Moved a G south

Went from my home in Georgia to my parent's farm in Indiana for the annual Thanksgiving family get-together.  It was great to see my folks and brothers plus the trip gave me the opportunity to get G5782 from Dad's barn and bring it to Georgia where I can play with it.

It was my first time using my new acquired trailer for the purpose it was purchased for.  The trip went well and, on the way back while on I-65 in Alabama, G5782 passed less than 50 miles from the place {Gadsden, AL} she was born 61 years ago.

 

I hope to bring G20304 from Indiana to Peachtree City, GA in the near future.

 

Pictures follow - Happy holidays to all!

 

Scott

 

nice

Nice G. You have a different hydralic set up on it. I see 2 levers.

Bob,

Scott, I like that trailer.  With the wheels out like that the G looks even moreso like a giant spider.  Herb

Nice looking G. 

RyanTN wrote: All very nice!  Nice tractor, Nice trailer, Nice barn, Nice land & Nice truck (I have the almost the exact same one, except I have the 6' bed).  Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Gerald,

The 4.10 gear ratio lets the engine spin faster for any given ground speed and start a combination load more than 4/3 times that with the 3.08 gears. I didn't go for limited slip. It also reduces the torque at the clutch by 3/4 for any given required wheel thrust. Without trailer I generally start out in 2nd gear, but don't lay on the throttle until the clutch is engaged solidly, else a bit of sand will let a rear tire break loose and it gets noisy and doesn't accelerate as quickly. I have practically the same ratio engine to tire in 2nd gear as the stock truck had in first gear.

Yes the towing rating is based on how much it will start going up hill. The manual transmission first gear ratio is 3.9:1. Low gear in an automatic transmission is 3:1 plus the torque converter can give another 2:1 for starting to get 6:1 from engine to drive shaft, that's why they rate an automatic at a greater towing load. So the automatic with a 3.08 axle gets about 18:1 from engine to rear wheel, I get 16:1.

My engine turns 4 revolutions for every three the stock engine does, so it wears faster, but it pulls good.

I haven't computed it lately and don't have a tachometer, but I think 50 mph in 3rd gear with my rear axle is running the engine about 4500 RPM. So far all the hills I've found that I couldn't hold it up to 50 going up I didn't want to get up that fast because they were crooked and it wasn't clear from down below that I could turn the corners at 50 without dumping the bed clothes in the floor back in the trailer. The trailer suspension is stiff so I don't pull it over 52 on level roads. Costs me 1 mpg that way, I get 15 with that trailer which is quite aerodynamic.

Lately I've been pulling a 4x6 box trailer a lot and that has affected mileage a little, might be that I should grease the wheel wearings this century. I'm going to get that job finished in a couple days and cut down on my driving a whole lot.

Gerald J.