Hi everyone. first time on the forum, tried to post this once so sorry if it showed up twice. So I have this truck that I believe is a 1947 chevy 2 ton? i believe it also has a 16000 pound rating tag on it. Its about 5 hours from me and need to get it home. Can some one help me out on what model this could be and some dimensions off the truck. I really want to find out the distance from outside tire to outside tire on the front axle and the outside dimension of the rear of it. The wheel base would be good to know to. Any help form guys out there that have a truck like this? I really want to make sure it fits on a 18 foot car trailer.
Kruzrod, welcome to the Stiovebolt. You join quite a few bolters from Wis. Watch for them.
TIP: very few questions get answered here in the welcome centre. Its best to always bolt questions in the most appropiate garage forums.
To identify your truck we have a Vin Buster here where you enter it and it will pretty much tell you what you have. On he other hand, we have a BIG BOLT forum for bigger trucks.......and you can still ask questions in the other forums. Post in the Big Bolt forum with as much info as you can like the wheel base, engine size, how many lugs on front/back wheels. Info like this will get an answer PDQ.....and we have many here than can decode the vin number. We have many many bolters here who are knowledgeable on just about anything!
Somebody with a 2-ton will have to take the measurement from the outside of the tires. If it's a 2-ton, the wheel base should be 161 inches. Center to center on the front tires should be 58 3/4 inches, rears (mean tread on the outer tires) should 79 1/4. IF stock.
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Welcome to the garage Kruz! It will fit on a 16 foot car hauler. I know because I hauled my first one home like that slow and had a handling issue. 7000# trailer and it didn't like it and it was behind a F-250.
That truck with the bed will weigh about 7,000#, add a hoist and in gets higher. An 18' rated at 14,000# with BRAKES will handle it, tongue load it some, but not too much. Tow vehicle should be no less that a 3/4 ton, 1-ton dually would be better. Ask in the Big Bolts section and you will get more ideas. You also may find a helper in your area.
See ya around the garage and let us know how it works out. Don
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Mine is a 1940 1.5 ton WB with 158 wheebase. That’s right about 13 feet. I used a rented 18 ft trailer from Tate’s rents. If mine were much longer I don’t think the 18 ft trailer would’ve worked.
I towed it with a 2011 F150 ecoboost with the max tow package and airbags, it towed like a dream. Tate’s rents also had a 20 ft trailer but they wouldn’t rent that one to me unless I had a 3/4 ton or up. Even though my F150 has the max tow package (11,200 rating) they wouldn’t rent me the 20 footer, they only go by the model of the truck, not the manufacturers actual trailer tow rating.
