anybody have a cab chassis truck, for towing??

[Leadfoot]

Pro's, no need for trailer, trailer brake controller, (extra spare tires for flats), trailer registration, etc.


Con's, overall height, overall weight (Vehicle GVW), engine power (is it enough), brakes, and the biggest is loading your toy(s). If your trail vehicle is disabled, it is a bigger PITA to load it on something that high as opposed to a standard height car trailer.

Hope this helps.

 

[Jonny-K5]

i wouldnt do it. we had a C&C truck here at work. it was a 2wd 88' w/ 454 stretched 18" . with a 12ft flat bed it weighed in at 7500lbs empty.
we routinely hauled loads in excess of 4000 lbs. with 4k on the back, it was a pig,swayed like a mother,brakes were way overburdened. this was with f/r sway bars, added leaves in the rear, and HD coils up front. it would make an awesome tow rig due to the added wheelbase . but i wouldnt even think of putting a truck/truggy on it.

 

[diesel4me]

get a BIG truck

A bigger truck is safer than a one ton with a flatbed or ramp body,I personally dont see how most of the rollback ramp trucks with steel bodies can haul what they do without more problems--as the other poster stated,I've ridden in and driven a few ramp trucks with aluminum bodies with a full size GM truck or station wagon on them,and the are kinda scary to say the least,even when propperly equipped--but I like a ramp truck better than towing a trailer!--I never used a trailer long enough to get used to it being behind you,or get good at backing one up either..

Around here I've seen several C-60 and school busses that could be converted to car haulers for less money than I could buy another 4x4 GM truck for,or a one ton 2wd flatbed--they are rated for the load,handle the weight better,and will outlast an overloaded one ton truck by far-if you get a box truck,it can be an enclosed car hauler!,and you could park the truggy in it when not in use--like a rolling garage!-the only disadvantage to them I see is the tires are expensive,and aren't easily changed on the road,and insurance and plates are more costly--but if you can buy one cheap enough--who cares??

 

[84_Chevy_K10]

but most ppl who have car traielrs dont use the brakes, no one around here does anyways, cept some rich ppl with new trucks and such, but still uncommon

the dually brakes are huge, and 71-up are huge disc front and huge drum rear of course, hella safer than pulling a 16 or 18 foot loaded car trailer with a 1/2 or 3/4 ton SRW like everyone here does,.....

Actually, no. Pulling a "car trailer" in Illinois without brakes is illegal in Illinois. Not only that--pulling a trailer over a certain weight without a brakeaway switch is ALSO illegal and you're also required to have brakes on every wheel that touches the road.

That said, I don't put my truck on a, "Car trailer." I use a 14k GVWR equipment trailer. It was only $3,000 man, it's not worth losing your life over having insufficient brakes.

i have a cab chassis truck for towing. im just looking for someone to split the cost with me to get a two car trailer. now thats killing two birds with one stone....

There isn't a pickup on the planet that can safely tow two fullsize rigs. The trailer that long would likely weigh 7000-8000 lbs (Gooseneck tandem dual). Two fullsize rigs even on a diet would be 5000 lbs each. That's 17000-18000. Dunno what kind of tow rig you have but my new Cummins has a GCWR of 21,500 and with 4.10s it'd be 23,500. Truck weighs 7012 with nothing in it, so supposing it had 4.10s, 23500 - 7012 = 16488, still shy of your conservatively estimated weight of 17000-18000 for a trailer with two fullsize rigs, which is probably more like 20,000 by the time you get them all loaded on a heavy duty trailer.

As stated above, you will bust the GVWR of a 1 ton rig when hauling 5000-6000 lbs on the back of it. 10,000 lbs is a common GVWR for older DRW rigs, subtract minimum 7,000 for a rig that big/long and you've only got 3,000 lbs for payload, putting you 20% or more overloaded by hauling that truggy on there.

Just get a trailer man, you're trying to over-do yourself. Just because you see guys carrying stock cars on the flat beds of trucks doesn't mean it's safe.

 

[jekquistk5]

Id just get a trailer and get a tow rig with 4wd, just incase you need an extra yank!! I have a New trailer jar in my appartment (theres only about 50 bucks in there lol) But in 2 years I'll have a trialer!