The most Iv ever pulled with my 02 was 11 ton of hay putting my combined weight a little over 30,000. I pull the same load once every year when hay time comes around

 

We hauled my new 36' telescopic forklift with platform,bucket, and rafter boom on a 45' gooseneck trailer from columbus ohio to home here in northwest iowa and rolled across the scales at 38,900 with my 05 and now we do it almost every week except it is usually just the lift an a 25' trailer and i weigh in at 32400

 

This was my Biggest load. Did not get the weight. It was heavy.

 

Biggest load ive ever hauled was not with my diesel. It was with my old truck 2500 hd chevy 4x4 6.0 5 spd with GOODIES. I weighed in at almost 32000 and it done good even in the hills. That truck also smoked 2 mustangs, amoung many other cars.

 

yea I have nothing on that for my truck but most of the heavy loads I hauled were in an old international paystar 5000 tractor trailer. Think we weighted in around 133,000 a night.

 

so with what truck i have whats the legal wieght that i can pull and what would be safest weight to haul with my truck and what i have so i dont snap or break anything

 

im a light weight, i crossed at 18k and yes i could feel it back there at that lil of weight.

 

I can't top any of that.The heaviest i've towed was a medium size trackhoe on a tandom axle tilt bed at around 10,000#
My truck hauled it fine but my stock auto tranny hated me for pulling it.It was slipping bad.

 

I'm just guessing, but I'd say somewhere in the neighborhood of 12,000lbs combined trailer weight, making your gross weight (truck, trailer and load) around 19,000-20,000. And that's with a gooseneck or 5th wheel hitch in the bed.

Now pulling off the receiver hitch without a weight distributing attachment... 5000lbs max legally.

 

who does things legally though?