Lets see your campers being towed
08-13-2013, 09:14 AM
#1881
Grandpa's big Blue Truck
It's hard for us to get to 8,200 loaded, verified at Cat scale down the road...Tongue load is 650. Mpg goes down to 10-12, but ecoboost pulls like a champ.
It took a bit to get the weight distributing hitch adjusted, but I keep it at 65 mph for safety and sway is very minimal.
It took a bit to get the weight distributing hitch adjusted, but I keep it at 65 mph for safety and sway is very minimal.
08-13-2013, 11:55 AM
#1883
Senior Member
08-13-2013, 12:01 PM
#1884
2011 Lariat Screw EB
So I was out helping my buddy at his seasonal campsite because we had a small tornado come through by us. Trees were down all over, thankfully no one was hurt.
We were hauling brush and cutting up trees. On one of our trips, down the enormous hill coming into the campground, we watched as an F350 dually was trying to back his 40ft tri axle into his spot.....uphill.
At first it was just funny, then it was just sad. Back and forth. He got far enough in for us to go right by him..........all I smelled was burnt tranny fluid.
After our brush dump we came back and he was sitting at the office.....smoked his tranny. He's stuck so that no one can come or go from this campground. I look at my buddy and said I might be able to pull him. The guy says "oh thank you".
So I go get my truck......get out.......and he looks at me and says "I thought you had a real truck", I look him square in the eye and said "you want my f*cking help or not".
We proceed to hook two straps to his back axle, then to my tow hooks. 4 wheel low and I pulled his 14k camper and 8k truck into his spot up the hill. He was pretty humble about it after.
This was setting up the straps.
Didn't even lose traction.
His camper is still there. The truck is at a shop in town getting fixed.
We were hauling brush and cutting up trees. On one of our trips, down the enormous hill coming into the campground, we watched as an F350 dually was trying to back his 40ft tri axle into his spot.....uphill.
At first it was just funny, then it was just sad. Back and forth. He got far enough in for us to go right by him..........all I smelled was burnt tranny fluid.
After our brush dump we came back and he was sitting at the office.....smoked his tranny. He's stuck so that no one can come or go from this campground. I look at my buddy and said I might be able to pull him. The guy says "oh thank you".
So I go get my truck......get out.......and he looks at me and says "I thought you had a real truck", I look him square in the eye and said "you want my f*cking help or not".
We proceed to hook two straps to his back axle, then to my tow hooks. 4 wheel low and I pulled his 14k camper and 8k truck into his spot up the hill. He was pretty humble about it after.
This was setting up the straps.
Didn't even lose traction.
His camper is still there. The truck is at a shop in town getting fixed.
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08-13-2013, 03:40 PM
#1886
Senior Member
So an f350 smoked his tranny pulling a little camper up a small Hill in reverse (doesn't even look like a Hill to be honest) and you pulled him and the camper in reverse with a 150? Something smells fishy. Pretty sure his trans is stronger than yours, lol!
Edit: not that I doubt the 150 can do it, just skeptical the 350 couldn't, lol!
Edit: not that I doubt the 150 can do it, just skeptical the 350 couldn't, lol!
Last edited by SultanGris; 08-13-2013 at 03:43 PM.
08-13-2013, 09:37 PM
#1888
Senior Member
So an f350 smoked his tranny pulling a little camper up a small Hill in reverse (doesn't even look like a Hill to be honest) and you pulled him and the camper in reverse with a 150? Something smells fishy. Pretty sure his trans is stronger than yours, lol!
Edit: not that I doubt the 150 can do it, just skeptical the 350 couldn't, lol!
Edit: not that I doubt the 150 can do it, just skeptical the 350 couldn't, lol!
08-13-2013, 09:48 PM
#1889
Senior Member
His tranny was gone for a while. Trying to back up that hill repeatedly finished it off.
I pulled out a stuck 18 wheeler with my F150 at work this past winter. Any truck with 4wd and traction can do a lot more than one thinks.
I pulled out a stuck 18 wheeler with my F150 at work this past winter. Any truck with 4wd and traction can do a lot more than one thinks.
Last edited by yamahatim; 08-13-2013 at 11:27 PM.
