It was Heavy.

 First of all, a disclaimer.  We are not experts in trucks, trailers, moving, DOT, or anything of that nature.  Please do not try what we did, at home.  We do not advocate what we've done in any way.  We only say this to show what can go wrong, what might go wrong.  Please take this as a warning to NOT do what we did.  

The trailer was too heavy.  We knew it.  But there was nothing we could do but go with it.  We could take it back there in the mud and snow where it was stuck again, take everything off of it, and reload it.  But we are rapidly becoming desperate for time.  

We probably should have weighed it.  But we didn't want to know.  

Our 2013 Chevy 3500 Silverado has plenty of towing capacity.  It has the towing package, good transmission; 6 speed with manual over-ride, and brand new trailer brakes.  We had no doubt it could pull the weight.  The problem was the tongue weight.  The trailer was only a few inches off the ground.

To get the trailer out of the mud in back of the house, we had the hitch set on the lowest height setting.  When Bryan parked it out front, we unhitched and put it on one of the highest settings.  The trailer was still pretty low.  As Bryan wound the jack handle, the truck body sank lower and lower with the trailer.  

We stood out front for maybe 10 minutes, discussing whether we should go or not.  Finally, we decided.  We knew that if we took it slow and were very careful, that it would be ok, and we would get to Wisconsin, unload that thing, and be on our way.  

So we left.  

It was a stressful trip.  Lots of dips going in and out of gas stations.  Every single bridge in Iowa was bumpy as heck.  I80 through Cheyenne was particularly rough.  We cringed and white-knuckled our way across Nebraska.  We kept listening for broken springs, for loud clunks, for smashes and bangs.  

But we only bottomed out three times, at gas station parking lots, and once on the way out of our neighborhood.  We did not bust in half over any bridge or bumpy stretch.  It was pretty much a miracle!

Bryan has promised me that all the super heavy stuff was in that load, and that subsequent loads will be a lot lighter.  I think he's right, because I can't think of anything that heavy left at home or in the garage.  

We dodged a bullet.  We did not break.  We made it to Wisconsin safe and sound.