Most people do not believe it, but the truck pulls it perfect. We made Vegas in 47 hours with a trailer 2 feet shorter. The 2500HD is only rated 1000LB less then a 3500 Dually. It is loaded with 2 cars (Fully dressed 67 Camaro and 79 Formula) and a gooseneck full of stuff in that pic and does not even know it is carrying anything as far as weight / springs. Horsepower wise it will run WAY faster then I run, I like to run no faster then 70 for safety and fuel milage. The truck is rated for 22,000 total, 4,000 on the front axle, 6000 on the rear axle. We weighed it and it is 4050 on the front, 6200 on the rear, and 12,600 on the trailer. Also, the 20 inch wheels and tires can carry more weight also, but were not carrying a lot of weight on it's back.
I have my trailers built custom for the short box truck. The truck is my daily driver. I hate parking a long box and hate parking Dually fenders even more.
Another interesting tid bit. With my 24' single trailer, we get 11 miles to the gallon, with the 2 car 44' we get 9.8! S it only cost 10% mor in fuel to carry 2 instead or one. If I pull off the 20s and use the stock donut tires / wheels, I pick up 1 MPG, but looking cool counts for something!
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Frank Serafine
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