WHo has towed a long/large bumper pull style trailer? Thinking like 12-15k on a 30-40' trailer? Behind a 2500HD? Thoughts, concerns other? Obviously need WD hitch and Class V rating, but what else, huge pain or just not as good as a goose or fiver?

Some trailer shops said DRW only, but I see large travel trailers that must be 12 k plus all the time......

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IMO, heavy bumper pulls are extremely dangerous if you need to make a quick move.

Ide stick to 10k or under.

One of the guys we race with is pulling a 36 foot Haulmark sprint back race trailer with a 2002 2500H/D D/A. Since our race trailer is 28' and weighs about 9000, his has got to be in the 12,000-13,000 lb range with seemingly no problems. Trailer is nice, wish I had one like it!

My TT grosses 11,700lbs, though I doubt I'll every load it that heavily. I've probably had it up around 10k with water for dry camping and other necessities. It's 31'11'" overall and is very steady under tow. As my sig indicates I use a Titan V receiver and the heaviest Equal-i-zer hitch. Solid receiver; effective hitch. If you are going to a really long conventional trailer, I recommend a Hensley or PullRite just to make sure the tail doesn't wag the dog.

TC

IMO, heavy bumper pulls are extremely dangerous if you need to make a quick move.

Ide stick to 10k or under.

I have to disagree here. I have pulled tags above 10k and if the truck is stiff enoungh in the rear end suspension wise and has a good hitch and load is distributed properly, it will pull fine as mine have. 5th wheels are nice but they have their own draw backs too.

Ramv and snoman,

Welcome to the forum!


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Ramv and snoman,

Welcome to the forum!




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Can't stress a good load enough. I had to move from georgia to alaska with 9500 lbs... on a 7500 lb trailer...


you WILL get wagged if your load sucks. I found that out the hard way. Even with getting more weight on the hitch, I still was limited in speed. Be careful.

Can't stress a good load enough. I had to move from georgia to alaska with 9500 lbs... on a 7500 lb trailer...


you WILL get wagged if your load sucks. I found that out the hard way. Even with getting more weight on the hitch, I still was limited in speed. Be careful.




If you load more on the hitch than the truck can handle properly, it can make things worse. I have been up to a little over 12,000 lbs trailer weight with no real problems but that was on a 1 ton P/U with 80 PSI in rear tires (SRW) When I am that heavy I limit my speed to 60 MPH or less usually too. Edited by: snoman

My TT has a GVWR of 8300# and I have scaled the truck trailer combo at 18,460# This was a Flying-J truckstop and the scales is setup so you can get the weight of different axles. My truck with the trailer hooked up weighed in at 9520#, so that leaves 8940 for the dual axles on the TT. Everything was over loaded, and I traveled 3093 miles with this setup over a 15 day period. I could run as fast as traffic and road conditions would allow. However I kept it at the speed limit at all times where I could. I used cruise control much of the time.


I have the Quadzilla Stealth and I used the 70 hp setting.

I pull stuff like this 42 footer all the time. 70mph when they are angled at the front as this one is. Weight varies with equipment but these run from 9K to 12K#'s. Biggest problem is my wish for a Jake Brake going down some steep mountains out in the West. You don't see any DRW on my truck, do you?


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Lucy and Ricky towed an 38 footer with an old convertible car in the movie "The long long trailer" or something like that name. It was about 1954 that the movie was made. I watched this movie about 25 years ago, if I remember correctly they used a station wagon in some of the mountain scenes.


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Lucy and Ricky towed an 38 footer with an old convertible car in the movie "The long long trailer" or something like that name. It was about 1954 that the movie was made. I watched this movie about 25 years ago, if I remember correctly they used a station wagon in some of the mountain scenes.


So we should be able to tow a house with these modern trucks.http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Big Smile.gif

When I was a kid the family sedan or wagon could tow a 30ft plus trailer with ease but they had some good engines and trannies and full frames in cars back in the mid to late 60's and early 70's to do it with and they had stronger rear axles than most of todays modern 1/2 ton SUV's too, especailly GM's.Edited by: snoman