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Originally Posted by hatzie
Just plain bad time of year to break down like that and be far away from dad. Tho I've rescued my dad and mom on more than one occasion. They're pushing 80 and I'm on the downslope toward 60. Reminds me of the Bonnie Rait tune Nick of Time.
Buying twin axle 7200 & 9600 GVW trailers is expensive anymore. Glad I got my 9600 back in 2017.
Then you still need to find a rig big enough to haul it.
If I was a lot closer I'd offer to help but I'm halfway across the country in New England.
If her mechanic says it's not a good idea to empty the cab and bed out so the only extra weight is the driver and then drive it to him empty... he likely has an idea what's wrong and he might be able to fix it if it's not driven any noticeable distance.
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She's a big girl now. I haven't heard yet what she decided. I dunno what was in the cab & bed but the main load had been that big old steel gooseneck trailer (4 horse + tack room/sleeper).
I could pull it on a trailer (I think - 21K GCVW) with my 2500 but it would be a 2000 mile round trip just to move it maybe 140 miles. We used to make that drive a lot (C.S. <--> Gunnison) and I think it was about 180 miles total and the truck is maybe about 40 miles west of C.S.
I thought maybe it could be moved with front wheels on a dolly but I don't think there is any way to put the electric TC in neutral?
I'm just damn glad my 2016 has the manual TC lever!