How much can a 5 ton tow?

[Csm Davis]

Axles shafts and/or the center sections. Front leaf springs.

Chess not sure what you are doing to your trucks but I am not what anyone would say is easy on my trucks and I have never broken any part you listed. And out of 2000 five tons we have gone through at Camp Shelby I have only seen 2 bad center sections and one broken spring and it was on the rear, no broken axle shafts. I am not saying they are perfect trucks but not those problems that I have seen.

 

[jesusgatos]

Talking to guys who sell 5-ton parts to people running them as water trucks and logging rigs and they shrugged and said that with the wrong operator, anything will break. But they've been seeing a lot of transfer-case failures and axleshaft failures.

 

[tashaak]

Anyone know about leaf spring shackle bushings on a M925A1. My springs clunk when the truck is torqued or twisted on a hill. Is this a normal sound. Is there a rubber bushing where the leaf bolts to the shackle? Mine are just floating inside the shackle is this normal or is something worn out. I don't want to snap a shackle bolt unless of course this is the normal mount. I would think there would be some kind of rubber bushing. Thanks

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Anyone know about leaf spring shackle bushings on a M925A1. My springs clunk when the truck is torqued or twisted on a hill. Is this a normal sound. Is there a rubber bushing where the leaf bolts to the shackle? Mine are just floating inside the shackle is this normal or is something worn out. I don't want to snap a shackle bolt unless of course this is the normal mount. I would think there would be some kind of rubber bushing. Thanks

It's a brass bushing, not rubber. They require regular greasing or they become noisey and will wear quickly. There will be a little play between bushing and pin but it shouldn't be excessive.

Forgive the spider webs...

 

[tashaak]

Thanks for the response. It helps a lot.

 

[74M35A2]

I pulled an empty Harbor Freight trailer with mine once.

 

[l3oss]

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A friend of mine got himself an axeltech 4000 to go under his superduty and now he has a chip on his shoulder the size of Texas and it’s getting bigger with each day that passes. I asked him why he didn’t just get 5ton diffs. His reply was that his AT4000 is a 9ton diff. My reply to that was that 5ton diffs capacity is much higher then 5ton. He doesn’t wanna hear it. And according to him my M923a2 and all other 5ton 900s come with 2.5tons under them... anyways.... I don’t profess to know it all and I’m fine with that. Can any members give any knowledgeable info with regards to the compairison between the 5ton Rockwell & Axeltech 4000. Ide really like to shut him the F up! ��Thanks​

 

[l3oss]

Axletech4000:
Capacity- 19,800Lbs / 9000kg
^^^this number has him pretty wet^^^

Join DateSep 2016LocationRegina, Saskatchewan / CanadaPosts40Thanks139Thanked 11 Times in 7 PostsFeedback Score

A friend of mine got himself an axeltech 4000 to go under his superduty and now he has a chip on his shoulder the size of Texas and it’s getting bigger with each day that passes. I asked him why he didn’t just get 5ton diffs. His reply was that his AT4000 is a 9ton diff. My reply to that was that 5ton diffs capacity is much higher then 5ton. He doesn’t wanna hear it. And according to him my M923a2 and all other 5ton 900s come with 2.5tons under them... anyways.... I don’t profess to know it all and I’m fine with that. Can any members give any knowledgeable info with regards to the compairison between the 5ton Rockwell & Axeltech 4000. Ide really like to shut him the F up! ��Thanks​

 

[74M35A2]

Join DateSep 2016LocationRegina, Saskatchewan / CanadaPosts40Thanks139Thanked 11 Times in 7 PostsFeedback Score

A friend of mine got himself an axeltech 4000 to go under his superduty and now he has a chip on his shoulder the size of Texas and it’s getting bigger with each day that passes. I asked him why he didn’t just get 5ton diffs. His reply was that his AT4000 is a 9ton diff. My reply to that was that 5ton diffs capacity is much higher then 5ton. He doesn’t wanna hear it. And according to him my M923a2 and all other 5ton 900s come with 2.5tons under them... anyways.... I don’t profess to know it all and I’m fine with that. Can any members give any knowledgeable info with regards to the compairison between the 5ton Rockwell & Axeltech 4000. Ide really like to shut him the F up! ��Thanks​

Hook bumpers, put him in his place, and be done with it.

 

[chess]

Tow. I don’t know.
But I fit 4000 gallon tanks and fill them up with water. Stout trucks if you treat them nicely.

 

[sandcobra164]

The heaviest load I pulled with my M923A1 was a stacked set of M322 trailers. They weigh around 12,500 each, no clue of tongue weight on the pintle but we rolled along just fine once up to speed. Most of the trip was run at around 60 mph but we did get knocked back to 50 or so in some hills in 5th. Rough estimate, 50,000 pounds combined weight on the trip. Airlines were hooked to the trailer brakes and aside from slow acceleration, all was good to go.

 

[AMGeneral]

DISCLAMER, I do not recommend ANYONE try this!!

I did tow a M123A1C home some years ago with an M816 wrecker, Flat tow not lift!

That would be somewhere around 32,000 lbs or so.

https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?7888-MOVING-DAY-AT-LAST!&highlight=M123

Once again, I would not recommend anyone ever try this!

 

[porkysplace]

I pulled an empty Harbor Freight trailer with mine once.

Lets see a 5ton , a harbor junk trailer and Detroit roads , was there anything left of the trailer when you got home ?

 

[Ford Mechanic]

I pulled the sled at the truck pull, 40k dead wieght with the spikes set. They flagged me down at the 320 ft mark.

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[74M35A2]

I've been taught to just to say "5 tons" for all questions asked.

 

[Csm Davis]

How about 235,000 lbs up and over the levee in New Orleans.

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[Karl kostman]

AS is ALWAYS the case we all know we can pull a heck of a lot of weight, that part means almost nothing! BUT HOW MUCH CAN WE STOP SAFELY MEANS EVERYTHING!!!!!!!
Karl

 

[cwedge411]

What I don't understand, why if there is the BIG difference between the 211 (39 series) and the 260 (809 series) -10 CAPATITY charts, the running gear, suspension, trans, xcase are the same, can not believe the Cummins makes that much difference.

its not just a Cummins it's 14.0 L of Cummins...thats a big MOFO.

 

[l3oss]

�� that’s impressive!!! ����

 

[l3oss]

There’s a pic(from another member) of a 931 towing 235,000Lb in that link I just posted above