Where is everyone #2!!

When tonnage rating did you get, what are the axle spacings. how big of well.
I need to get off my lazy arse don't I?

 

If you have a good permit person they can pick it up real fast. You need to do a sheet of your axle spacings for the trk. or trks. pulling said trl. So when calling in the permit app. they have it on file...

 

We have to do that on 5 axle loads, only when overweight though.

 

Might need to buy a tractor to match the trailer to ensure non-failure onn a load. In my views, torque will be you greatest opponent. The driveline is where the failure will be on heavy loads. Not sure what specs you have in the truck, but I'm guessing if the Pete's have an ISX, those might be favored over the Freightliners. I would think nothing less than 550hp/2050 torque to pull a 70K piece on that wagon. And in the entire set-up, the u-jounts are always the weakest links

 

Still in Laramie. Roads are pretty ###### with a couple guys stuck on the hill and I don't unload till Friday morning so I am going to sit back for awhile and wait for the sun and temperature to come up. When I woke up it was 32, then it dropped to 24 and foggy and now it is on the rise again.

 

Perrysburg Ohio

 

In the door jam of your trucks, you will see a sticker from the manufacturer. It will have the horsepower rating from the factory. Then you will see a transmission model number. It will look something like RTL018913A or similar. I am not for sure, but the first set of numbers are the torque ratings and the last one is how many forward gears this tranny has. So, it's like 1850 torque and a 13 speed in that example. If you put too heavy a load on or your engine makes more Ft lbs than the torque rating, odds are the clutch is going to go up in smoke the first time you try to pull a hill.


See, everything has to match. 69 asked you about the ton rating of that Rgn. I'm betting its a 50-55 ton Rgn. You're gong to want a heavier duty truck for that trailer. A lightweight truck can pull it, but I don't think that lightweight truck is going to continually hold up to 110000 GVW. You're going to want a heavier truck, bigger torque specs, and a pyrometer. A pyrometer measures the exhaust gas temps. When you're loaded heavy and climbing a hill, when the rpms start to drop, the EGTs start rising. Well before the water temp gauge shows the heat, a pyrometer shows it almost instantly. Get too hot on a pull, and you cook your motor. The heavier trucks will have the pyrometer, temp gauges for the drive axles and transmission, oil temp gauge...etc. goes above and beyond the idiot lights that tell you something's wrong WAY too late.