Some of you may have seen my post last night in my "moving" thread about Mrs 788 and I taking a load out to OK in my 24' Cargo Trailer. I have a question about towing.
I have quite a bit of experience towing heavy dump trailer as well as heavy equipmnet trailers with skidsteers and mini excavators on them up to about 12K lbs GVWR. My trailer is 102" wide and you can't see the rubber of the tires other than just a tiny smidge. The trailer will probably be at full capacity with a 10K GVWR. Probably a third of my travel will be in the dark. Tow vehicle is a 2015 Ram 2500 Mega Cab with 6.4 Hemi. Here's the question.
With my setup, the heavy trailer and limited visibility of the wheels how difficult is it to notice one of the tires has gone flat and trearing **** up in the trailers wheel well. DOes it make the truck shake and is easily noticeable or does it sometimes take people hinking and flassing lights behind you?
Second question: Temps are going to be hot most of the days traveling with a heavy trailer. I have three spares. They are all E-load rated, 10 ply and rates at 2800 lbs capacity each and take up to 80psi. Trailer is probably sitting at about 7000# GVWR currently with some more to pack and the tires are showing they need some air. I believe they are about 60 PSI currently. I'm gonna assume it's best to get them to 80 psi now for the upcoming haul. Should i leave them at 80 between hauls or air them back down to 6-ish? Thanks for the advice. Just haven't done any 1500 mile trailer hauls with heavy weights.
Those with a lot of towing experience, please opine. Thanks
Oh, yeah. This is the first time in 6 years i wish i would have spent the money on the Cummins.
I have quite a bit of experience towing heavy dump trailer as well as heavy equipmnet trailers with skidsteers and mini excavators on them up to about 12K lbs GVWR. My trailer is 102" wide and you can't see the rubber of the tires other than just a tiny smidge. The trailer will probably be at full capacity with a 10K GVWR. Probably a third of my travel will be in the dark. Tow vehicle is a 2015 Ram 2500 Mega Cab with 6.4 Hemi. Here's the question.
With my setup, the heavy trailer and limited visibility of the wheels how difficult is it to notice one of the tires has gone flat and trearing **** up in the trailers wheel well. DOes it make the truck shake and is easily noticeable or does it sometimes take people hinking and flassing lights behind you?
Second question: Temps are going to be hot most of the days traveling with a heavy trailer. I have three spares. They are all E-load rated, 10 ply and rates at 2800 lbs capacity each and take up to 80psi. Trailer is probably sitting at about 7000# GVWR currently with some more to pack and the tires are showing they need some air. I believe they are about 60 PSI currently. I'm gonna assume it's best to get them to 80 psi now for the upcoming haul. Should i leave them at 80 between hauls or air them back down to 6-ish? Thanks for the advice. Just haven't done any 1500 mile trailer hauls with heavy weights.
Those with a lot of towing experience, please opine. Thanks
Oh, yeah. This is the first time in 6 years i wish i would have spent the money on the Cummins.