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RE: Ram Cummins/Aisin Failures
The dry weight was steering 5300, drivers 6840, trailer 6700, total weight 18840.
So only about hundred pounds transferred to the front axle with a 13,600 pound payload (above the weight of the trailer). I imagine I could influence that somewhat by where on the trailer I put the machine. I placed the back of the tracks over the front axle on the trailer.
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04/02/23 03:26pm |
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RE: Ram Cummins/Aisin Failures
So a couple nights ago I was coming back from Boise after picking up a mini excavator that was being worked on. So with this on my mind and well its like midnight and what else do I have to do, I stop at a truck stop in Idaho Falls and weigh my set up. The trailer is identical to the one Fish posted in the '24 Chevy run up Ike thread. Diamond C gooseneck, 35', tandem dual, and the truck is a Chevy '20 CC, 3500 DRW. The DRW has a 100 gal. fuel tank on the flat bed but it was mostly empty. Steering 5400, Drivers 9580, trailer 17540, total weight 32520. I am unloading the trailer today and take it back to the truck stop and weigh it with just the trailer.
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04/02/23 09:34am |
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RE: 2024 Chevy Duramax HD Ike Gauntlet
Glad to see they tightened up the exhaust brake, that needed to happen. I have the exact same blue Diamond C 35' GN trailer, love that trailer. I like the looks, the interior, just wish they would have given it like 1100 pound/feet of torque. The L5P is capable of whole lot more than 975. Banks Engineering has proven that. Either way, looks like a nice upgrade from 20-23 trucks. Last week I priced a '24 3500 DRW, CC, LTZ, and it was 80K. Less than 2K more than the MSRP on my '20.
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04/01/23 08:19am |
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RE: Ram Cummins/Aisin Failures
I have never checked to see how much weight is transferred to the front axle on a gooseneck or RV. That said I run heavy, not so much with the TH but with a gooseneck. I am licensed to 40K and typically right on that in combined weight ('20 3500 DRW). I am struggling to believe that such a small amount of weight is transferred to the front axle. It just doesn't seem possible. The differences between the trailer weight ratings between tag and gooseneck on all the HD OEM's just makes that a leap for me to believe. The way the truck sits when loaded heavy between the two types of trailers says there is more than a couple hundred pounds on the front end with a gooseneck. I don't have data that supports what I am saying, and I probably should have, but when I run over scales which is typically at gravel pits, I just look at gross combined. DOT has not hassled me so I run with that.
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03/27/23 08:54am |
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RE: Ford 150 lightning recall
I ignore any info coming from Motorbiscuit. Their writing style is simply for click bait.
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03/14/23 11:05am |
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RE: The Ford Explorer Men only Edition
Cute. I get it . . . in recognition of Women's History Month. OK.
So, when is Men's History Month, or did I miss it?
The world's population is almost an equal split, 50.4% men, 49.6% women.
So, we should expect equal billing, right?
Women haven't had equal billing ever.
They just got the right to vote in 1920.
They still are told what they can and can't do with their bodies by old white men.
They still get paid less. 18% less.
There might be as many women as men but they sure as heck don't get equal billing IMO.
Well they live longer then men so there is that. I would say that is an advantage.
Affirmative action has more than made up for any advantage that men once had in hiring.
Still told what they can do with their bodies by old white men? Old white men prevent the use of women using birth control? Never seen that... If you mean abortion, that is society driven at the State level now, Your free to vote for whomever you like to make that decision for you.
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03/10/23 12:48pm |
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RE: New Super Duty on order
Coming soon to a jurisdiction near you.
Where you chose to live matters....
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02/11/23 11:09am |
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RE: Ram 1500 owners.... tires
What he said!
And then get some LT E load tires if you’re towing anything significant or just want to experience much longer tire life for not much more money.
DANG, you beat me to it!!! Much more stable towing platform and YES the tires will last a LONNNNNG time.
I put some new tires on a Chevy 1500 I bought this Winter. This is a run around truck and so I was considering lighter duty tires for it. What I learned from the tire shop is that the LT tires have deeper tread than do the P or lighter duty tires. He showed me on the screen the tread depth differences between LT's and other lighter tires. So when people say that they last longer, it makes total sense given the tread depth is deeper. It doesn't take much math to determine that paying a little more for an LT certainly is not money wasted.
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02/11/23 11:01am |
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RE: Alarming spalling failures on 7.3 Godzilla
I looks like some engineer speced a plating that ended up not being "up to spec".
Well, its a new engine and there are sometimes things that go wrong. I am sure they will be buying some engines, but they will get it figured out. If there is good news at least the damage is occurring early in ownership, it will make it harder for Ford to pizz backwards on the warranty.
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02/07/23 09:06pm |
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RE: Ram Reduces Max Tow Ratings
On Instagram there was another Ram broke in half. It was a roofing contractor hauling shingles. May be these instances having something to do with the reduction in capacity on the newer trucks?
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02/04/23 08:59am |
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RE: 2024 GMC and 2023 Super Duty
The days of the average or just above average income customer buying a new higher end pickup/full size SUV have been over for quite a while. Prices went up (even before COVID) way beyond the income increases. I imagine the OEM's will offer interest rate reductions as a way to move what cant move on its own. I doubt there are many buying a 100K pickup and borrowing all of it. You need to bring at least 50K into the deal to get a monthly payment that wouldn't make you vomit each month (at least for me).
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01/29/23 02:05pm |
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RE: Purchasing a Used Truck?
Methodology for a You Tube channel. Find a red neck kid with an extremely low IQ that has been gifted more money than he can spend. Film the stupidshit he does.
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01/15/23 12:21pm |
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RE: Filtering Our Diesel Storage Tanks For on Road Use
Grit,
Hopefully you filled ALL your rigs today!
Lines were getting longer as day went on here in A Snohomish county!
Marty
Why? People don’t understand the carbon credit fee and think gas prices were going up $.46 today?
(Not that I agree with any of the Climate Considerations Act or whatever it was that just passed.)
Funny part is, a lot of it will be the state just effectively taxing themselves which of course trickles down to us.
Take the paving industry. The State will be taxing/selling credits to a large CO producer who is actually the only available technology and also specified by the same entities that are charging extra to get what they are asking for.
It’s inexplicable how messed up this state is.
There is a reason that large geographical parts of Wa. and Or. want to join Idaho. Our house isn't perfect for sure, but we look like rock stars compared to you guys.
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01/02/23 12:40pm |
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RE: RAM 3500 Frame Failure/Eagle Cap Camper
I don't know why anyone would expect warranty coverage as it's obviously overloaded. The owner was not only ignorant of the truck's payload but couldn't give anything other than a ballpark estimate of it's loaded weight. Further, just because a truck has a certain payload it still must be distributed correctly on the axles. A responsible truck camper owner would have a scale ticket or two to prove axle a d total weights. I always did when I ran my Chevy dually over it's GVWR with a TC.
Campers that extend beyond the bed have been around for decades. I don't know what they weighed way back then but almost certainly heavier than the GVW of the trucks they were put in at the time. While I don't disagree with the positioning of the load to achieve a GVW matters, I don't think it mattered as much then due to overbuild, things used to be designed with P for plenty on the end numbers. I doubt that happens much if at all anymore. RAM builds that truck for a certain weight in a certain configuration with little "P for Plenty". This type of load certainly isn't typical and likely not accounted for, hence the failure. You see these slide ins all over. Perhaps all not as big as this one, but they are out there. If there was an issue with all of them putting a truck over GVW, the internet would be full of pictures like this. Doesn't appear that they are. RAM will likely walk away from this without paying. But clearly RAM has some shortcomings. There are companies here that have snapped RAM frames. The well drillers down the road from me for one. They don't buy them anymore.
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01/01/23 07:01pm |
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RE: Filtering Our Diesel Storage Tanks For on Road Use
We fill heavy equipment out of 110 gallon slip tanks. I have water/debris filters on the slip tanks and then the OEM filters on the equipment. Been doing this for almost 30 years. Never an issue with this set up.
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12/31/22 08:22am |
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RE: No scheduled maintenance on Ford Superduty
Filled for life is great for trans shops and dealerships. Fluid is cheaper than a trans. At the very least drain the fluid and refill it. I’m sure the fluid is pricey, but again it’s better than getting stranded because you didn’t change the fluid!
Except there is no place to put new fluid in!
Previous next door neighbor had a new Toyota or Nissan truck. Drained the transmission fluid on his "usual maintenance interval." Went to fill it. No dipstick! Crawled all over the transmission. No fill plug anywhere on it! Sealed from the factory.
Suffice it to say, he instantly voided the warranty. Had it hauled to the dealer. They could not put fluid in it. As I recall he had to pay for a new transmission to be installed. All his fault for not following directions.
Wow! That is an interesting and expensive situation. Reading that little book in the glove box is getting more and more important.
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12/28/22 02:02pm |
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RE: Overloaded or wrong truck?
I don't think your fitting 150 gallons of fresh water in a slide in camper. If you couldn't haul that camper on a 3500 DRW without it being over weight, what is your option, a 450-4500 only? I have to think either that truck wasn't right from the factory or they ran the Baja 1000 while they were in the area.
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12/14/22 06:49pm |
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RE: Tires for Towing 20k 5ver and Snow at altitude
The Ridgegrapplers are a popular tire here. Mostly on the lifted pickups and Jeeps crowd. I have talked to numerous people that run them. Most like them, the biggest issue is price and wear rate. I ran the EXO Grappler for several years. Excellent heavy duty tire (also expensive). I had to sipe them at 50% due to losing all factory siping and they got squirrelly on ice. That first 50% is truly impressive.
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12/14/22 06:37pm |
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RE: Tires for Towing 20k 5ver and Snow at altitude
The Duratrac is a good aggressive Winter tire. I had that tire on a 2018 ZR2 which of course is nothing like what your running it on. I can say that off road in the Winter that tire is totally impressive. I doubt it would last more than 35K and still have meaningful tread left pulling that kind of weight. However, that is about 3 years away and that may be a better way of looking at it. There are times when the miles you get on a set of tires are important. There are also times when the performance of the tire matters more. If your traveling at 9500 ft through the winter, I would chose a really good Winter tire. I am happy with the Falcon Wild Peaks. They are not as aggressive as the Goodyears, but they are a good Winter tire. We spend 6 months of the year in snow, and few buy Michelins.
Thanks for the reply. Yup the Michelins were great for traveling in good weather. Heck we even took them to AK in the spring and they did great. But they are on their last leg. I'll take a look at those falcons. You do any heavy towing on them?
I have had them on a 3500 SRW for a year and half. That truck is licensed to 30K. They are wearing great. I just put them on a 3500 DRW licensed at 40k. We run those two trucks at max GVW. Too soon to say how they will wear on that DRW truck. I really like how they perform running heavy in the Winter, we have seen a lot of that so far. That Falcon is the best selling pickup tire at the tire shop I use. That says something, large tire shop with a large Ag representation. Every truck I have is now running Falcons.
The BFG KO's are a great tire on ice/snow pack when new. After about 50% it is much less so, and if your towing with that tire, that 50% doesn't last long. They are not a great tire pushing fresh snow, whether new or not.
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12/11/22 11:03am |
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RE: Tires for Towing 20k 5ver and Snow at altitude
The Duratrac is a good aggressive Winter tire. I had that tire on a 2018 ZR2 which of course is nothing like what your running it on. I can say that off road in the Winter that tire is totally impressive. I doubt it would last more than 35K and still have meaningful tread left pulling that kind of weight. However, that is about 3 years away and that may be a better way of looking at it. There are times when the miles you get on a set of tires are important. There are also times when the performance of the tire matters more. If your traveling at 9500 ft through the winter, I would chose a really good Winter tire. I am happy with the Falcon Wild Peaks. They are not as aggressive as the Goodyears, but they are a good Winter tire. We spend 6 months of the year in snow, and few buy Michelins.
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12/10/22 03:17pm |
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