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Half ton towing
Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I've got spare time. But for now, for your sake... -Tommy Boy Just because it can be or has been done, doesn't mean it's a good idea to do it or do it again. Hold my beer and watch this! If you're towing over 5k... -
Ratings and hitch
I use the prodigy controller and it's nice but to be honest, i like my old manual adjustment one better...i could dial it in perfectly to the trailer weight. The prodigy has more or less braking adjustment and uses G forces to determine when/how much to apply. With this approach I find myself... -
Ratings and hitch
Like gramma always said it's better to be a smart ass than a dumb ass. :D From what I made of your post, you stated you're already at 18k and want to add some other stuff that will make it 20k. Here's some info that may help. - Tongue weight is the weight a tow behind trailer puts on the... -
Ratings and hitch
seeing how it may be me, my wife, and three kids behind you one of these days on the highway, how about you get a 20k hitch to pull a 20k trailer. -
Gooseneck conversion
"it's just easier to have the 5 wheel on the trailer rather than a truck I didn't want to have the rails in bed." - shortbedguy I like it! Very cool idea. And again, freakin nice work on this! Very impressive. -
Half ton towing
My two cents, limits are not what u can comfortably pull but what u can comfortably stop...stopping should set your limits not pulling capabilities. I was given that advice by my neighbor who has trucked all his life and with logic I could not argue against. Once you know you can stop it... -
Bought new 5th wheel toy hauler
My two cents...if you have a shortbed you gotta get an autoslider...expensive but well worth it. I would add go with the hitch that is underbed mounted...the ones that leave rails in your bed can get in the way. While I have the SuperGlide 24k model, if I were to do it again I would go with... -
Gooseneck conversion
Freaking sweet!!! How come you ditched the trailer/GN conversion idea? That's exactly what I'd like to do for my dump trailer...put the GN on for me and take if off when my buddies borrow it that don't have a GN. But it sounds like you saw some issues with this approach and ditched it... -
Towing. Anyone use WD bars?
you may not need them, but besides the price which ain't too bad especially second hand-under 100$ for hitch and WD and sway bars, but why would you not use them? Even if your truck is not sagging, the ride and control is sooo much better, even with light trailers I use them...and I have bags... -
Your thoughts
sure...rub it in! i want duals!!! guess i need to grow a pair. (pun intended) i live in ca, freakin nanny state, but my truck maybe relocating to a smog exempt county so duals may be in my future!!!!! -
Your thoughts
I experienced a noticeable difference with my ECTs when I installed the Mike L tranny cooler...it still got too hot for my liking and I had to do more but I could tell the two have serious causal relationship...they really help heat each other exponentially when they get hot. I recently added... -
Your thoughts
Gotcha...also my bad as I just noticed you have a LB7...thought you had an LLY so I went into my standard OH speal. I've heard the LB7 does not have the OH issue like the LLY so you're probably right it is something else completely. I don't have a true tow tune but i've heard that with one you... -
Your thoughts
The only thing performance wise I focus on with my truck is towing big so while I'm not an expert mechanic by any means, I've spent ungodly amounts of time reading, adding, testing, tweaking, testing, stand on the side of the road to let the truck cool, throw tantrum, adding/tweaking, testing... -
truck towing pictures...
One average around 10...as low as 6 pulling grades with the foot into it and 11-12 cruising flat grounds...but I normally run with OD locked out which always shaves a few mpgs due to higher rpms but overall better for tranny and motor. I'm in cali and the trailer speed limit is 55...freakin... -
truck towing pictures...
Here's the toy hauler I drag around all year all over the place...13.5k dry, 18.5k loaded (trailer weight only). -
Towing Hot?
I pull a trailer that weighs 13.5k dry and 18.5k loaded (trailer weight only) all over nor cal including the i80 donner pass and some other gnarly climbs. I've been dealing with heat issues since day one and have put a LOT of time into researching and remedying. My two cents...you don't want... -
Oil cooling
I tow a 40' Jayco Recon that is dry 13.5k and fully loaded 18.5k so it's pushing the limits of the truck. I am and have been planning to add an oil cooler but unfortunately it is still on the to do list as I've been adding other goodies (BD tranny cooler, PS cooler, fuel cooler fan). But for...- crbonline
- Post #607
- Forum: Fluids and Maintenance