Trailer towing advice needed

[loggskidder2]

Where is the sleeve and pin located in the truck?? I have checked under the rear seat.
The mirrors on the truck have the built in turn signal and are power in and out and also are auto diming. Kinda need a set quick,I have to pull the trailer the week of Jan 20th and I read that DOT regulations require towing mirrors. I will have DOT numbers on the truck. Just afraid vehicle enforcement may site me if I go thru the weigh station.

Travis

 

[Builder]

Where is the sleeve and pin located in the truck?? I have checked under the rear seat.
The mirrors on the truck have the built in turn signal and are power in and out and also are auto diming. Kinda need a set quick,I have to pull the trailer the week of Jan 20th and I read that DOT regulations require towing mirrors. I will have DOT numbers on the truck. Just afraid vehicle enforcement may site me if I go thru the weigh station.

Travis

OK, so you have power mirrors. That's good. Usually you just pull the small mirrors off and the new TT mirrors just plug right in.

I'd just head over to the dealer and get a price. Maybe you know someone who has a commercial parts account. I have one an it saves me at least 20% on parts. Or keep an eye on Eb*y for a set.

The sleeve & pin should be included with the truck. Parts dept. should have them, too.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Builder is right. I broke a mirror off my 2004 F-250 tail gating at a Colts/Titans game and had to replace it. Got hit by a drunk playing football in the parking lot. I have also replace a 2 sets of mirrors for my sister -n- law because of her less than great driving. Very easy on the 2 Fords and 1 Mitsubishi I did it on.

As for the sleeve if you have not seen it they keep it. In my F-350 that came with a 2.5" hitch it was in the center counsel. The other thought is now that GM is hurting they may be cutting every corner they can. I read when they took the pto option off the Allison it save something like $3 per truck. It takes $1000 to put it back on. Kind of silly but I guess it adds up. I am sure the GM guys would have gladly paid the extra $3 to have that option.

Chris

 

[jake98]

The mirrors on the truck have the built in turn signal and are power in and out

Travis

I have an 04 with the trailering mirrors. They extend and retract under power, but they don't fold in under power. I still have the sticker (in the glovebox) but everything's covered with ice at the moment. I could check later but I'll bet they're pretty pricey.
I'd imagine with a 40footer you'd want lots of mirrors.

Jake

 

[Builder]

Builder is right. I broke a mirror off my 2004 F-250 tail gating at a Colts/Titans game and had to replace it. Got hit by a drunk playing football in the parking lot. I have also replace a 2 sets of mirrors for my sister -n- law because of her less than great driving. Very easy on the 2 Fords and 1 Mitsubishi I did it on.

As for the sleeve if you have not seen it they keep it. In my F-350 that came with a 2.5" hitch it was in the center counsel. The other thought is now that GM is hurting they may be cutting every corner they can. I read when they took the pto option off the Allison it save something like $3 per truck. It takes $1000 to put it back on. Kind of silly but I guess it adds up. I am sure the GM guys would have gladly paid the extra $3 to have that option.

Chris

Chris,

In every post you make, it seems to me you take some sort of shot at GM. Are you implying that Ford (or any other auto maker) don't also try to find ways to lower manufacturing costs? You don't think Ford won't find a way to save $3 per vehicle they wouldn't jump on it, too?

GM isn't the only company looking to cut costs right now. All companies, even your beloved Ford are, too.

We won't go into how long Ford left the old cheapo 4R100 in their Superduty while GM was putting a much better Allison trans in their trucks, will we? I spent at least $10,000 rebuilding lame Ford 4R100 transmissions from 1998-2005.

 

[Diamondpilot]

No, I was just making a point they may have omitted the sleeve to save a few dollars.

Chris

 

[loggskidder2]

Got my brake box installed over the weekend and my towing mirrors came in yesterday and got them on. Hooked the trailer up and headed over to the local pilot and weighed the truck and trailer (empty) last night. Here are the numbers:
Steer axle: 3860lb.
Drive axle: 4520lb.
Trailer axle: 7400lb.

Gross Weight: 15780lb.

Going to try and get a pic posted tonight of the truck and trailer.

 

[john_bud]

No, I was just making a point they may have omitted the sleeve to save a few dollars.

Chris

It's interesting the word "may". Several people I know were squawking about not getting winter fronts for their diesel trucks like I did. (They were in the back under or behind the rear seat.

Then too, saving $3 per vehicle is what bean counters live for. Coming from 30+ years of Ford/Mercury only to GM I can say that the GM's have all been higher quality than the fords with more stuff for the same buck. But that's just my personal experience based on 15 or so Fords/ Mercuries and only 3 GM's. And I still have 1 Ford and 2 Mercuries by the way, to go along with the 2 GM vehicles and the one boat with a GM 350 in it.

 

[John Deere 3520]

your chevy should do fine with 14,000lbs, my 2500 has pulled that before with no probs, but normaly i use my buddys 5500 ram or he does. if you do it all the time then dually is the way to go.

 

[wushaw]

Got my brake box installed over the weekend and my towing mirrors came in yesterday and got them on. Hooked the trailer up and headed over to the local pilot and weighed the truck and trailer (empty) last night. Here are the numbers:
Steer axle: 3860lb.
Drive axle: 4520lb.
Trailer axle: 7400lb.

Gross Weight: 15780lb.

Going to try and get a pic posted tonight of the truck and trailer.

You only got 820lbs left for pin weight before ya hit your GVWR 9200.

Load her up like you would want and hit the scales again to see what ya get and where you need/want to be.