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RE: Tow Haul Usage?
I travel on flat land and never use TH. It changes the feel of the truck so much I feel like I'm driving a tractor. Also, it doesn't shift gears until 2300-2400 rpm, which is over the point where the diesel has developed it's max torque. When I leave the trans in standard mode, I can make it shift at 2000 rpm. I can also manage to keep it in overdrive with my foot on most small hills.
this is a trick, and sure works for them, many hotshoters/commercial haulers use to help save a dab of fuel costs when they can hauling those big loads. I use my wifes little 1500 5.3 4x4 crew cab auto tranny on occasion towing my tractor/box blade and I have found it uses more fuel in tow/haul mode on flat land just as it does when not towing. On flat land T/H mode just holds the tranny in each gear longer to attain a higher rpm which burns more fuel. If your tranny has a grade braking feature then T/H mode is needed.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/17/08 06:10am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Cash Discount for New Dodge 3500
invoice ?? Which invoice. A dealer has their own invoice that they may/can add to it. Make sure the invoice is the factory invoice pricing. Many Dodge dealers will sell factory invoice either cash or financing. See meltonsales.com web for price comparisons.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/17/08 05:54am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: how many times
wash and then a wax job once every two years but the front does get debudgged after each trip with water and brush only. I've washed the roof twice in the 8 years I've owned it. Its a '97 model 28' trailer. Roof looks great.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/17/08 04:59am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Tire protection while parked
As a relative newbie, I know I need to park my fiver on something so the tires are not directly on the ground. What are people using for this? I tried a 2X12, but it cracked very quickly. thanks!
yeah, those wide 2" x 12" will split when a 6" wide heavy tire rolls on them. I use 2 x 8" or 3/4" plywood under the tires when stored for the winter per Michelin/BFG instructions for long periods of setting. Their main point is keep them off concrete or wet ground. Give your tires manufactor a email for their input or do a google search.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/17/08 04:46am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Have you balanced your TT tires?
I also have never had any of my trailer tires balanced including my current RV. One of my 14k GVWR GN implement trailers has '00 DOT code tires with close to 30k. Their wearing flat across the tread with no cupping or a bad wear pattern. Short spring length has much to do with why even the commercial trailers users don't balance their tires.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/16/08 07:00pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Which do you prefer?
When you guys/gals go camping, do you prefer going with your family only or do you have "camping buddies"?
(snip)
Ken
good question.
we started camping in the late '40s with familly (aunts/uncles/cousins/gradparents as my dad was on the creek bank fishing or hunting every weekend. So familly camping/fishin'/huntin' was a big part of our kids life as they grew up. The youngest left home after graduating in the early '80s. Those old aunts and uncles are all gone now and as the familly elders we just camp on occasion. We arn't social campers as we have been through all that. We like the laid back pease and quiet campgrounds anymore (if we can find one).
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/16/08 05:57am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Another "Looking" Question
Jim
wecome to the forum.
Folks posting are from all over USA/Canada/MX/etc. The particular RV that you are looking at may not be distributed in all states/nationwide. Personally I wouldn't worry about neg info from posters about a particular unit/brand as there will be many many times that number of satified owners out here. Don't forget many folks out here have had RVs many years before the net and we made it just fine on our first purchase. Choose the unit you like and go RV'n.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/16/08 05:38am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: King Pin Lubrication?
I use Door-Ease stainless stick lube in a tube on the contact wear point. Just a dap on the pins contact surface or the jaw wear surface is all thats necessary. Its the same lube thats used on the door latch/pins. No mess.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/16/08 05:18am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Family serving in military
edit by mods/adm/Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/15/08 06:39am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Coons visiting in our back yard
feeding coons ?? Are you kiddin'. They are a pest and a nuisance. 'bout like feeding gators. They are one of our bigger rabies carriers. I keep a trap up by the house and transplant them somewhere else. Folks don't coon hunt anymore and they are overpopulated out here.
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JIMNLIN
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05/14/08 07:26pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: closet weight police
Dave
we all know how RV.netters load per GVWR. Try your state real weight police NJ DOT for there input on their interpretation of your 2500 trucks weight numbers regarding pin weight on your truck.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/14/08 06:55pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Not always safe to just worry about tow rating only
(snip)
You totally missed the point.
I specifically stated that I believe his rig is WITHIN HIS RATINGS.
The point was it is unsafe regardless. Spending all one's time worrying about being under tow rating is NOT the equivalent of being automatically safe.
There is no way I would choose to share the road with the guy I pictured. He couldn't have had more than 100 pounds on those front tires. If you had seen the front of the truck hovering up and down over expansion cracks you would agree. In an emergency situation that whole rig is ending up like a twisted pretzel of steel and plastic.
you brought up several points in your OP. I commented on weight and bad handling from to much tractor weight on the trailers hitch. Guess I missed your point.
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JIMNLIN
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05/14/08 06:27pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Not always safe to just worry about tow rating only
lots og guessing going on here. My 50 hp tractor with front loader weighs around 7000 lbs with both rear tires loaded with Rimguard and 8200 with the 7" mower. The tractors rear tires carry about 70 percent of the tractors weight even with a FEL. I can make the back of my 2wd 2500 Cummins and the front of my implement trailer squat just like the picture shows if I don't get loaded properly. Squatting is not a indication of over loading with a bumper set up. Two problems jump up big time with my tractor loaded like the picture. One is severe chunking and the other is the trucks front tires are unloaded which is a big issue on wet pavement when braking or steering/moving around in the mud on construction sites/pasture/etc. That's the reason I drive the tractor on when loading instead of backing on. The interstate near me speed limit is 75 mph. Lots of commercial and non commercial haulers, self included, using 2500/3500 trucks just like in the picture run those speeds every day and have many years before the net.
He's got the right tool for the job but sure has it loaded different than my rig. Its alway amases me folks can tell a rig is overloaded at 75 mph. Making a call that this rig is unsafe from just that picture ?? Maybe wondering a bit but I have no probs with sharing the road with a rig in the picture. It may be safer than a RV newby that is only 80 percent of his tow vehicles weight rating.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/14/08 12:48pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Protect All verses wax
I tried Protect All when it first hit the market some years ago but it didn't last as long as a good wax job. I found Meguiers wax works best and lasts the longest on my boats/cars/trucks/RVs for my use.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/14/08 05:45am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Arizona Off-Roaders Kill Their Own Area
The thing that really sucks is the illegal dumping that is probably occurring. I have been to places that people leave furniture, trash, you name it in areas and the off road community has to suffer because of it! That stuff is so frustrating. We have done clean ups in the areas near Calico and Johnson Valley and the stuff we pulled out of there was terrible.
True. However, almost every time we've been to Johnson Valley or Ocotillo Wells, we have seen fellow off-roaders burning pallets, leaving trash in fire rings, leaving signs behind, etc. Add all those little things together, and it can make us look pretty ugly. Just gives the enviro-wackos more ammo to shut us down.
we have lots of COE projects in my part of the state and we see much the same probs where public axcess is involved. Off roaders come in during the wet spells and cut the turf up so bad a regular 4x4 cannot axcess into the area. With over 40" of rain average a year this leads to erosion probs which leads to public axcess closures. Off road community shoots themselves in the foot with those kind of problems. The counties SDs that have big COE projects usually ask the public to report tags and vehicle descriptions and caution anyone not to attempt any confrontation. Lots of off road wackos out here go armed "cause they can" and not because they need to.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/14/08 05:36am |
Toy Haulers
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RE: 80% Rule Question
I'm curious as to where this originated.
(snip)
Does anyone know the engineering behind this "rule"?
its a RV thing. never heard of it till I came on this web. We certainly don't see it in non RV web sites. If the commercial hauling industry (legal haulers), that use our LDTs, used the 80 percent recommendation that some RVers push they would all go broke or have a class 8 pulling a little 10k load. These folks run 100 percent of their limit all the time/have a excellent safety record/run their rigs for several hundred thousand miles. Which brings us to the misconception of some saying its safe by staying under a particular number or unsafe when going over. Bull dust. Being at or under the max or even the 80 percent limit does not mean we are safe. Granted some may feel safe towing with the 80 percent recommendation but many are comfortable towing the max or even over. Most RVers see overloaded truck/trailer combos on the road all the time and not just RVs. If being over was such a big safety issue why don't we see more accidents from overloading. I don't recommend anyone tow/haul over their tow vehicles weight limits BUT many do not know what their tow vehicles limits actually are. The 80 percent recommendation may make more sense for a small V8 or V6 or 4 cyl towing a tall heavy trailer in the mountains.
These trucks were engineered with commercial and non commercial hauling in mind. Certainly not just RVs as we've had pickup trucks long time before the RV industry was even thought about. Trucks are engineered/built for so many duty cycles. Those duty cycles are at 100 percent of max loads.
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JIMNLIN
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05/11/08 08:26pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: What if we drilled our own oil?
anwar oil ?? LOL. It would go for the same price as the great Alaskan Pipeline oil does that was going to make oil cheaper for America. At the quickest it would be 5-7 years before drilling/transporting crude from anwar to our refineries. Lots of reading on many oil patch webs such as rigzone.com/etc on anwar crude from the well head to refineries. Even the drilling industry says it will take that long. Lots of theories and knee jerk reaction of blaming everyone/anyone/other groups. The bottom line falls right smack in the oil industry laps. Their the decision makers.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/11/08 06:53am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: A few more tire questions
I'm looking at the same size LTX MS tire or the Bridgestone Revos AT. The Michelin LTX MS is a very mild mud designation tire and is very simular to many AT type tires. You have a 4x4 and live in northern IL. the LTX MS may work better in the snow conditions.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/11/08 06:21am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: COE Campgrounds and Bass Tournaments
they can be and are very noisey as their not interested in the camping experience. You may want to check with the COE area project office as to when they have a local or national event scheduled. Plan your camping trip somewhere else.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/11/08 05:54am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Here is who Supports the Sierra Club
the club has been good at stopping commercial interests and special interests groups from destroying/developing certain public areas. We can thank those D's for their part and no thanks to those that would use it to fatten their good buddies fat pockets. As a off roader/hunter/fisherman I see where the club is needed to protect a certain area from a few who would turn it to their personnel gain either just playing or commercial development.
Jim
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JIMNLIN
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05/11/08 05:44am |
Toy Haulers
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