The Garage Queen is a workhorse!

Ok girls...you may not believe it, but the Garage Queen flexed her muscles a couple days ago.

I have been dealing with crappy-ass lot grading guys for one of my developments and these houses needed to be prepped for landscape and sod. As usual, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. So I loaded up the tractor on the car hauler and went to work... Here are a few pics:

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Yup, there she is in all of her glory. Pulled the trailer with no problems... I did lose a few mphs going up a 6-8% grade, but just a little push on the go-pedal flashed the converter and it brought me back up to speed.

I even accidentally spun the tires at a stop sign... I got pissed cause people have NO concept of a 4-way stop, so I 1/2 mashed the gas and I spun the tires slightly. I bet if I would have floored it, I could light the tires up--even with the trailer on there!

High Five T!!!

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Thanks Nate. I might have to start advertising for tractor work--cause I enjoy having the trailer on there--it makes me feel important... :ugh2:

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believe it or not thats what trucks were originally built for, amazing I know

Funny. I pulled 3K# with my Blazer and the same engine as you (LOL) and it could barely do it.

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mines got no problem towing, towed my '77 Dodge truck home (RCLB 440 Big Block). Being a short box can't fit that much into the back anyway

Tyler.....i told you this was a good idea! You are more than welcome to come pull my trailer this summer.....hell i never unhook from it in the spring....lol


And congrats on the truck!

did you have any rubbing issues? is it 2inch drop or 4inch in the rear?

Very nice Tyler! Youve finally become a man :lol: haha!

My new setup should help me haul my scrap metal from our ranch no problem! That 4.8 w/ my lift was a huge biotch..

Those pics look photoshopped to me....











Just kidding mayne. Good job. Keep up the good work......and stop photoshopping your truck into pics of real work being done.

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Originally Posted by sleeper1500

believe it or not thats what trucks were originally built for, amazing I know

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Probably my power sponge auto trans.

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

did you have any rubbing issues? is it 2inch drop or 4inch in the rear?

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Nope--no rubbing or bottoming out the leafs on the bump stops or anything...
No Dave--I have stock suspension with 2" leveling shackles in the rear.

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Originally Posted by Aggie

Very nice Tyler! Youve finally become a man :lol: haha!

My new setup should help me haul my scrap metal from our ranch no problem! That 4.8 w/ my lift was a huge biotch..

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Girl, I was towing trailers like that before you were out of Elementary school. You should have seen my irrigation trailers back when I had my lawn maintenance company--dual axle, 22' x 8', dual pipe racks, parts bins down each side, toolbox up front, etc--all on a bumper pull. I had an F350 SRW CCLB 7.3L Powerstroke 5 speed manual to haul it around. When loaded with trenchers, boring machine, pipe loaded, etc---I weighed 16,400 lbs (including the truck). I could pull up to 18 wheelers and be just a few feet short of matching up lengths.

hey you build that house in the back ground. That is freaking nice. 4 car garage I need one built please.

must be nice not to rub. I can usually fill up the bed in mine and only rub when I hit pretty good holes.

....and after putting Ryan's (banker99) truck on my lift I wonder who's is lower....

did yall do his servos

He said he already had them.

We swapped converters.

Where is he anyway?

Runs good. Sounds good. Brake stalls about 500 RPM higher. Noticably looser at slow speeds. He should tell the story.

****s weak T :lol:

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Originally Posted by murdered_outgmc

hey you build that house in the back ground. That is freaking nice. 4 car garage I need one built please.

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No Mark, I did not build it, I designed it. I also designed the advertising board in the front yard. :D

But anyway, those are condos. 2 and 3 bedroom condos with a 1 or 2 garage. I would never design a house with a 4 car front facing garage! Besides, most of the development's HOA I design in do not allow any front facing garages...

EAD G.