Too much weight?

[mrnecsteve]

I am pretty sure you will be over the manufacturers rating for the truck...Be sure to have a criminal lawyer on retainer and a generous insurance company .

[dougger222]

With the F350 and the dump trailer I'm right at the 26K limit. The dually is 11,200 and the dump trailer has 2 7K axles with a sticker of 15K lbs. When I bought the dually figured I was at 26,200 lbs combined but after talking with the trailer place the combo is actually at 25,200 lbs.

Used the F250 for pulling the two dump trailers from 50K-230K miles. At 155K miles the rear leafs were shot, replaced with OE Ford parts and installed Firestone airbags which helped a lot with the heavy bumper pull trailer. With the wheels set back on the trailers there is a lot of weight up front, way more that what Ford says is max.

With the totally stock Excursion took a load of 6 ton of gravel in the dump trailer and pulled it 50 miles once. If my friend didn't overload me it would make the load at 12,000 lbs plus the 5,000 lb trailer (14ft 5ft sidewalls) and 8,000 lb vehicle brings the total to 25,500 lbs. Of course this was done under the cover of darkeness when most DOT's are off duty.

Got pulled over a couple years ago towing the dump trailer with the X. Had the trailer loaded up with boards and roofing stuff and the dot didn't weigh me but did give me 7 warnings. Within a week was legal.

With the dually have a lot more weight to give especially on the rear wheels. You see guys towing lots of weight with one ton dually's.

[Hazcat@charter.net]

a trailer over 10k in california needs a class A lic. a single vehicle over 26,000 lbs needs at least a B, but a 26,000 lbs vehicle with a 10k is allow with a standard lic. there are exemptions for RVs but I don't know what they are for sure.

[dougger222]

In Minnesota if your truck and trailer is over 10K you have to be DOT compliant. You need a health card, fire est., warning triangles, brakes on axles (if trailer certain size), brake away brakes (if trailer certain size), and all lights must work.

What I was told was if the trucks gross and the trailers gross is over 10K lbs combined and used for work you can and will be pulled over at any time. Here in MN the DOT set up traps and pull over everybody that drives by towing for work. Usually when there set up they stay there most of the day and just the other day I was tipped off by a trucker as to there wereabouts. I don't have a CB but I bet if I did I'd here were they were sitting daily.