F550 Towing Capacity w/hazmat?

I made a delivery with my F-350 dually to a business in Augusta,Ga. who build these!
http://extremesupertruck.com/supertruck_m101.html
A lot of money, but built to last!

 

Have you ever considered a x military rig like a 6x6 or something along those lines?
CHeck this place out idahomotorpool.com I have drivien by there alot and always wonder who would buy one. Well...t sounds like it would fit your needs. O and they are cheap!!!!! Aand easy to work on.

 

I have been pulling a dump trailer with a Dodge 3500 4wd dually for about two years.

The trailer weighs 4500 pounds and I have had a maximum of 8 tons on the trailer at one time.I usually carry about 5/6 tons.

That means that My load has been aprox 16000 pounds MAX, and I have had to put a clutch in my truck because of these heavy loads ---and I cant do diddle with the load if I get off the pavement.

I have just bought a 2001 model Ford F450 with 7.3 liter diesel 4wd dually , to be able to pull this 16000 pound load respectfully, without destroying the truck.

My GVWR IS 15000 POUNDS , WRITTEN ON THE DOOR. I have an automatic transmission and 4.3 rearend.

A 550 will not pull a 25000 pound load ( trailer plus cargo ) and stay intact doing it.
You had better plan to buy an aluminum trailer that weighs maximum 5000 pounds if you want to haul a 15000 pound cargo load.

No pickup is going to stand up very long pulling 25000 pounds daily. You can pull it, but you have to be able to horse it around when you get to the customer .When you get axle deep in mud or sand, you better have an engine and a transmisssion to do it.Other wise you will be calling a wrecker.

I am trying to get started in this business over the road, but I intend to be looking at a 15000 pound load --or less. My advice to you is to do the same , if you intend to use an F-550 Ford ,---- and you will need 4wd if you intend to get off the pavement .

IN MY OPINION

 

You may want to consider the insurance part of this operation. The insurance will scare you. On the low side $ 1,000,000.00 and up insurance policy.
Consider an International with a 4X4 OR 6X6 drivetrain. I use to test drive said trucks for mfg. Durastar,Paystar,Cargostar, etc. Ford is an excellent truck, with 4X4.
You will also need tire chains for whatever the size of you tires are, for off-road front and back. Possibly a winch for the front and a portable winch for the rear. The weight that you will be carrying is also another factor. A small pick-up isn't going to cut it. A class 7 or 8 truck would be the best, whereas they can handle the weight and the hard terrain. something like a deuce and a half Army type of vehicle. The only problem with that type of vehicle they are too slow on the road. Unless you want to go 45 mph.

 

Is there a reason to need a trailer? Why don't you just do a straight truck with locking rears. It will be built for the job, hence long lasting, and will be decent off road.

Something like this comes to mind
http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=2898403&

 

The reason Ford had problems with the 6.0 is they changed the software to put out more HP than Navistar designed the engines for . That is probably why they decided to detune engines .
The GM 4500/550 were poorly marketed . They shouldn't have stopped production of them . Engine work could be done on them without removing the whole cab .

 

I would go with 40calglock on this one - a straight truck ( perhaps 26 ft - flat ) with either a locking differential or a live front axle and you should be in business!!

 

i pull a 23' 25,000 gvw deck over tandem trailer (8080lbs) with my 05' F550 6.0 with a Takeuchi T10 track loader (9000lbs) plus mounted knaak box loaded (500lbs) and other small equipment all the time...no problems so far 65k miles.....