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Will This Ford Grain Truck Fit On My Trailer? (PICS)

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Beatles65

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I need to go and pick this truck up soon, but I need to know what the rear wheel base is.

The old Ford Grain truck has duals on the back, and I need to find out if it will fit on the trailer.

The trailer that I will use is 80 inches wide and 20 foot long.

If the rear of the truck is too wide then the plan is to take one of the duals off on either side to fit it on the trailer.

Thanks for the help!
From Denton, Nebraska.
Andrew Kean.
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get someone to measure it and phone it in? i have hauled a 1950 1 1/2 ton ford on my trailer with no trouble.
 

The box on that truck is wider than the rear axle with the duals. If you need to be 100% legal, then you should also be concerned with the width of the bed. If the bed is wider than your trailer (80 inches), then you will be overwidth. If being 100% legal is not a concern, then just go get the truck. It really won't matter if the outside duals hang out over the sides of the trailer, or at least it won't matter to the truck OR to the trailer.
 
It looks like the outside wheels are still more narrow than the bed of the truck. What will you gain by removing them? The truck will sit on the trailer the same with the outside wheels hanging out past the side of the trailer still on the truck, or with them removed sitting in the bed.
 
I"m assuming it would be legal to drive the truck down the highway. Simply putting it on a trailer does not increase its width. Unless there are rules stating you can't "haul" a truck on a trailer, I see no problem.
 
Is your trailer 80" wide? or 80" between the fenders, as are most "car" trailers? I suspect the deck (fore and aft of the fenders) is more like 96" wide.

Front wheels of truck should go between the fenders, back may not unless you take off outside dual. May not even have to have it that far forward, but most important thing is to balance the load. How long is the bed of the truck?

If you're going a great distance, I'd sure get someone to measure the truck in advance.
 
The trailer is 80 inches wide, and that is all. The trailer belongs to my cousin and is used to haul a bobcat. There are ramps on the back that fold up and are held in place standing straight up. I need to be able to clear where the ramps latch and where the fenders are, and that is only 80 inches in width.

There is no way to get measurements, because the seller doesn"t live near the truck and niether do I. It is a two hour drive one way to where the truck is located.

I will be hauling the trailer and truck with my cousins Suburban, so not using a truck.

Thanks!
From Denton, Nebraska.
Andrew Kean
 
If you are going to keep going on these adventures then I'd say you better just go and get a gooseneck deck over full width trailer a 20 foot plus 5 ft beaver tail works really nice and put a winch on it too .
 
Legal width is 96" most places with some being 102". No place would being over 80" cause a problem being legal. The problem is the rear axle would be spaced for centerline of rear dual at 60" and ad depending on tire size (guessing here at either a 7:eek:o X 18" or a 7:50 X 20" adding the width of the tire to the 60" I would guess at 70" but the rear axle will be wider than the inner dual so would be very close to 80"+-.
 
I wish I could help. Really, not with the question but with helping drag the old girl out and loading her up.

For whatever reason the day of opening the old barn door and rescuing a piece of Americana like this warms my heart.
 
At the risk of sounding wise - I never leave home without 3 things. My jacknife a tape measure and American Express.
 
You need more trailer.... And more truck. That is going to weigh around 10,000 lbs. A 25 ft gooseneck would fit the bill nicely.
 
Let me put it this way, I hauled a 1960 1 ton with duals on my trailer without any issues and it is a car hauling style. The trailer is at my farm and I could go measure it and the truck wheel tread if you want me to.

Incidentally it is sometimes referred to as wheal tread, i.e. pattern distance from the outer portion of each tire.

Wheel base refers to the distance between front and rear axle.

Enjoy that old gal. I drove a 1949 Chevy 1 ton flatbed for 7 years and enjoyed it.
Wheel tread definition.
 
I doubt it seriously,not on a regular car trailer.how far is it away?less than fifty miles,join AAA,have them send a wrecker after it.or simply hire a wrecker to move it.even if it fit somehow on trailer i would be concerned about that much weight on tires.if it would run i would drive it myself.
 
At the risk of sounding like a complete weirdo, could you take pics of the resurrection here that you are about to do?

If anything just for my entertainment. :wink:
 
The front tire wheel tread is most likely the same or very close to the outside dual of the read wheel tread.
So taking off the outside tires is not going to help.

I would be more worried about what it weighs and if you have a trailer long enough to balance the load.
 
Looks like a '46 ford truck, probably has a 158 inch wheelbase, Stock bodies from Ford were about 79 inches wide, truck with body should be somewhere around 6,000 lbs. If outside dual hangs over body, no sweat, as long as tires hold air. Max legal width is 102 inches, anything less is no problem. The rear of the truck is heavier than the front, so would be wise to load it back end first to eliminate light tongue weight.
Have fun, be safe.
 
That looks about like a '41 ? & I have operators manual for 1948 & it gives
"tread clearance for maximum tire eqmt" as follows:

F-5, 1 1/2 ton , front=58.5, rear=67
F-6, 2 ton, front=58.5, rear=67
F-7, 2 1/2 ton, front=66 , rear=69.5
 
> The rear of the truck is heavier than the front, so would be wise to load it back end first


That would surprise me, empty the engine & tranny often outweigh the rear axle & box? I realize they can have a lot of overhang but still, I'd be surprised.

--->Paul
 
I can tell you how we used to haul them,(do so at your own risk),we would take another grain truck,raise bed and back rear of bed as far as possible under front bumper of the other.put a old spare tire between bumper and bed , chain frame to bed of tow truck and lower bed. this would raise front tires off ground,and we could tow it letting it ride on tire to let it turn some.if we couldnt get under bumper ,we would simply raise bed as far as possible,run a chain around frame and through stake pockets of tow truck and let it sort of hang off back.cops would probably have a conniption fit if they caught you doing that nowdays.didnt ever tow them very far,and stayed on back roads, but you can move them that way if needed.used to haul a lot of tractors with an old grain truck would raise bed and back into a ditch or up to a high bank.run tractor up on truck and lower bed.
 
You are going to be over 10,000 lbs on the load and about 16k gross WAY OVER for your Burb. WAY Over for a bumper hitch. Let us know what roads you are going to travel so we can avoid them.
You are also going to get stopped and ticleted by the first patrol car that sees you.
 
So, lets review- trailer isn't big enough, but I'll be pulling with a rig that isn't big enough either, so it should balance out.

Sometimes, you just can't fool mother nature. You need a little more here, both with trailer and puller.
 


That is a '53 Chevy COE with a 16' bed. I don' think an 80" trailer will cut it for width and depending on the bed length, 20' might leave some hanging out the back.i'm not sure what ths truck weighs, but 6000lbs would be a wet driving weight
 
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