Craig, your lucky you didn't put your truck on it's lid towing that trailer with out a WD hitch and torsion bars.
usually its driving too fast, and an inexperienced driver that causes the wreck.

I've towed over my limit before with Fiddy (estimated around 6,000 lbs and very tongue heavy)
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Still think thats safer than some of the "mexican trains" we see on 35 all the time headed south
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and the "mexican train" is safer than this Chevy i saw one morning going to work
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Old May 15, 2012 | 11:48 AM
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I agree jerame haha

Jim, can you measure your resonator pipe size?
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by shifty219

Helped a friend move his aunt's travel trailer to a camp site. 5000lbs dry and my lil 4.6l never seen under 2300 RPM's... I think I cleaned every bit of carbon out of the motor on that trip
My 03 5.4 2v pulled a single wide mobile home 100 miles once.....a friend was desperate to get it moved out of the park and relocated to his family's farm.....never again will I do that....
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 12:17 PM
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I agree jerame haha

Jim, can you measure your resonator pipe size?
he's probably napping with his wacker.....
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 88racing
he's probably napping with his wacker.....
Yea, -Attempting to lengthen that line as much as possible.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 02:12 PM
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Old May 15, 2012 | 03:09 PM
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nice suburban!
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman
nice suburban!


Still a chebbie...
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman
nice suburban!
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 03:50 PM
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