Does anyone have any experience pulling a backhoe with a ford 350 or similar sized truck? I ask because I've seen other people do it, one with a fifth wheel, the other with a tagalong. but i havent been able to ask them how it handles. We have a case 580M that we use in the custom home business, but we cant afford to justify buying a dump truck to pull it around. However, we can do a ford dually as the next work truck in a year or so. If its not too hard on the truck its worth investing in, but if its gonna tear the truck up then maybe its best to stick with the 20 mile an hour over the road driving. We would be transporting the machine about 10-30 miles once every two weeks, give or take what we're doing at the time. I haven't looked at the numbers for the trucks yet, but i've seen other people do it. A few weeks ago I was passed on the highway by a ford 350 with fifth wheel, pulling an IH 1086 and round baler. I was doing 65 and he passed me. Have I been underestimating these trucks? I have a 250 with the 7.3 diesel that i've been thrilled with. I have no doubt about pulling the tractor, but my main concern is stopping it. Does the truck have enough... "hind-end" to stay on the road and in control should a sticky situation arrise? Because this would be a work truck, it would have the full set of tool boxes and possibly a set of racks, so the fifth wheel trailer might not be an option. Would the tagalong be suitable, or would it wear out the truck too soon?
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