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No matter how much you think a 5 ton can pull in low gear... it can probably pull more.

This about a 45k trailer (with a 20k tongue weight on the pintle). Only had to go about 100 miles so not like a long test, but temps were great with 10 psi boost and 180-200 psi fuel pressure under load. No crazy grades but there were a few hills. I was about 65k on the scale. Wouldn't want...

Thanks for these. Useful specs. From what I understand, the smoke kits were "encouraged" to clean up the stacks and required the mechanics to add the turbo, but turn down the fuel. Giving the same power with less fuel/cleaner exhaust. Guys would come back later and get the fuel turned back...

Changing trucks is always easiest but if you’re the handy type, adding a turbo with a little boost (10-15 psi) and bumping up the fuel pressure a little (don‘t exceed 200 often or by much) will give a nice, reliable bump in power without raising EGT’s (turbos lower EGTs). Plenty of turbo’d 250s...

Real happy with the 395's for road use. 65 mph speed rating and ride pretty good. Kinda "springy". Off road, they're ok but I'd compare them more to a BF Goodrich All Terrain, instead of an M/T. Sounds like you have more use for M/T's....

It was built in ‘74 in Minnesota to haul a dozer around the Great Lakes building roads. Then a Puget Sound freighter, then an Alaskan fish tender w/crane, then I built a wood shop on it about 12 years ago. I think it was a custom build for a construction company.

I’m getting my money’s worth 😁

My LOA was 87 feet.

My dad ran a 6-71 in his truck in the early 70's. So did his buddy who bought one brand new and didn't believe in oil changes. He ran it for 500,000 miles then dropped the pan. Scraped out a gelatinous blob shaped like a crankshaft mold, put the pan back on, topped up the oil and ran it for...

Thanks Man. I boxed myself in with that landing craft and didn't have much choice. Hull got too weak to lift out in slings (plus it'd cost me a fortune in boatyard fees to fix it there) and it was way too leaky to leave in the water for another winter of storms. So the trailer was the only...

A very quick and dirty (a few hours) turbo install that I'm really glad I did before this load. Just 10 lbs of boost to keep the EGTs cool when I give her more fuel. Edit: I wouldn't recommend doing this in general. That's a 45k trailer with absolutely rearset trailer tandem on a pintle...

The 5 ton handled the trailer great in the frosty wet field with just the intermediate shaft installed. There wasn't a lot of weight on the front axle so I didn't bother. The 395s left great tread marks in the surface with no wheel slip. Really happy with the set up. I would never haul with this...

If I post any videos to youtube, I'll put links here. My wife got some pretty good footage of me going through town past the bars and down the interstate, etc.

Truck/trailer worked great. I scaled at 65k so the trailer/load came out to about 45k towed on the pintle (I have a lightweight wooden bed on my M820 chassis). It's about a 20k tongue weight so you obviously know it's back there. 250 ran great with a little boost and rail pressure bump. I...

Thank you. That takes more stress off me then you'll ever know ;)

I can't remember how fast my M809 would go in low 5th at 2100 rpm. I feel like.... 30? She spins s a little faster now and has 395's but if could find the stock numbers (which I did once :( ) I could calculate it from there. Thanks guys.

Nothing against an 8.3, but this kind of work (and that heavy a crankshaft/flywheel) is exactly why I wanted a full size, long haul "big rig" 855. This is the first time I actually worked it in the neighborhood of it's designed load. It seemed to love it. Puffed just a touch of black smoke...

They sure do. I tried to be gentle once the boat was attached to the trailer but if I was heavy handed it would just rear up and snatch that 25 tons up the ramp like it almost wasn't there.