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Old Jul 1, 2012 | 10:52 PM
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not really I was pushing it the whole way 75 and 80 we were getting off that night and the duramax did better on the hills than the detuned cat in the Kw
 

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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 09:33 AM
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I had to pull our plane from the customs ramp back to the hanger because the APU took a dump and no way to start and our GSE mech had the big tug wheels off, total weight 209K
 
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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 01:00 PM
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i once towed a 100 ft gooseneck loaded with scrap metal that weighed 316,000 pounds from florida to kentucky...

cmon guys..
 
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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 01:58 PM
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i once towed a 100 ft gooseneck loaded with scrap metal that weighed 316,000 pounds from florida to kentucky...


Wait you did that with a 6.0 damn I gotta see pics
 
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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 11:03 PM
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think what you want, it was only 1/4 mile down taxiway, and our smaller tug has a 6 cylider ford (300) and it pull it fine in and out of the hanger, but it has huge ratio gears, in 4 low the truck did not struggle too much, but the brake rider had to stop us because the truck would not
 
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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 07:08 PM
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116K doing 75- 80 in a pickup? i'm with ltk on this....
 
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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 10:14 PM
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Well if it's you're truck a work truck can do anything because it's not you're truck and on a day like that wen you really don't care you just push it and kinda go for it and if it broke it falls on the people that did not want to pay the tow bill so rather do it the right way we pulled it with the truck and the truck's not really towing 116K more like pulling
 
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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 11:21 PM
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I've grossed 38k with 2 f-350's and a eagle pitcher fork lift from nevada to colorado.It sucked pulling hills and egt's where HIGH.Good thing the boss had a 53ft goose neck with triple 16k axles.


and don't worry I didn't exceed 50mph.I'm not retarded and don't run highways speed even when bouncing an empty trailer.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 07:29 PM
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even just pulling. a pickup won't do 60 with 116K...
 
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 07:46 PM
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no, no it wouldn't I've seen what my uncle puts his diesel through(farmer) and it couldn't get past 40 hauling his 618c deere harvester with the head on the back of the trailer.Good luck hauling 116k at 80,even if you could stopping would be a huge issue and so would the whole quadrupling the weight limits of the truck,dot cops,etc etc etc.
 
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