Jmiller26b
Active Member
I am looking to get into forestry mulching/clearing and am weighing my options. The total weight of my equipment will be around 18k pounds and my gooseneck or pintle hitch trailer (depending on the route I take) will be around 7k pounds. The total weight comes out to around 25k pounds.
I was searching for a 2008-2018 Chevy/GMC 3500HD dually but noticed that the towing capacity falls short of this mark. I know the new 2019 or 2020 models are supposed to have 30k+ towing capacity but I don't want to spend that much. I found a 1999 GMC C7500 7.4L gas engine with a 12' dump bed on it for $6000 that runs perfect with 100k miles on it and comes with another whole truck just like it for parts and two snowplows as well and was wondering if I could get a pintle hitch trailer to tow this 25k pound load behind the dump truck. I have searched the internet up and down but have not found a towing capacity number for it. Does anyone have an idea of what it might be? Also, I have never had a dump truck before but this seems like a really good deal. What do you guys think?
I was searching for a 2008-2018 Chevy/GMC 3500HD dually but noticed that the towing capacity falls short of this mark. I know the new 2019 or 2020 models are supposed to have 30k+ towing capacity but I don't want to spend that much. I found a 1999 GMC C7500 7.4L gas engine with a 12' dump bed on it for $6000 that runs perfect with 100k miles on it and comes with another whole truck just like it for parts and two snowplows as well and was wondering if I could get a pintle hitch trailer to tow this 25k pound load behind the dump truck. I have searched the internet up and down but have not found a towing capacity number for it. Does anyone have an idea of what it might be? Also, I have never had a dump truck before but this seems like a really good deal. What do you guys think?