Brad,
Buy a one ton, add a 5th wheel hitch and go.
Seirously though, the 1 tons were made to haul and pull loads like that. My
1 ton spent most of it's life as a plumbing truck with most of my dad's
tools and parts stock in the back. When it retired from that it was used as
a grove truck, much of the time pulling a drive-on trailer with an
International 0-4 tractor and disc on it. All this with a dipper engine and
stock brakes.
Oh, and several trips back and forth to Maryland with a travel trailer.
As for doing this with a 1/2 ton, I wouldn't recommend it. Even the Disc
brakes on the brand new half tons aren't really made for that. In this
farming community there are a lot of gooseneck trailers and I can't recall
ever seeing one on a half ton.
The main reason I changed over to front disc is pedal pressure, with manual
disc brakes I have to apply less pressure than with the power drums on my
GMC.
That AD with the BelAir behind would have made a nice picture. Too bad
there's never a camera around when you need one!
John
49 3800 Chevy Panel
52 640 GMC Firetruck
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Newman <bkn6@airmail.net>
To: oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 9:02 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Pulling with an AD/TF
>Coming home tonight I saw the neatest thing that I have seen in a very
>long time. A 51-53 AD was pulling a gooseneck trailer, and on the
>trailer was a 53 Belair convertible! I have no idea what this guy had as
>far as suspension/rear/engine etcetera, but man was it sharp. I was at a
>red light, and he went through the intersection and was gone by the time
>I was finally able to try and chase him down.
>Would anyone have any suggestions as to how to set up either an AD or a
>TF to where it could safely pull a 24'-30' gooseneck? I can visualize
>the engine, but the rear end has me stumped.
>If anyone has any ideas, please let us hear them.
>Thanks
>Brad
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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