Towing two jeep's F150?

shawn said:
I beg your pardon?

I explained in great detail to Ben why this is a relatively new phenomenon, and what shit was actually like back in the 80s and 90s. All Ben has done is repeatedly misrepresent what I said.

If he thinks it's such a great idea to pull a 14k trailer to Harlan with an F150, I say we should let him try. We'll have to refer him to the Harlan directions thread, though. Im not sure he knows where it is.



I didn't have that kind of scratch. :(
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Never took you for the type to play the victim. You literally said the answer was 1) Medium duty trucks 2) you weren’t going fast enough for it matter or 3) you had to be a baller to tow any kind of weight.

And I absolutely would tow 14,000lbs with a new 150. Back in my day, I was pulling 20,000lb dies a few hundred miles at a time, with significantly less capable rigs. But I guess that’s bragging and will yield another meme.
 
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77GreenMachine said:
Ben has supplied facts, and Shawn can’t stand that. So the pissing contest continues.

I agree that today’s half ton trucks outperform 3/4-1 ton trucks of the past by far. Now could you do that tow with a modern half ton? Most likely. Would I do it? No.

Think about someone using an 85 F250 or a Chevy of the same year with a TBI 350 and drum brakes out back. Those were THE trucks of their day, and people were still hauling tractors and cattle and stuff then. Again I wouldn’t do it and think it would ask a lot off the truck, but it probably would do it much better than a 1 ton truck from 85-95.
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Would you suggest towing 2 Jeeps weighing approx 8500# to Harlan with truck in question?
No. No you wouldn't.
 
I think we all agree a modern 1/2 ton is equal in almost every way to a 90s era 250 or 350.

I think we all also agree either is capable of pulling 14k lbs down the road.

I personally wouldnt pull 14k to harlan on a 30' tag with an f150...but i wouldnt talk shit to ya if you did.

I will say this..I dont think I ever saw a trailer hauling 2 rigs into Crawfords . Hell i still remember calling my bil a pussy because he got to borrow his boss mans dually and trailer queened in the first time.

I also remember a state trooper pulling me and grandpa over on the way to the sale barn in 91 or 92. He gave grandpa a ticket for too fast for conditions. He clocked him at 52 in a 55 and we had...I think 12 heiffers in this crazy borrowed trailer behind grandpas f100....300 i6 step side. I remember well the cop saying "ain't no damn sense trying to be Richard Petty while you hauling cows old timer"...

So equipment has improved, our expectation have improved with it. Everything works fine until you go jump in a 90s truck and try to tow heavy at 70+mph...and even then it's fine until it aint.
 
UTfball68 said:
You literally said the answer was 1) Medium duty trucks 2) you weren’t going fast enough for it matter or 3) you had to be a baller to tow any kind of weight.
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You should probably go back and re-read the thread, then.
 
Jody Treadway said:
I'm digesting after hiking all morning before riding 10 miles in Pisgah this afternoon.
I have nothing else on my plate but to get more likes.
Fat n happy, bruh!
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I’m just stuck at a family cookout I’d rather not be at, so I’m just here to poke the bear.
 
Jody Treadway said:
You just need sway control. @shawn and @BigSouth can give you the deets
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I think of all the crap Joe Darlington pulled behind Isuzu Rodeos through the years.He thought he was kickin in high cotton when he got that new fangled sway thingy that went where the ball is and had the 2 arms going to the frame. He pulled shit across the eastern half of this country that out weighed that rodeo by thousands of pounds. A baller he was esp. if he thought he could flip it for more duckies
 
ord.sgt.26NC said:
I think of all the crap Joe Darlington pulled behind Isuzu Rodeos through the years.He thought he was kickin in high cotton when he got that new fangled sway thingy that went where the ball is and had the 2 arms going to the frame. He pulled shit across the eastern half of this country that out weighed that rodeo by thousands of pounds. A baller he was esp. if he thought he could flip it for more duckies
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To be fair, Joe could do a lot of things most would fail miserably trying...maybe not the best example.
 
ghost said:
So I'm over here drinking Hoppy Kay eye Lone Rider in awe that I spawned a thread that would not die.....
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Ron/Ben found a way over the years to agree to disagree...Ben/Shawn still a battle royale...our arrogance gets in the way. I’d still buy him a beer though. Otherwise a fuller thread is still a sure fire 10+ page shit show.
 
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UTfball68 said:
Ron/Ben found a way over the years to agree to disagree...Ben/Shawn still a battle royale...our arrogance gets in the way. I’d still buy him a beer though. Otherwise a fuller thread is still a sure fire 10+ page shit show.
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I'm Fulmer not Fuller......
 
ord.sgt.26NC said:
You sir could be the standard by which all other tows are measured by.
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Or...you could be the pictures that they show you in CDL school and say "Don't do this!". It could go either way really.


@77GreenMachine to be fair, GM didn't have TBI 350s in 1985. So it was even better....it was a Qjet 350 :D
 
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