diesel pickups

Dargo · Jun 30, 2005

( The Dodge pulled it ok but I don't think it will last long pulling that heavy of a load up and down the road every week. )

I'm obviously a Cummins fan and have the best available automatic transmission setup for my juiced Cummins, but I'd have to agree with you wholeheartedly. I pretty well top out weight wise loaded where you are unloaded.

I think you made a great choice on truck, engine, and transmission. I think I mentioned that a family friend who builds custom homes was really big into his daughter's horse show competitions. He destroyed two of the GM Duramax engines (I mentioned that earlier), and more recently killed the transmission, then the 6.0 in his Ford F-450. His trailer is a very nice Featherlite model but, like yours, is so big that it's pretty heavy. I know it doesn't sound right, but he swears that he is running 4000 pounds of tongue weight on his 5th wheel. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I think he would be much more suited with the F-650 like you ordered. But, his daugher just got married and now he is getting out of the horse show competition business. Good luck!

cowboydoc · Jun 30, 2005

Did you have to get the new truck now that your daughter is a rodeo star? 

No I had to get a bigger trailer to save my SANITY!!! It's no wonder people retire and go on the road for a year and get sick of it. Actually Featherlite gave Mesa a sponsorship and gave us this trailer for a year to use with a buyout if they don't continue the sponsorship. I thought the Dodge would be ok pulling it but I'm not real comfortable with it. I need another truck anyway because half the time I'm going one way with the one girl and my wife is going the other way with the other girl.

RedRocker · Jun 30, 2005

I really like that truck, you just can't have too much truck.

Moon · Jun 30, 2005

NICE truck! I like the looks of it, but I wonder if it will fit thru a drive thru? I have a older F350 dually that cannot go thru some drive thrus, so I think of this kind stuff ... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

johnday · Jun 30, 2005

Richard; Very nice truck!!! A baby Sterling!!!! Whats the weight rating on it? Did you have any choices of transmissions? And which Cummins is in it, HP, torque and such? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Ahh, RED I hope? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

stevenf · Jun 30, 2005

TimberXX, I'll have to admit after reading all the post to your thread that I own an 99F350 4X4 3.73 locking diffs with a V10 that I bought new I have had no troubles whatsoever with the vehicle it gets 11.3 avg miles per gallon and I commute to the ranch and back everyday not quite 80 miles round trip. On its best day I've gotten 12mpg straight highway miles and on its worst pulling 20 thousand pounds around 8mpg. I also am in the camp of although I get miserable gas mileage owning a small gas engine vehicle is more costly as a second vehicle. I now wish that I had a diesel based on my towing needs but I don't think I'd be money ahead by owning one so with 160,000 miles and no trouble I'll stick with it until it drops. I do run with a camper shell and 1000+ lbs of custom bumpers, grill guard and tools which certainly doesn't help my fuel economy but if its broke I can fix it is my motto so the tools are always there, problem is its never mine thats broke its my honey's or one of my buddy's in their other than ford vehicles.
To tell the whole truth I was bought out of a brand new Chevrolet crewcab equipped exactly the same that I owned from day one except it had the 6.5 turbo diesel I owned it for 380 days and of that it was in a service department 280 of those days I had $40,000 invested and the GM rep gave me a check for $26,000 and told me that if I wanted to do better than that to sue Chevrolet. I'm not the sue happy kind although I did speak with an attorney that assured me that I'd win since Chevrolet locked up my vehicle and insisted I meet with the rep as it was unsafe to drive (the transfer case would slip into neutral under stress like backing heavy loads uphill and they could never fix it). I didn't sue them but I will relate this story until I'm dead and never buy another GM product.
Steve

cowboydoc · Jul 1, 2005

John,

Weight rating of 35k. I could have gotten stick but chose the automatic because of my wife. It has the 5.9l cummins in it. I will email you the order sheet if you'd like to see it.

milkman · Jul 1, 2005

( John,

Weight rating of 35k. )

Doesn't that mean you'll have to have a CDL to operate, and hit all the scales and weigh stations?

johnday · Jul 1, 2005

Richard; Please do!! I'm kicking around playing truck driver, hopefully next May if I retire then. I've been looking at hauling cars around. My BIL is a broker, and I've been trying to get info from him when he's in town. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

johnday · Jul 1, 2005

Hurschell; I think it depends on what you're doing with it. Those 5th wheel toters you see running around are rated at 32K about. Notice they have a stiker on it that says for RV use only. That makes a difference. Cowboydoc may be able to do the same, although I suspect he's been sitting on a CDL for awhile. Each state is different as far as I know, but why am I answering? Let Richard tell us. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif