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RE: Topaz 5th wheel
I have a close relative who just traded his TC in on a 2008 Triple "E" TOPAZ 5'er "Touring Edition" 25'er and they love it. Pulls good and weighs in around 8000lbs loaded up with everything. He pulls it witha Ford F=350 SRW PSD. Good luck..........
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sirwilliam
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11/15/09 09:02am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Hey Dodge guys!!! Check this one out!!!!
I wouldn't mind trying out a new Dodge but since they are made by FIAT now I think I will stay away from them. Somehow the name FIAT RAM doesn't cut it..............
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sirwilliam
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09/20/09 09:52am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Is my truck a lemon or is it behaving typically
Please be advised that your dripping oil plug may just be the brass ring seal that is installed on it. I have found that this seal must be replaced after every oil change or it will (slow drip) leak, surer then God made little green apples. Hope this helps.................
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sirwilliam
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09/20/09 09:43am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: There will be no Dodge Titan (Nissan Ram)
The last I heard was that FIAT is gonna take over building the CTD and the trucks they will be installed in. They will be called the FIAT RAM and the FIAT turbo diesel.....
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sirwilliam
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08/27/09 02:43pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: DRW in DEEP snow
Get yourself a 2 mile winch with cable and winch yourself to house and vice versa. You could by yourself a snowblower from Sears. They work great and will throw that snow quite a distance or you could buy your self a horse and cutter, park the truck in the garage for the winter. Good luck......
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sirwilliam
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08/27/09 02:40pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: What Axel Ratio???
I'm looking to buy a new Silverado 1500 Crew with the 5.3 V8. The trailer I will be towing will have a GVWR of between 6500 and 7500 lbs. (Not sure yet on what TT I will buy)What gear/rear end ratio should I be looking for? Don't really care about gas mileage as much as I care about enough pulling power/torque to the pavement when crossing mountains or long up hill grades. I see many trucks on the lots here in Wisconsin. A lot of them have towing packages installed but I noticed different axel ratios. What should I be looking for? I'm selling my 3rd motorhome and going back to towing and I don't need to make any mistakes and want to get it right the first time. Thank you all for your input. Road Dog
First and foremost spend the extra money and get the Silverado 2500HD with the Duramax/Allison and you'll be able to pull that trailer inside out and if you go bigger in the future you still have enough truck to handle just about any trailer out there. IMHO, 1/2 tons are the wrong way to go unless you buy a pop-up tent trailer. The standard rear diff ratio with the Dmax/Ally option is the 3:73. We tow a 11,000lb Citation Supreme 5th wheel and the Dmax/Ally with the 3:73 ratio rear diff pulls it like it's not even there. It's your decision and your money but buying a half ton truck will mean you'll be buying a larger truck in the near future!! Just my 2 cents worth. Good luck...........
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sirwilliam
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08/21/09 07:58pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Dish Network Will Not Allow RV Use???
when you receive a signal they know where you are located Really?
Not a chance. They have no idea where you are via your receivers location.........
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sirwilliam
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07/05/09 05:19pm |
Technology Corner
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WHERE IS BEDDOWS????
Haven't heard from him on here now for almost a week. He has good insite into the TC world and I for one value his comments/input. Isn't viable alternative comments/suggestions what America/Canada is all about??.................:h
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sirwilliam
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07/03/09 08:05am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Am I done before I even start?
DODGE = stick the fork in = done like dinner,,,,,:B
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sirwilliam
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07/02/09 07:02pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Tires, Best E rated tires
If you want to stick with Michellins then checkout COSTCO. I buy my tires for both the car and my truck from them. They are very reasobably priced. IMHO, Michellin can't be beat...........
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sirwilliam
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06/21/09 09:06am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Ride-Rite Pictures
Hope this new set of bags works out ok for ya!! I never liked those airbags that mounted on the side of the frame rail. To much twisting when loads applied. This new installation looks like the same mounting setup as your old set. Does Firestone not make an airbag application that mounts between the frame and the axle ie: mounted where the jounce(rubber)bumper is normally installed? I wonder why Ford uses such narrow curved frames on their Duallys? No flame intended here!! Below are photos of my Chevs setup. When I bought this truck I transferred this setup from my previous 2000 GMC 2500 truck & with a little modification to the mounting brackets they fit right into place without a hitch. This airbag setup is 9 years old now and still going strong. Good luck..........
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/shuffman/001AIRBAGDS.jpg height=250 width=350
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/shuffman/002AIRBAGPS.jpg height=250 width=350
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sirwilliam
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06/10/09 07:25am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Solar Panel output
I run 2 x 75 watt SPs and the most I've ever seen is 11.5-12.0 amps on a sunny day when the batteries were down................
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sirwilliam
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06/08/09 08:19am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Magazine Bias against Allison Transmissions
How can you compare the 46RE and the 48RE to any of the Allison 1000 series trannys?? It's apples and oranges. Not entirely true. Both are automatics with a 1:1 final drive ratio. The Allison offered either 1 or two overdrives making it a 5 or 6 speed. The point was that the 48RE is every bit as good as the all mighty Allison For one small example max torgue input to the 47RE is 450 lbs ft of tq where the Allison 1000 5 speed has a max input of 545 lbs ft of tq. Also you're comparing the 47 & 48RE series which are four speed trannys with no tow/haul mode or gradient braking features. Again, not entirely true. The 48RE did offer a tow/haul mode. These too features are the basic attributes of the Allison series let alone the obvious fact that the Allison offers 5 & 6 speed versions. Also the 48RE was replaced by a Dodge built 6 speed version which I have no specs for. It's this latest 6 speed version that just now incorperates the attributes the Allison has offered for years. Again, not true. The Dodge built 6 speed automatic has six foreword gears. two over drives, and that is where the similarities end. It does not offer a transmission grade brake. That is an Allison exclusive. What Dodge did is added an exhaust brake instead. Which offers way more retard power than the Allison grade brake does. Allison has had a six speed version out now going on 3-4 years with not only a regular tow/haul mode but another one specifically while driving with cruise control selected.HUH?? Never heard of that. What you are trying to tell us is that GM now has a tri mode transmission? Or is it a quad mode? Oh and the new Dodge 68REF automatic has also been out for three years. It also has a manumatic feature for shifting through the ranges at the operators whim. Yes, and the Dodge built 6 speed automatic also has this feature. So your point is? So what, Dodge puts a stout standard behind the Cummins. It's needed to handle the tq!! :S I recall in 2003 when the first Cummins "high output" diesel came on the market the 47RE was no where near enough auto tranny to handle the torque of this version of the Cummins so they only offered a standard tranny with the HO models. The 47RE was relegated to the "standard output" SO lower powered Cummins version!! Great planning. :h Now I can see why Dodge is so much better off then GM in this day and age.Really amazes me how much time you have spent on a transmission that has not been in the Dodge production line for about six years. Are you that far behind the times?:R
All your purdy red coloured responses must be the same colour as your face when you were typing all that BS. The 68REF came out with the new 6.7 liter Cum-a-part in '07 which I have to say is another lacking example of a company trying to keep up. That's 2 years at best while the 6 speed Ally 1000 has been out since '06.5 when the Dmax LBZ made it's dedut and was also incorperated in the newer LMM Dmax. Tri mode or whatever you want to label it the new Ally with 2 x tow/haul modes + manumatic + gradient braking adds up to an more versatile tranny then anything Dodge could ever fluke their way into and just for sh!ts and giggles you can order an engine brake if you feel it neccessary when you order your Dmax. One thing I could never understand about about Dodge is why they feel it neccessary to run a 4:10 rear diff behind the 68REF with the Cummins on their duallys. I guess it must be a lack of torque availability. The Dmax uses a 3:73 in it's equivalent applications. Better on fuel, that's for certain. Allison has been building proven transmissions when Dodge was still tryin' to figure out how to build a heavy duty torque converter. Maybe FIAT can show them how it's done,,,,LOL!!!!!:B:B
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sirwilliam
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06/07/09 04:14pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Magazine Bias against Allison Transmissions
48RE series which are four speed trannys with no tow/haul mode
Funny, I was just sitting in my Dodge, and there is a button on the end of the gear shift that says "Tow Haul"
Must have been dreamin' I was in a Chebby......
I have tried the so called "tow/haul" that is in the 48RE equipped Dodge pickup and it's absolutely nothing compared to my Ally. No gradient braking, harsh shifts and only 4 ranges. At best it is a very poor immitation produced by a dollar short auto company............
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sirwilliam
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06/07/09 03:56pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Magazine Bias against Allison Transmissions
Wow donn0128, you don't happen to be a dodge owner by any chance?
RT
He is a Dodge owner that used to drive an Allison equipped truck.
So am I,drove an Allison for 5 years. As far as autos go,it was ok,I never really warmed up to it though.
For being the "superior" automatic mine was in the shop for 3 different TSBs.
Its a huge tranny that takes almost 50hp to run. Thats 50hp that never makes it to the rear wheels.
And as long as were talking automatic trannys,I know most guys won't ever believe it,but Dodges 48RE actually has a better track record than the Allison. The Allison has more TSBs and recalls than the 48RE does.
Here is another one that nobody will want to believe. More than a few Duramax guys running big HP have actually ditched the Allison and are running Dodges "weak,trouble prone" 47RE and 48RE.
Its funny that for an auto thats supposed to be vastly superior to anything else on the market it can't be built to take as much HP as Dodges trannys can.
How can you compare the 46RE and the 48RE to any of the Allison 1000 series trannys?? It's apples and oranges. For one small example max torgue input to the 47RE is 450 lbs ft of tq where the Allison 1000 5 speed has a max input of 545 lbs ft of tq. Also you're comparing the 47 & 48RE series which are four speed trannys with no tow/haul mode or gradient braking features. These too features are the basic attributes of the Allison series let alone the obvious fact that the Allison offers 5 & 6 speed versions. Also the 48RE was replaced by a Dodge built 6 speed version which I have no specs for. It's this latest 6 speed version that just now incorperates the attributes the Allison has offered for years. Allison has had a six speed version out now going on 3-4 years with not only a regular tow/haul mode but another one specifically while driving with cruise control selected. It also has a manumatic feature for shifting through the ranges at the operators whim. So what, Dodge puts a stout standard behind the Cummins. It's needed to handle the tq!! :S I recall in 2003 when the first Cummins "high output" diesel came on the market the 47RE was no where near enough auto tranny to handle the torque of this version of the Cummins so they only offered a standard tranny with the HO models. The 47RE was relegated to the "standard output" SO lower powered Cummins version!! Great planning. :h Now I can see why Dodge is so much better off then GM in this day and age.:R
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sirwilliam
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06/07/09 08:28am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Moving 5th Wheel by Hand
Please have someone standing on the sidelines taking a video of this operation from start to finish. Maybe you could make enough money from sending it to "America's Funniest Home Vidoes" to pay for the damages incurred. Hopefully no-one gets injured. Please save yourself a lot of grief and what could be a very hazzardous situation and don't try this. Park your 5'er in an appropriate spot to access all you have mentioned. If a 5'er was meant to be moved by hand then there would be a procedure laid down for this. Play it safe....................:E
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sirwilliam
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05/25/09 09:16am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Elusive fuel pump
Napa Shows a fuel pump in tank for diesel.
http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPages/NOLMaster.aspx?PageId=430&CatId=4&SubCatId=2
I do believe an in tank pump is used in a dual fuel tank configuration. On the normal stock pickup truck with the 6.6 Duramax Diesel the lift pump is mounted on the aft face of the CP-3 gear driven main pressure pump. No tank or chasis mounted lift pump is required except in the dual tank configuration...........
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sirwilliam
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05/09/09 10:18am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Chrysler/Dodge trucks going away?
Ya, I know what you mean!! Why do we tolerate our respective gov'ts subsidising these foreign auto makers and allowing them to setup shop in our respective countries when our own manufacturers are in desperate shape??!! You don't see the same thing in Germany or Japan.......................
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sirwilliam
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05/05/09 09:40am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Chrysler/Dodge trucks going away?
None of the big three are gonna survive very long if people aren't buying new product. Nothing can overcome this hurdle.........
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sirwilliam
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05/05/09 08:49am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: New tires... not happy!
I run Michelin 245/75R16 A/T LTX tires on my K2500HD Silverado and I wouldn't have any other brand. This is the second set I've had, the first being the MS series. Great tires, quiet and never a moments problem with stability or the like. Good luck.................
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sirwilliam
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04/12/09 08:33am |
Tow Vehicles
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