Lookee Lookee at this Silverado
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Just saw that myself. Quite the set-up.
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IMO, the air brake set up was cool.
Tonyrodz
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Gotta say I'm impressed. Silverado ftw! Wonder which motor he had.
At least it's only 1 trailer. Don't they run double 53's up there? Or is that only in NY?
Tonyrodz
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Double 53's?? DAMN!! I don't think I've ever seen that. I've seen the smaller trailers doubled tho.
Yeah one time I had to run a load from here up to Syracuse. I saw them running on the NY Thruway. With tandem axle dollies. When you first see them it's like WTF? LOL.
Some states over here on the west coast let the trucks run triples, not 53" that I have seen yet though just regular size like 24'
swathdiver
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Impressive and I bet it was plenty safe. Just because some yoyo with a pen says it isn't safe (writer) doesn't make it so. Truck might have 6.0 but probably 5.3 L33. With the dolly under the kingpin, there's hardly any weight on the truck. Pretty cool. I reckon it was a short run. Lots of homemade welding.
Here in Florida we run 53' doubles mostly at night. They wanted to run triples at night but the voters said no.
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Tonyrodz
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Doubles is crazy enough, forget about triples!
They could have been 48's I suppose. It was 15 years ago. Lot's off beers since then.
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Yea, with the dolly under there the Silverado was pulling weight and I bet the trailer was empty. One guy said he was impressed that the pin did not break with starting and stopping. That pin could have been on a crane and lifted that dolly and trailer up straight and off the ground. The pin looked to be at least 1" diameter.
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If you look real close, it has a Duramax badge on the driver door. Thats a 2500HD. I bet it pulled it alright.
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swathdiver
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Good eye, I was thinking Vortec Max emblem but it looked a little long and article said 1/2 ton so I neglected to look at the wheels, LBZ baby!
Apparently he devised a way to release the air brakes. I am wondering if that umbilical was some way to apply the service brakes to stop it. Call me curious. I love this home made redneck stuff.
Tonyrodz
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Pulled 2 Lambos in an enclosed 53' trailer, with a 5th wheel. Was an 07-ish vintage Duramax Silverado with Allison trans. Baby didn't even breathe heavy! Went all the way to Cali from NJ.
Yeah,one empty 53’ trailer with a DMax isn’t all that impressive. Loaded with tomatoes, now that would be impressive.
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No doubt. That isn't a refer unit trailer so that load would be super duper smelly as well!
