someotherguy
Truly Awesome
Absolutely unknown amount of weight. 3500HD's are heavy (nearly stripped and with no wrecker unit it scaled over 5K). Added framework for wrecker unit and the unit itself are heavy. 20' car hauler trailer, C2500LD ECSB, Snappy roll box loaded with tools, and a Snappy top box in the bed of the truck with tools as well as misc. other stuff. The HD had a well-worn, stock Vortec 7.4 and NV4500. Couple key drivetrain differences between this truck and a regular 3500 would be 4.63 gears and 33"ish tires (245/70/19.5). A 454-equipped HD would normally have 5.13's btw, but this one was originally a 6.5td truck so it had 4.63's.
Ran 70-75 mph from TX to FL barely broke a sweat until near the end of the trip, I ran straight through so I can't recall exactly where it was but I want to say some kind of tunnel action had me on a steep uphill climb and I had to downshift and lost a good bit of speed.
I tow all the time with different trucks but rarely is it an amount that might be equivalent to pulling around a loaded race car trailer; this example is probably closest I would imagine.
Richard
Ran 70-75 mph from TX to FL barely broke a sweat until near the end of the trip, I ran straight through so I can't recall exactly where it was but I want to say some kind of tunnel action had me on a steep uphill climb and I had to downshift and lost a good bit of speed.
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I tow all the time with different trucks but rarely is it an amount that might be equivalent to pulling around a loaded race car trailer; this example is probably closest I would imagine.
Richard