Recent content by Deere Freek

That will give you a couple weeks to work it off before Christmas!

That depends on the state. Generally speaking, if your rating on the combined tags of truck and trailer are 10,001 lbs or higher and you are hauling for hire then you are required to follow FMCSA regs, obtain a choffers liscence and medical card dot and mc numbers (mc if hauling freight other...

Now if the tag on the truck and the tag on the trailer exceed 26000 than you are required to have a CDL but not necessarily IFTA, ect....

Cargo trailers, campers, and cars. The plated weight on your truck (apportioned plate on your truck) is what you are allowed to gross(truck trailer &load) You are considered commercial if you haul anything for hire. Weather or not you are subject to fmcsa regs (log book, weigh stations, me...

I did order it through a dealer in Tingley IA. Think I got it in 2009, it was a 2010 model iirc, could be off a year though.

I agree with Tim on that one. If your still on the stock program and put a mechanical wg controller and boost fooler in your truck your just going to throw a bunch of codes, defuel your truck and get nowhere. Speaking from experience.

I'll let you know when I'm in the area. Been a while since I've been in your neck of the woods.

1, stops almost all rocking movement, I have Reese rails bolted on a big piece of 5/8 plate steel welded and bolted to 1/2 angle iron which straddles the frame, 6 5/8 bolts from the top and side hold the plate to the frame on each side, a 30k low pro hitch welded to a platform that fits in the...

I use a king pin setup with a 30k hitch. Trailer is more firm, feels safer to me. You won't be disappointed if you go that route. Much nicer to hitch up as well, you don't have to raise the trailer that extra 6 inches to get over the ball.

I would go higher on your plate and file IFTA. It's not that much work and you can have all the above. For me it makes the difference of 500-1000 a week profit and the IFTA only runs $3XX a quarter. The gooseneck arm on the first Kaufman ripped out of the sleeve, reengineered it and made it a...

Does your new truck have a sleeper? I just got a new phone, don't have any pics of my current rig yet. I'd like to catch up with you sometime to compare trucks sometime if possible

Sorry, didn't read all 18 pages lol

The expanded metal decks are junk, frame bends and cracks, axles and brakes needed work every 15k miles from the factory, wiring never lasted more than a winter because they never sealed anything, just used scotch connectors, paint was like they never used primer, gave a 5 year old a rattle can...

Sorry it's been a long time since I've had time to get on DTR but seeing how hauling is my career ill throw my 2 cents in. I pulled, wore out 2 Kaufman trailers in 2 years. 102/53 wedge and lo-pro. Pure junk IMHO, have about a 150k mile life expectancy. owned a PJ 102/25 deckover gooseneck and...

My 6.5 would get up to 1300* and climb if I let it pulling a 18k trailer and I wasn't paying attention. Gcw 24.2k pulled just like it is in my sig no problems for 15k miles then blew a head gasket, 13'6"h 53'l load on a windy day pushed it too hard. pulled campers for another 25k miles with head...