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For the steep grade on I77 near your place, about 25 mph. Either straining near the top of 5th gear low range or in 3rd gear high range. But then I was at 26,200 lbs with a trailer back there and no fuel fiddlyness. The rest of the way it waggled from 45-55mph depending on hills and such.
IT also makes a great place to secure that front winch chain. I can't say enough how much simpler having the hitch on the front made putting the trailer in my back yard. When it was delivered by my friend, he had a smaller pickup with power steering and it took him longer to back it in than it...
I installed it myself. When Squirt Truck, a friend of his and myself went to recover the Radar System Trailers, we used it to maneuver one of the trailers up onto a transport trailer and it made things trivial. I was worried about trying to back my equipment trailer into my back yard, but the...
Front left
http://www.freakchylde.net/~ryangill/CanadaReading2006/CanadaReading2006-Pages/Image52.html
and Front Right tires
http://www.freakchylde.net/~ryangill/CanadaReading2006/CanadaReading2006-Pages/Image53.html
Not much rubber left. Those are going to become trailer tires I suppose...
To my Knowledge Dave and Joe never turned the truck's pump up at all. I'd like to do that in the future, but, I want to get a pyrometer first and get used tot he truck before I try upping it's horsepower.
Continuing phase two of the trip to PA, I drove from where the truck was stored with the Dingo and Trailer in Hatfield PA to Reading, PA for the Airshow and then from there a 4 days later back to Atlanta.
Total miles for both up to PA and back to Atlanta was
1346 miles
Total Fuel fro both to...
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