F550 Chip dump ok to tow 1890xp?
- Thread starter Niu Mana
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Do the math to calculate your payload weight, look up the payload and tow capacity for the model and year. It's hard to imagine there being an issue, but you need to calculate it. Braking on a mountain may be your worst issue, so check the brakes on the chipper and make sure they are up to the task. The chip box may be too small for that size chipper, at which point you'd have to reconsider...
When you say too small of chip box for an 1890, do you mean it can just get filled quickly?
That's my impression. An 18" chipper ought to fill a box pretty quick if you're in production removal mode - for instance with a crane - right? I'm not sure if that is what you do though...
In other words, the tree debris are limiting production speed, not the chipper. If you're feeding it enough tree to make the chipper limit production speed then you'll potentially run out of chip box capacity with an f550 and wish you had a bigger truck. But, the bigger ones with 4x4 are expensive...
Merle Nelson
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Expensive is relative. When I bought a Ram 5500 a year ago 4x4 was a $2800 or $3500 option. Getting stuck a time or two would be more expensive to me than that. Not getting close enough to the brush or work area a few times would be more expensive to me than that.
A class 5 4x4 is cheap. A class 6+ is expensive, right? I don't know exact numbers, but my understanding is that you can't just pluck one out of the Ford catalog... totally agree with you about the value of not getting stuck, or being seen:
"You'll be fine up to a single axle with small block motor. I had a 550 for years, and we pulled a Bobcat T300 on a trailer with 5 yards of topsoil each morning. Bobcat with trailer was 14k. Soil in 12ft grain body was at least 10k-probably heavier."
I was told this today...you guys agree I should be all good?
I was told this today...you guys agree I should be all good?
evo
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I call bull shit. Maybe the truck can handle it, but not Cdl laws. Gvw would be about 19,500. My F-250 with a light EMPTY dump insert is about 6,700 lbs. A 550 empty would be close to 10k +/- depending on the bed/dump/box
Trailers over 10k is CDL land, subtract tongue weight from the truck payload.
Trailers over 10k is CDL land, subtract tongue weight from the truck payload.
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islandedge
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Ok been pulling a single axle 1890 for a while with the f550. It's been great for me. I used to pull it with a f800 which was about the same. But then again I never drive on freeways, and all my work is within town.
islandedge
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And not to mention it has a 30yard box on it. Lol.. but it does have some extra leafs on it which is a must.
30 yard box on a 550...I'd like to see that
islandedge
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Ok, wow. I just saw a pic of what a guy was calling a 12-yard box on a GMC8500, and it looks like the same size as yours-that's why i got confused. Nice set-up you have!
Gorman
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All is fine towing with a 550 until you blow a line on those juice brakes. If you’re loaded those trailer brakes ain’t gonna stop ya. You need a truck with air brakes.
Soil is heavy. Wet soil is very heavy, getting towards 8 lbs./gallon.
I had a side job where I loaded my trailer with 3 yards concrete crush. I could barely stop with my 10k-rated E350 and proportional breaking on the trailer.
eastsidetimber
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You telling me your trucks dont go home overweight everyday?
evo
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Actually, I could guarantee it.
eastsidetimber
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Sounds awful high and mighty, but maybe I'm missing something. Care to enlighten me? (If you're using your f250 loaded with 1-2 yards of chips pulling a 6" vermeer then no need to enlighten me).
