818 question

[DaveP]

oops wrong pic.. trying again. looking for a shot that shows the 5th wheel height with the M127. any civi trailer will be much worse. they normaly run 47" 5th wheel height. add the 16.00's and add 6 " to your 5th wheel height.

 

[rizzo]

rizzo, if your planning to run the 16's you will not like the performance on the road. my 819 is less than 38,000 and empty its a dog on hills. i put 20,000 on the hook and i liked it even less. empty i guess it's not that bad but im used to a little more horse. it will get 12-00's as soon as there availibility lines up with a pile of cash. also still have the 335 cummins to raise the hp a little. as for off road the 16.00 20's do very well. mine are the ZXL's. they do well in all that i have put them in. one more thing, the 5th wheel height?

I plan on using the 818 for things less than 60 miles from home. I have a road tractor for anything farther. I have other plans for the truck that include the 1600's so I will have to see how it goes.

 

[sermis]

I got Kwai's XM818 and trailer here Saturday. The trailer is duel wired. It has a set of 24 volt lights and a set of 12 volt lights.

 

[sermis]

Here is a PIC of the rear of the trailer.

 

[jwaller]

I got Kwai's XM818 and trailer here Saturday. The trailer is duel wired. It has a set of 24 volt lights and a set of 12 volt lights.

ya the 915s they are using have both sets of wires for both the different systems so they can pull anything and still have lights.

 

[DaveP]

My M127 has the dual electric systems also. all the M127's that i have looked at have this. made it easy for me as i towed it home with a civi tractor.

 

[ARMYMAN30YearsPlus]

My 127 has both light systems and I had to go back down to show the inspector that all the lights on both systems worked before he would pass the inspection on it. I would like to convert all my trucks to LED lights just so they become low maintainance but I am still putting my kids through college so that won't be anytime soon. I see I am thinking the 44,000 on the M818 is low for highway and think the gross t/t weight is around 77,000 on highway which would put it at about 56,000 max towed load. Am I wrong in this thinking/

 

[DaveP]

David, I have grossed 90,000 + with mine. shor makes her snort. need 10 more gears to help the poor little cummins tho. this is not recomended for sane folks.