Miniature hill climb (with video)!

by **starspangled6.0** on May 27 2012, 2:12am

We had a customer who needed some brush piles they wanted removed. They told me just to drive up the side of the of their property. We had just received 4.5" of rain the day before, so things were a bit soft, but not as bad as I thought. I popped the truck into 4x4, and set the new employee at the top of the hill to catch all the action. Of course, this being a GM truck, there wasn't any action- we powered through the weeds, 20' trailer and all

! After we got it loaded- that's when the fun started. I had to back up, and turn the whole rig around (watch out for all those apple trees, Jon!). The load was quite heavy, and I had to spin the engine up the 3000 RPM just to get the thing moving in the soft ground. Tranny and engine temps climbed rapidly, but we made it out of there just fine. The truck did struggle a little to keep up with freeway traffic, especially on the hills. I think maybe it's time for Duramax swap, or maybe a Lew tune, or maybe both :twisted:

. Oh well... that's something to save up for.
Check it out (and check out the load we had after it was all done):

by **JBartoletti** on May 27 2012, 2:36am

redneck!

DarkGothic · by **DarkGothic** on May 27 2012, 2:51am

how much weight in that trailer?

by **starspangled6.0** on May 27 2012, 3:45am

The dry weight of the trailer is 2000 LBS; mowers and other landscaping gear is another 1200; brush pile is probably another 1000; and the wood pile in the bed must have weighed in at 1500 LBS. I'm bidding on a job that would require me to haul about 8000 lbs of River Rock... woo hoo!

Obsession11 · by **Obsession11** on May 27 2012, 5:06am

JBartoletti wrote:redneck!

+1

by **T-Rex 2500HD** on May 27 2012, 5:11am

Nice!!!!! You got to have fun today. Next time you get a job like that call me, I'd love to tow 8,000 or more

At least you get to use your truck for what it is meant for

by **JBartoletti** on May 27 2012, 8:36am

^ Tell me you do as well with your new 2500......that's a lot of coin to spend to not use it like it's meant to be used....

by **allterrainjoe** on May 27 2012, 12:34pm

nice....

StarsnBars · by **StarsnBars** on May 27 2012, 4:02pm

Gotta luv a vid showing any wheelin. She was " walkin the dog " no problem. Nice Jon

olliepop2500 · by **olliepop2500** on May 27 2012, 9:45pm

next time i want to see u back the trailer up the hill hahahah jk looks good man

by **starspangled6.0** on May 28 2012, 2:53am

We did almost get stuck on the way out, since the truck was so weighted down. I spun all 4 tires trying to leave all that gravel near the side of the road... too bad I didn't have the camera rolling.