Need to Rent Tow Bar for Big Truck

RTR · May 15, 2019

Do any of you know where I can rent a towbar to pull a big truck to my farm? I will be pulling a non-running Ford F-600 ton and a half bucket truck with my Dodge 3500 Dually. I?ve got to pull it 50 miles via rural state highways to my farm. I?ve called uhaul and local construction equipment rental places with no luck. Called 2 tow companies and they want $500 to move the truck. I?m not paying more than I have in it to get it towed. We only bought it to hold on to and scrap later. I?ve bought similar trucks in the past and have gotten them towed for $200 or less. Any ideas??,

714_run · May 15, 2019

look for a military surplus tow bar

Mike M · May 15, 2019

Get another driver and put a chain thru a pipe and hook them both together. I done that pulling a semi tractor with a old smaller semi tractor. Both had air brakes so I also ran an air hose back to power up the brakes.

old-9 · May 15, 2019

Make one, or find a fab shop that will.

markct · May 15, 2019

Doubt anyone rents one that heavy since it would be a pretty stout truck to tow one that big with and be able to stop it without brakes. That truck will skid your one ton thru and intersection like nothing. When a tow truck hooks onto it the front is lifted thus has the weight for braking too. Either put it on a trailer or get it towed. Also with it on the ground flat towing it needs to be registered if you are not an officially licensed wrecker

Sprint 6 · May 15, 2019

So you want to tow a 15K pound dead truck with a 9K pound truck? What could possibly go wrong? Pay to have it towed, that $500 will look like chump change if somebody gets killed.

SVcummins · May 15, 2019

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showcrop · May 15, 2019

(quoted from post at 12:56:39 05/15/19) Get another driver and put a chain thru a pipe and hook them both together. I done that pulling a semi tractor with a old smaller semi tractor. Both had air brakes so I also ran an air hose back to power up the brakes.

Around here it is illegal for anyone to ride in a trailer. Even if it is legal there I am pretty sure that that kind of work pays over $1,000 per hour.

DoubleO7 · May 15, 2019

It is May 15 not April 1st.

You actually paid money for a scrap truck 50 miles away?

There are many that would not even bother if they owned a road worthy wrecker capable of towing it.I
And it was free.

Crazy Horse · May 15, 2019

So the plan is to hang onto it till it's worthwhile selling for scrap? Not sure how old you are but it might be a similar situation than buying green bananas ..... maybe have a drink or two and give it a second thought. Good luck with whatever you decide though.

tlock0331 · May 15, 2019

RTR,

i dont mean anything negative here, but how do you have a 1ton dually and no gooseneck to put that little bobtail truck on?

SVcummins · May 15, 2019

Should be able to rent a gooseneck trailer for a couple hundred dollars for a day

David G · May 15, 2019

IMHO, That is way too much to pull with your truck, and no trailer brakes.

Get a trailer.

agjim · May 16, 2019

I made my own tow bar. But the tow truck needs to be as heave or heavier than what you are towing or it could be like the "tail that wags the dog"

Sprint 6 · May 16, 2019

Make fun of me if you want, but if my Grandpa were alive, we could ask him what happens when the towed vehicle with no braking out weighs the tow vehicle. It isn't pretty when the car on the tow bar starts pushing, and there isn't anything you can do about it but but enjoy the ride as the tow vehicle turns around backwards at highway speed. Luckily, his just ended up totalling the towed vehicle, the tow bar broke before it tangled with the towed vehicle too bad. The situation here is the same thing, just on a much larger scale.

caterpillar guy · May 16, 2019

For 50 miles just ues the tractor to pull it. Unless it is a small one like an H,or n series ford or the like.

ss55 · May 16, 2019

A farm tractor the same weight as the towed truck should handle the tow comfortably. What ever you do, I would take back roads and stay off the state highways and busy roads. The less traffic to deal with and the fewer people inconvenienced, the better.

BarnyardEngineering · May 16, 2019

Yeah, you're not going to find a tow bar for rent anywhere. When they need to move something like that these days they either put it on a trailer or tow it with a heavy wrecker. Nobody wants the liability.

If you want to tow bar it home, you're on your own.

Where does this notion that the tow vehicle has to outweigh what it's towing come from? 19,000lb truck tractors pull 61,000lb trailers down the road at highway speeds EVERY DAY. 8000lb pickup trucks pull 24,000lb on a gooseneck EVERY DAY.

Where does it say he's going to tow this junk truck at highway speeds, or wait until the last second to stop for an intersection? He's a grownup and surely he realizes he has to take it slow and start slowing down a lot sooner.

And a TRACTOR? Really? Yeah, towing with the Farmall M is really going to be a LOT better than a 1 ton dually...

With a decent tow bar I would have no hesitation taking my 1 ton dually and doing this any day of the week.

BigPapa53 · May 16, 2019

Anyone around you have draft horses? You could take the tires off the rims, put it on some RR tracks and the horses could pull it easily.

Or, a friend of mine towed a cab-over Pete once with his Toyota Corolla. He filled up the fuel tanks with helium, filled the cab with helium balloons, and tied more balloons to the rear axles. Just make sure it s not too windy.

Or, the simplest thing would be my cousin. She s a witch and she can wiggle her nose and make it disappear and reappear anywhere you want for $75.

Come on, fellows. A pipe and chain? A tractor?

-Scott

showcrop · May 16, 2019

Barnyard,

You said:

"Where does it say he's going to tow this junk truck at highway speeds, or wait until the last second to stop for an intersection? He's a grownup and surely he realizes he has to take it slow and start slowing down a lot sooner. "

I have heard of people getting into accidents due to unforeseen situations suddenly arising. Sometimes people get killed in these accidents. When people get killed or even severely injured there are major investigations so that the insurance companies can figure out who pays damages. Usually the investigators look very carefully for any illegal equipment or actions. Do you own your own home?

ss55 · May 16, 2019

This trailer would not have any brakes.

markct · May 16, 2019

If it's scrap why not cut it up where it sits

Sprint 6 · May 16, 2019

Tow vehicle does not have to weigh more
pulling a trailer, as there is weight
transfer to a semi tractor so the brakes on
the tractor brakes can help, the trailer
also has brakes. What we are talking about
here is dingy tow with no brakes and no
weight transfer. Can the dually move it?
Absolutely. Can it be stopped inside of a
coasting mile? Probably not! I wouldn't
want to be in the dually when the brakes
are hit, driver will find out what the
expression "pig on ice" means.

BarnyardEngineering · May 16, 2019

I've heard of people getting in accidents when due to unforeseen circumstances too. Truck/trailer combinations with brakes and everything. Pretty gruesome stuff in some cases. There's risk in everything you do, even hiding under the bed.

That's why you mitigate the risk. Make a stout tow bar and have backup chains. Drive slow and stick to secondary roads. Make the trip when there is little traffic, like early on a Saturday or Sunday morning.

Farmers tow implements, loaded wagons of grain/silage/hay all the time too.

showcrop · May 16, 2019

(quoted from post at 13:07:50 05/16/19) I've heard of people getting in accidents when due to unforeseen circumstances too. Truck/trailer combinations with brakes and everything. Pretty gruesome stuff in some cases. There's risk in everything you do, even hiding under the bed.

That's why you mitigate the risk. Make a stout tow bar and have backup chains. Drive slow and stick to secondary roads. Make the trip when there is little traffic, like early on a Saturday or Sunday morning.

Farmers tow implements, loaded wagons of grain/silage/hay all the time too.

Barnyard, try reading my post again.

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