Hauling Deere D

[MeanGene1]

Half ton pickup brakes and no brakes on the trailer? "Watch my beer" lol

 

[ss55]

Can I haul a 1928 John Deere D 24 miles with a 2020 Silverado 5.3 and a 16 foot flatbed trailer 5 lug 15” wheels and a 2x10 plank floor. Also to note the trailer has no brakes but the route has minimal hills. This is a one time deal and in any case would be done slowly and carefully. Not sure what the D weighs but it looks like a lot of cast iron and steel wheels to me.

A 7500 pound twin axle trailer with no brakes might not be road legal in any state except as a farm trailer. Was the trailer actually built without any brakes or are the brakes simply non functioning?

If you have a 70 to 100 hp row crop tractor with decent brakes I would tow the loaded 7500 pound trailer with no brakes behind that tractor instead of behind a half ton pickup.

 

[rustred]

A 7500 pound twin axle trailer with no brakes might not be road legal in any state except as a farm trailer. Was the trailer actually built without any brakes or are the brakes simply non functioning?

If you have a 70 to 100 hp row crop tractor with decent brakes I would tow the loaded 7500 pound trailer with no brakes behind that tractor instead of behind a half ton pickup.

I wouldn’t, them slow moving units on a road are more of a safety hazard than pulling that trailer with a half ton.I’m more worried about having working lights in the dust. And I hardly think working trailer breaks are going to help you out very much if a rabbit ran across the road.

 

[Jallyh]

April 2005, I left my then home ,on the Canadian side of the USA / Canada Border (Washington State /British Columbia) with my 1997 Ford 1/2 ton,extended Cab,Long box,6 cylinder Auto Transmission,Firestone Air bags on Rear suspention,16 inch 8 ply tires.
The Trailer (my brothers) had twin 3500 axles,10 ply tires,loaded with a 1947 John Deere D, Rear Rubber loaded with Calcium Chloride.

I picked my traveling time, so as to have minimum highway traffic,and much cooler ambient . After 750 miles,sun was up, I entered the west portal side of the Rocky Mountains and headed North East exiting the Rockies on the East side,with my trip ending at the Southern Terminus of the Alaska /Alcan Highway in Dawson Creek BC.

NOTE
The above is not coffee room talk,it's not he said she said.
Bob....

I hauled a 57 Chevy station wagon over the Rocky Mountains on I-80 with a 2008 1/2 ton Silverado probably 10 years ago. That truck had the driver information info in the dash and I could watch the transmission fluid reach 210 degrees plus and can still remember the stench of hot tranny fluid. Had to stop three times along the highway on the way up to let it cool down a little. Had the trailer brakes working for the down side. Was sure I was going to end up putting a transmission in it but finally sold the truck this summer with over 180k on it running and driving just fine.

 

[Jallyh]

A 7500 pound twin axle trailer with no brakes might not be road legal in any state except as a farm trailer. Was the trailer actually built without any brakes or are the brakes simply non functioning?

If you have a 70 to 100 hp row crop tractor with decent brakes I would tow the loaded 7500 pound trailer with no brakes behind that tractor instead of behind a half ton pickup.

I just don’t have a trailer brake controller in this truck. The brakes on the trailer haven’t been used for 10 years and I would imagine they are rusted up.
I guess what started this was I didn’t know how heavy the D was. It looked heavy to me.

All this brings to mind the old saying ‘If you want something bad enough you’ll find a way. If you don’t want it bad enough you’ll find an excuse’ Probably I just don’t want the D bad enough. And I REALLY don’t want to have to put a transmission in my truck…

 

[Jallyh]

A 7500 pound twin axle trailer with no brakes might not be road legal in any state except as a farm trailer. Was the trailer actually built without any brakes or are the brakes simply non functioning?

If you have a 70 to 100 hp row crop tractor with decent brakes I would tow the loaded 7500 pound trailer with no brakes behind that tractor instead of behind a half ton pickup.

My two tractors are a 1953 50 and a 1944 B…

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

I just don’t have a trailer brake controller in this truck. The brakes on the trailer haven’t been used for 10 years and I would imagine they are rusted up.
I guess what started this was I didn’t know how heavy the D was. It looked heavy to me.

All this brings to mind the old saying ‘If you want something bad enough you’ll find a way. If you don’t want it bad enough you’ll find an excuse’ Probably I just don’t want the D bad enough. And I REALLY don’t want to have to put a transmission in my truck…

A little late now but those trailer brakes will probably surprise you. My Dad NEVER had a brake controller for his cattle trailer. He'd overload that trailer with animals and take them over hill and dale with out a worry or a problem. Always claimed that trailer brakes were worthless anyway.

Sometime around 2004 I learned that GM trucks came pre-wired for trailer brakes starting in 2000. I had a controller in my 2003 Silverado, and was impressed with how well it worked, so I bought one for Dad's 2000 Silverado and installed it for him. Wouldn't you know it, but those neglected brakes on that rusty old cattle trailer WORKED PERFECTLY.

Most likely your truck is pre-wired for trailer brakes, so all you really needed was a $50 controller and an adapter harness or four wire splices.

 

[flying belgian]

Yesserie we are hope to be YT haul police legal. We are under GVW, have a CDL, checked with insurance and a lawyer. Taking this load across the street to my neighbor and hoping for the best.

I thought you needed 4 point tie down. Ha!

 

[flying belgian]

My two tractors are a 1953 50 and a 1944 B…

We had a 50. They are painstakingly slow on the road.