Every towing forum needs one of these posts... right?

probably the heaviest I've ever been. I didn't scale, but those are V8 E250s

And finally what I really got the whole rig for. My Dakota is the rig in back.

What to do when the tow rig gets stuck

Given the chance, I had to see if they'd fit. Had about 6" total to spare once I got the air dam of the front car over the winch and jack. They're Mazda2s.

Now thats a tight fit! -Jordan-

That's what SHE said. per Tapatalk on my EVO

Hauling tire water troughs, about 33,000 lbs total weight. A little overloaded and wide too.

jonathan1950 after looking up (google maps) where you live I'd won't be to worried about your loads out there in the middle of nowhere Idaho. Dang Flatlander...

Yeah, it is pretty flat around here, and not many police to worry about either. The load of tires came from Utah, there were only a few hills to go over. The pipe was just north of Twin Falls and the the Ford went to Twin Falls, so only a few small hills to climb. The Nissan came all the way from Portland OR with the diamond plate on top so that was a pretty fun adventure going through the Gorge with a large wing strapped to the car, but it made it.

At least you took as a joke as it was intended... :thumbup2:Your like myself I'll push the limits now and then but being careful...

Yeah, I know how you mountain folk like to joke! We do have some hills out here, not as big as yours, but in the summer we move the cattle up on Elk Mountain. Sometimes I have to leave the girlfriend home because she gets too nervous we I do some of the things I do. Like you, they are safe as long as you use your head and plan it out.

Jonathan, How's the QCSB pull a gooseneck? Any issues? I know you have the doved trailer tongue, so that helps, but have you pulled a square-nosed gooseneck yet? Clearance issues with the cab?Thanks!

Jonathan, How's the QCSB pull a gooseneck? Any issues? I know you have the doved trailer tongue, so that helps, but have you pulled a square-nosed gooseneck yet? Clearance issues with the cab? Thanks!

So far I like how it pulls. I have not had any issues with clearance, the only thing that I would like is a little more power, but I am working on that. I have a Sooner goose neck stock trailer, the nose is rounded not squared and I have towed that quite a bit and it clears the cab just fine. Just took a John Deere 410 backhoe into town today and other than squatting the rear end a little there where no issues at all. I do not think that there would be any clearance issues with a squared nosed trailer as I have plenty of room between the front of the trailer and the cab, the only thing that there might be is a little less turning angle since the side of the trailer would come close to the cab before the doved trailer tongue would. Hope that this helps, Jonathan.

Thanks.Yeah, I'm mostly concerned with the turning radius and clearances with a gooseneck and shortbed setup.

I've done some pulling of a square fronted stock trailer with an 05 4 door short bed. Its something to be careful of. You can pull stuff fine, but you definitely can't cut the truck all the way across the trailer. I only broke the glass once, and after that I became quite paranoid about the clearance. If I were towing a gooseneck a lot, I would probably want a long bed.

"wanting", and "affording" a long bedder are two very far apart things right now

"wanting", and "affording" a long bedder are two very far apart things right now

I thought it was perfectly doable in the 05... I just had to be careful. My dad still has the 05 and I still haul hay and whatnot for him sometimes and its fine. I also rescued my father in laws jeep with it and our 26' flatbed, my 2000 Ram when the VP44 quit, and both those were fine on the highway, and in delivery to their respective shops. That square nosed stock trailer got modified last winter though.

Traded the 92 D250 Cummins for a 34' fith wheel triple acle car hauler

Here's what were pulli'n

My new 22' Kaufman with my Kubota

Nice goose and tractor. Also, huge pirelli trailer! Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Getting ready to haul out with the horse trailer! . Parked my father in laws mini truck in front of my trailer today, had one of my wifes customers asked if we really hauled it with that .

Looking through some pics and I found these!