Re: Pulling a backhoe with a 3/4 ton pickup

Posted by Billy NY on February 20, 2014 at 07:40:09 from (72.226.79.200):

In Reply to: Pulling a backhoe with a 3/4 ton pickup posted by jdemaris on February 20, 2014 at 05:43:53:

I've hauled my 850 ford with a wagner loader and a heavy cast iron weight on the back behind a 3/4 ton with a tandem axle 4 wheel trailer, a friends truck and trailer, locally to a job I was doing, 5-6 miles, with some hills, it was ok, but.... with a better set up, trailer brakes and everything matched weight wise, with truck, trailer and brakes, both trailer and truck, properly lashed down, it would not bother me going that distance, but all the while knowing its not too heavy, the truck and trailer will stop safely within a safe distance, and is not over GVW's of truck or trailer. What you are hauling is got to be much heavier, or enough to put it over, personally I just would not like to have to do that. I would hire it out, to eliminate the risks involved, and though I am sure it will pull it, its the risk involved that I would not like to deal with, something goes wrong and you are a bit over, something to consider when weighing the costs, safety vs just paying a hauler even if its a premium. You seem to need to move equipment enough, it might warrant having a truck and trailer, though the costs between DMV, INS and all the rest may not justify it, you are still ahead hiring it out if you cannot justify owning your own rig.

I know you have experience with all this stuff, so I don't want to preach to the choir, typically machines that size get hauled by a class 3 truck or medium class single axle if I remember the truck nomenclature correctly. I used to move rubber tire backhoes on single axle and tandem trucks with the "tag" trailer, tandem axle trailer, with 8 tires, and with air brakes, the weight, braking was no issue, now maybe a modern dually 1 ton or slightly heavier will do the job now, back then I don't think so. I would never consider it. One thing I hated about tag trailers is getting these darned hoes up over the beaver tail or whatever you want to call it, using the hoe to get it up over center, I remember how different Ford and Case were to load, as well as others, I ended up sideways once with the ford 655, on the ramp scared the heck out of me. Front ends on these are too light, so we would counter act that with the hoe, then get over center, fold up and lock the hoe in place, that old case 580, an '81 I believe, had that trick to lock the hoe, where it would hit home and click in.

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