Heavy Loads and Horse Power

3 wives, I think he's done a little pushing

 

I have never been involved in the pullin & pushin type stuff, but I would bet that the MOST important event to avoid would be having to stop on a hill. With 2 pulling & 4 pushing I will also bet that 2 of those are there in case the unimaginable happens and 2 trucks failed. It would be prudent to be able to move the load with only 4 trucks, and even then at less than full throttle. Just my thoughts.

 

Keep her pinned boy. Lol

 

Most we've ever pulled with one truck is around 400,000 gross. We had to go up a pretty steep hill (6%), but it was on asphalt.
We were wondering if it would make it and had a push truck on standby but it did make it. We were pulling a 12 line Goldhofer. The good thing about Goldhofer is you can back down fairly easy if needed, a lot easier than jeeps and stingers attached.

 

Does that tend to start tearing up your drive tires doing something like that?

 

No matter how heavy the load, the states/provinces are only going to allow you a certain amount of weight, according to your tires and axle spacings. Usually, in the states, the 4 axle tractors get limited to 60000 on the drives (or less if the state has goofy laws). The bulk of the weight will be on the trailer axles.

So if Big Ronnie has a 4 axle truck pulling 11 axles total and Carl has a 4 axle truck pulling 7, grossed out, their drive weights will have the same limits. Make sense?

Will it tear up tires?

If you flog a heavyhaul truck, before you tear the tires up, you will grenade the drivetrain. First rule of heavyhaul O NOT ABUSE THE EQUIPMENT.The heavier the load, the easier it is to grenade the drivetrain. You have to learn that heavyhaul finesse, otherwise, you will stay in the shop.

 

@TripleSix

I just traded my truck with 202k miles that I averaged over 180k loaded gross and it still had the original drive and steer tires and they were all safely in spec for tread and wear. Consistent tire pressure ....

 

..........And the sign of a good driver...................