Can a 1 ton dually pull a 7600 gallon tanker 200 miles?

rockyridgefarm · Feb 28, 2023

Asking for a friend.

MJMJ · Feb 28, 2023

Can and should are two different things. I know it's a rhetorical question, but is it full?

warbaby · Feb 28, 2023

Laden or Unladen?

tomstractorsandtoys · Feb 28, 2023

You must enjoy punishment to post something like this? Tom

Mike M · Feb 28, 2023

Should be fine as long as you don't fill it up too.

4520BW · Feb 28, 2023

Hope you have a cushion hitch!

KCTractors · Feb 28, 2023

I would say as long as it is empty you would be fine.
People are pulling 10 - 14,000 lb RV'S all the time with 3/4 and 1 ton pickups, but the trailers do have brakes.

caterpillar guy · Feb 28, 2023

Pulling and stopping are 2 different things. With caution I suppose it would pull it and if on cement it would probably even pull it loaded. If you could hold the tongue up. Should you depends on how much you want to risk.

Blackhole49 · Feb 28, 2023

If that is the actual picture of it, I would say someones mind is already made up.

cjunrau · Feb 28, 2023

that is done often. only at 20-25 miles an hour. here farmers pull heavy loads like that all the time. Cultivators, feed mixer wagons, and
air seeders. that thing empty is no more I'm sure. not everyone can hire a semi to pull it home and the tires say Max 25 on them any way so
no high speed driving. In the USA where you have min. speed limits I assume that never happens. Here our 4 lane highway we see it way to
often when farmers are moving equipment. I personally hate it when it is an air seeder as they take up both lanes and think all the semi
trucks can move over and use the gravel shoulder.

cleddy · Feb 28, 2023

Maybe could be done but is it really worth it?? Lots of problems with DOT,your safety and everyone else you know or could come in contact with in a accident. Everyone does stuff they really SHOULD NOT DO??
Ask me how I know??

cleddy · Feb 28, 2023

Trying to get a picture loaded??

This post was edited by cleddy on 02/28/2023 at 08:06 am.

Hoofer B · Feb 28, 2023

I would put it on a semi

BarnyardEngineering · Feb 28, 2023

(quoted from post at 08:43:26 02/28/23) Maybe could be done but is it really worth it?? Lots of problems with DOT,your safety and everyone else you know or could come in contact with in a accident. Everyone does stuff they really SHOULD NOT DO??
Ask me how I know??

At least in the States, the DOT can't say boo about it. It's a farm implement being towed by the farmer that owns it, as long as it is attached with a draw pin and not a ball hitch.

The only thing they can do is pull you over if you're doing >25MPH with a visible SMV, or so I understand. That's assuming the highway patrol officer is aware of the law and chooses to enforce it. More likely he's got four of them marking the edges of his driveway at the road.

coonie minnie · Feb 28, 2023

I towed a 3600 gallon one 100 miles behind a 3/4 ton truck once. Made it home OK.

showcrop · Feb 28, 2023

Does your friend own his own home? If not it is OK.

ss55 · Feb 28, 2023

Any brakes on the tanker? If not I would only tow it with a farm tractor with enough weight and brakes to handle it safely ( 20,000 pounds, 2WD 150+ hp minimum ?). Hiring it hauled might be the lowest cost option.

How do dealers move these long distances? A local dealer might line you up with their hauler.

Hiring it hauled would cost what 200 miles X $5/mile one way = $1,000 ?
Any permits required? Hauler should include in estimate.

Driving a tractor both ways would cost what?
25 hours labor X $20/hour = $500
Motel for one night $90
Meals?
Fuel 25 to 50 gallons diesel X $5/gallon = $125 to $250
Tractor cost 25 hours X $25/hour = $625
Total?

rockyridgefarm · Feb 28, 2023

The answer is yes. But cjunrau was correct that it is not a very fast process. 27mph was the max speed. At 27, it followed like a kitten. If one got impatient and got over 30 for short stretches, it would get a bad bounce and start wagging the dog. Left at 430am, got to tank at 830. Removed injectors to get some tongue weight, and left for home at 1030am. $100 in fuel out there, and $100 in fuel at home. Dually was not full when it left and was driven for a day before it was fueled again, so probably $175 in fuel. Eased it across Iowa and arrived home at 6pm. Not for an inexperienced or impatient driver for sure. Driving thru Dubuque at 5pm was the worst for traffic.

Found out hwy 20 is a minimum 40mph road between Webster City Iowa and Manchester Iowa. Encountered two Iowa state patrol vehicles that never even looked my way.

This post was edited by rockyridgefarm on 02/28/2023 at 12:31 pm.

ss55 · Feb 28, 2023

180 plus miles over the border with out of state farm plates towing an oversize load at 25 MPH on a four lane limited access freeway? You were very very lucky, LOL.

docmirror · Feb 28, 2023

I'm in rural TX, and I have to say - it would be very rare for a HP to mess with an obvious farm equip going a safe speed. Of course, stay off interstates, have a flasher or slow farm triangle, make an effort to be considerate and even if there is not every i dotted, or t crossed getting pulled over with ag or farm equip is extremely rare.

For one, I doubt these kind of tows result in accidents very often, and once the farmer gets to court, with his bib overalls and his JD filthy hat in hand, and aw shucks, gee whiz yer honor, jus trying to make a livin' out thar, not gonna get much conviction traffic.

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