The ones you spoke with are idiots then.
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/business/...ght_limits.htm

Max width for unpermitted loads is 8'6". As I remember from my commercial license test, only 6" is allowed to project on the drivers side. Height limit which it looks like this load could exceed is 14'. There is also the max load limit of 34,000lbs on a tandem axle. If that trailer weighs more than 4000lbs, he's overloaded........and since I have a trailer like that one, he's overloaded. In rural areas most of the LEOs will just look the other way. But should he get in a wreck like the dude at Uvalde did and kill someone, he'll be on a sabbatical at Texas taxpayer expense for many a year. They call it man slaughter in Texas. If this is some one you know, he's taking one hellva chance and risking everything he and his family owns every time he pulls that load. I'd suggest getting some one that has the permits and equipment to haul it.

 

ok then i stand corrected, guess i did talk to an idiot! i do not know this guy, a buddy of mine sent me that picture, as he works at the john deere place in mineola

 

that explains the weight since a 8410 which is the largest in that frame style only weights in a 20444 pounds

 

maybe he meant the whole rig weighed 31k

 

Impressive, just curious the mpg on that trip, since my hot rodded motor did 5-6 mpg with a 8000# toy hauler behind me through small canyons runnin bare minimum 40mph

 

So could my 4.6!!!

 

why does he have a trailer? i bet that would have fit in the bed of my 4.6L 6,000lbs fit fine im sure 31,000 would have been fine.

glad to see someone using a truck on this site!

 

thats beautiful

 

^^^ very beautiful!!!!

 

Looks like your buddy had a lighter backhaul load

 

hahahaha why even strap that down!?!?! just put it in the cab or bed!

 

I imagine there is a small child involved in that...

 

I have seen a crew cab 6.0 diesel pulling an 8410 track tractor on a gooseneck before and it was straining pretty good, so I can't imagine how hard that 5.4 is working.

 

Many truckers consider it bad luck to pull an empty trailer. I've seen tractor trailers with a tonka truck strapped to the back. It may be silly to us.... but they have their reasons...