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Single cylinder? Was there no dual cylinder option? For the record I’ve watched both setups work and fail. Just curious really.....
Bob, Don will CREATE the weak links.
Never load up the front of the trailer and it will dump whatever you put in it. The first 2-4" of lift doesn't have any mechanical advantage on most of them.......but they lift higher than yours, if I looked at your picture right. Maybe they gave your trailer more mechanical advantage in exchange for a little less lift.
so 2 questions:1. did you trade the flat bed in on this one?2. is it gravity down or is it set up to hydraulic down as well?
Quote from: EL TATE on July 03, 2019, 02:19:07 PMBob, Don will CREATE the weak links. Tate, I asked if he bought the extended warranty on the grizzly. Crickets....
Have you tested loading the skidsteer in the trailer yet? I want to hear how it goes. We actually just bought a 14k dump trailer last week. Mostly for moving around 80 loads of gravel for a new driveway. But also thinking it can haul our bobcat. For me the bobcat weighs 9,700 with the bucket. So the 14k is plenty.
And we just pulled a trailer with 5.4 tons of dense grade gravel about 20 miles. Going up one hill starting at a stop light my truck was starting to spin the rear tires below 25 mph. We pulled at 70mph on the highway just fine. I did notice some bouncing that would continue for several follow on's, so I think I'm going to purchase those wedge devices that connect the running leaf pack to the overload spring.
Quote from: Flyin6 on July 10, 2019, 02:18:22 PMAnd we just pulled a trailer with 5.4 tons of dense grade gravel about 20 miles. Going up one hill starting at a stop light my truck was starting to spin the rear tires below 25 mph. We pulled at 70mph on the highway just fine. I did notice some bouncing that would continue for several follow on's, so I think I'm going to purchase those wedge devices that connect the running leaf pack to the overload spring.Wouldn’t a load leveling hitch be a better solution or convert it to gn.....
Quote from: moto123 on July 10, 2019, 01:45:33 PMHave you tested loading the skidsteer in the trailer yet? I want to hear how it goes. We actually just bought a 14k dump trailer last week. Mostly for moving around 80 loads of gravel for a new driveway. But also thinking it can haul our bobcat. For me the bobcat weighs 9,700 with the bucket. So the 14k is plenty.But remember, the 14K includes the weight of the trailer which I'd bet is 45---low five-thousands. So at 5K for the trailer weight you'd have 9K of total weight you could carry...But you probably knew that.With my 16K trailer and a 11,500 Skid steer, I just squeaked by within 200 lab (I think) of MGW
Quote from: stlaser on July 10, 2019, 02:25:00 PMQuote from: Flyin6 on July 10, 2019, 02:18:22 PMAnd we just pulled a trailer with 5.4 tons of dense grade gravel about 20 miles. Going up one hill starting at a stop light my truck was starting to spin the rear tires below 25 mph. We pulled at 70mph on the highway just fine. I did notice some bouncing that would continue for several follow on's, so I think I'm going to purchase those wedge devices that connect the running leaf pack to the overload spring.Wouldn’t a load leveling hitch be a better solution or convert it to gn..... NopeI just hate those LL hitchesUsing a pry-bar to lever up two scary square bar steel springs and all that junk hanging off the rear of the truck, then on top of all that they are ball hitches whereas I use a pintle. I like to rig and go, then dump the trailer off to use vehicle like a car afterward.Have you ever heard of these things I was talking about?Forces your truck to act loaded the whole time they are engaged.
Shawn, you always this scared in real life? just curious. :P
^^^ I'm not exactly sure what just happenedIn summary, I can tow at 16K Ok, but it does bounce when hitting a divot in the road for a couple of cycles. I have seen these load carrying wedges do wonders for that. They connect the standard spring pack directly to the overload spring at the bottom of the pack without having the spring pack flex that far. Basically you're just increasing the spring rate of the pack a ton without changing its shape. That way the spring acts like it is totally loaded while at normal resting height, so steering, and headlights, and hopefully, shocks all work at a "normal" height.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmOxnzzZrU0I'll order a set right now and report on what happens. I think they could be useful to a lot of the folks visiting this forum
Don allow me to go on the record. Just get firestone ride rite and be done with it. Even my dually did that with 4000lbs of Pin weight and cargo. Bags were the answer. 55lbs and it was like it was on railsSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: Flyin6 on July 10, 2019, 05:40:35 PM^^^ I'm not exactly sure what just happenedIn summary, I can tow at 16K Ok, but it does bounce when hitting a divot in the road for a couple of cycles. I have seen these load carrying wedges do wonders for that. They connect the standard spring pack directly to the overload spring at the bottom of the pack without having the spring pack flex that far. Basically you're just increasing the spring rate of the pack a ton without changing its shape. That way the spring acts like it is totally loaded while at normal resting height, so steering, and headlights, and hopefully, shocks all work at a "normal" height.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmOxnzzZrU0I'll order a set right now and report on what happens. I think they could be useful to a lot of the folks visiting this forumI’m curious how they ride w/o a load....
You guys are forgetting to subtract the pin weight. 1600 off the Gross trailer weight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Torklift is a customer of mine at work. Doubt I could get anything special outta them though.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Get the stainless steel ones! I have the standard steel ones om my truck and they rust after a few years, but the work very well with my heavy 5th wheel and no bags.
I installed both interior and exterior filters, factory Allison pieces onto the transmission and reinstalled that heavy pan. BTW, Allison makes a deep pan filter which is in this box
Quote from: Flyin6 on August 03, 2019, 08:43:27 AMI installed both interior and exterior filters, factory Allison pieces onto the transmission and reinstalled that heavy pan. BTW, Allison makes a deep pan filter which is in this boxdid/do you have the filter lock? i just got the kodiak pan for mine (added 3 quarts but is a factory allison pan) wasn’t sure if your pan came with it or not. maybe that semi contributed to filter sort of coming dislodged (if what i read was correct)