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Anyone know the rough weight of an advance design 2 ton for hauling purposes? Now, is anyone good enough to guess the weight of one with a grain body? Thanks.

Guessing ~5,500 lb complete but no bed.
Guessing ~6,500 lb with a mostly wood framed grain bed. if different bed you'll have to estimate from there.

I'd recommend as a minimum an 18' double axle flat trailer rated about 10,000 lb, and a newer 3/4 or 1 ton pickup, preferably diesel.
If you find a model 3800, 4100 or 6100 then a 16' trailer should work.

Grigg

My info says that a 2 ton 6409 (stock sides) and 161" wheelbase should weigh in around 5750 lbs. curb weight. ED H

My 1954 GMC 350 conventional weighed 6600 on the CAT scales with no bed whatsoever and the original 270 engine.

my firetruck at 161" is 9,640 lbs.

My uncles 1 ton 1997 chevy weighs over 5000 lbs. I've never weighed my 1947 two ton but it's got to weigh decently more than that. I estimate 7000-9000lbs. About any goose neck should haul it easy.

I'm not smart enough to guess but may have some useful "data"-

I was lucky enough to weigh my '50 two-ton on a certified scale at work a couple years back. It's a 179" wheelbase chassis with an Obeco 13' combination grain/cattle body and twin cylinder hoist. It weighed 7900 pounds complete.
I used a 14K GVW tag (bumper pull) tandem axle trailer and a single rear wheel (3/4 ton) Duramax to tow it 1100 miles with no problems. I had sway control and equalizers (spring bars) on the hitch which helped out. Would have preferred a gooseneck but this was what I had available.

Good luck and drive carefully !

I hauled 2 AD 6400 Grain trucks from Kansas to Dallas, TX. One at a time. On my 20 ft bumper pull Trailer with 10,000 lb. axles, with a 3/4 ton pickup, with no problem. I had to remove the outer duals to get them all the way on to the trailer.