fly-boy
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My trailer comes in around 22-23k loaded and my Duramax/Allison pulls it all over the place no problem.
Just turned 51k miles on the truck this morning and she still runs like new.
I owned one of those 6.0 Fords and it spent 56 days at the dealership the first year I owned it. Was very happy to drop that thing off at the dealership and pick up my check when they were forced to buy it back!
I will take a look at a 2011 F-450 as the new motor will have a year on it when I am ready for a new truck. But the 6.0- well I would not wish that on my worst enemy.
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albizia
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fly-boy wrote:My trailer comes in around 22-23k loaded and my Duramax/Allison pulls it all over the place no problem.
Just turned 51k miles on the truck this morning and she still runs like new.
I owned one of those 6.0 Fords and it spent 56 days at the dealership the first year I owned it. Was very happy to drop that thing off at the dealership and pick up my check when they were forced to buy it back!
I will take a look at a 2011 F-450 as the new motor will have a year on it when I am ready for a new truck. But the 6.0- well I would not wish that on my worst enemy.
Your WW loaded is 22K or is your combined weight with truck that much? That means your combined is around 30K. How is breaking on that?
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Teebird wrote:Albizia, where is OC Diesel? Is this the shop over off Via Fabricante? I was wondering because if anything happens to my truck I would prefer to NOT take it to the dealer.
Lets see how they do. First time I am using them. They are in HB off of Gothard. I am having them do a full diag and take out my 6 gun system.
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Teebird wrote:Albizia, where is OC Diesel? Is this the shop over off Via Fabricante? I was wondering because if anything happens to my truck I would prefer to NOT take it to the dealer.
In Downey.
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fly-boy
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albizia wrote:fly-boy wrote:My trailer comes in around 22-23k loaded and my Duramax/Allison pulls it all over the place no problem.
Just turned 51k miles on the truck this morning and she still runs like new.
I owned one of those 6.0 Fords and it spent 56 days at the dealership the first year I owned it. Was very happy to drop that thing off at the dealership and pick up my check when they were forced to buy it back!
I will take a look at a 2011 F-450 as the new motor will have a year on it when I am ready for a new truck. But the 6.0- well I would not wish that on my worst enemy.
Your WW loaded is 22K or is your combined weight with truck that much? That means your combined is around 30K. How is breaking on that?
I am over 30k truck and trailer. The salesman said it is no problem cause I have air bags on the truck. 
It is heavy but seriously- I have hauled over the grapevine in the middle of Summer and when I hit the Baker Grade on my way to Utah in June it was 110 outside. No problem what so ever going up or down any grades. Truck hums right along at 70-75 mph with the trailer where legal and safe.
Am I extra careful? Of course! A 17k trailer behind any one of the big three drw trucks should be very comfortable.
Sorry but not surprised about your 6.0.
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albizia
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fly-boy wrote:albizia wrote:fly-boy wrote:My trailer comes in around 22-23k loaded and my Duramax/Allison pulls it all over the place no problem.
Just turned 51k miles on the truck this morning and she still runs like new.
I owned one of those 6.0 Fords and it spent 56 days at the dealership the first year I owned it. Was very happy to drop that thing off at the dealership and pick up my check when they were forced to buy it back!
I will take a look at a 2011 F-450 as the new motor will have a year on it when I am ready for a new truck. But the 6.0- well I would not wish that on my worst enemy.
Your WW loaded is 22K or is your combined weight with truck that much? That means your combined is around 30K. How is breaking on that?
I am over 30k truck and trailer. The salesman said it is no problem cause I have air bags on the truck.
It is heavy but seriously- I have hauled over the grapevine in the middle of Summer and when I hit the Baker Grade on my way to Utah in June it was 110 outside. No problem what so ever going up or down any grades. Truck hums right along at 70-75 mph with the trailer where legal and safe.
Am I extra careful? Of course! A 17k trailer behind any one of the big three drw trucks should be very comfortable.
Sorry but not surprised about your 6.0.
That is impressive. My only concern is stopping power when you have that much weight behind you and your trailer breaks go out or don't work and your comming down a big grade.
Chevy/GMC seem to put the lowest tow numbers down of the three. I wonder why. According to their web site the GMC 3500 has a max tow capasity of 11,900 with 4.10 and 14,800 with 3.73.
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fly-boy
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I lost my brakes (due to a loose cooler in the bed knocking the plug loose) on my way home from Spangler about halfway down a pretty steep hill where I turn to go from the 395 over to the 14-
The truck brakes got pretty darn hot but it stopped the whole load and I was going 55 plus when the computer announced- "Hey dummy- you got no trailer brakes cause your an idiot and left a heavy cooler loose in the bed."
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albizia
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Oc diesel called me back and said all looks good for the most part with the truck. He recomended upgrading the firmwhere on the pcm and deleting the egr cooler. I am having him do the pcm upgrade and removing the six gun stuff. I will wait until my warenty is up I think for the egr delete. Plus it seems expensive for them to do it. They want 2 k to do that. How complicated can that be?
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nayther
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fly-boy wrote:
The truck brakes got pretty darn hot but it stopped the whole load and I was going 55 plus when the computer announced- "Hey dummy- you got no trailer brakes cause your an idiot and left a heavy cooler loose in the bed."
That's impressive, that grade on 395 is a tough one, up or down. I always get on the binders early on that one to be sure they are there. Next time just keep going straight, would be safer and you can pick up Randsburg road up a little farther.
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Still no problems. We will be heading up to Jawbone this weekend and see if she makes it up the 14 grade.
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