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My 3500 was due for its first oil change and being cheap I decided to do it myself. I have changed lots of oil over the years. One of my first jobs was changing tires and oil at a Kmart. Over the years, I started paying someone else to do it because I am just so messy it was not worth the...
That is a lot :) Out of all that, what caught my eye was, "....a little light on the hitch." Trailers hate that and too little weight on the hitch will induce sway. There is a video out there (youtube?) that shows a model car on a moving belt pulling a trailer with moveable weights. The...
Years ago (high school) I had a Plymouth with left-hand lugs on one side. I had easily gotten the wheel off the "normal side" and spend hours fighting with the other side.... Luckily, I never found a pipe long enough for my cheater bar to twist off any studs. My dad came home and suggested...
I don't have advice for a specific brand but would suggest to look at used RVs. Campers stink with initial build quality and depreciation - let someone else suffer through the first year warranty repairs. We are on our fourth camper, a 2017 Keystone Avalanche 320RS. We purchased it used about...
I stayed at the Home2 Suites next to the airport, $140/nt (I think) with free parking. They delivered my truck from MD the next morning and left with my trade. It was so easy that it felt sketchy :) My daughter flew in and I picked her up in the new truck, and we had a ROAD TRIP home. Lots of...
I had a 2020 2500 6.4. Just traded it last week. When I first got it, I would run mid-grade if I was going to tow. After a while, cheap and lazy took over and I only ran regular. I never noticed the difference. The engine/computer knows and adjusts accordingly. There was likely some...
As others have said, It depends.... We tow a similar 5th wheel with a 2020 2500 6.4/4.10 CCSB around the southeast coast (SC to FL mostly) and it does fine. My steepest hill is usually a bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway :) It will downshift and rev, but maintains a decent speed. If you...
Currently tow with a 2020 2500 6.4/4.10 with a payload of 3244 (per yellow door sticker). Our camper is a 36 ft, 12.5k 5th wheel with a pin weight of approximately 2300 lbs. I installed airbags just to level things up and stop it from bottoming out on the occasional ridiculous bridge apron...
Sandi says my truck in on the train headed to Port Allen and should be to MD and ready sometime in August. This has all gone fairly fast (sorry, to all those still waiting...)
Original plan was to fly to Lake Charles and drive home. About 12.5 hours (950 miles) to near Charleston, SC. Seems...
"...phone call/verbal agreement..." sounds fine for SC :) I live in Summerville, so I can say that. I am out of town (and don't have a goose ball) or I would help. Good luck!
Had you pulled this truck/camper combo on the old tires? Just the geometry of 5th wheel towing should keep it from swaying. Something must be really amiss. Could the tire shop have left the lug nuts loose? Is it a toy hauler? Too much weight in the back (pin light) can make one squirrelly -...
"...proper experience..." - good luck with that! I have been pulling 5th wheel campers for about 15 years and I am not there yet :rolleyes:
Keep an eye on your tires - be careful around fuel pumps - don't yell at whoever is helping you back into a spot - have fun. Those are the big rules, the...
I originally installed the airbags because my truck would occasionally hit the bumpers when driving over interstate bridge transitions. At first, I pumped them up until the truck moved back up to original height - I thought that "felt" a little bouncy, but it wouldn't hit the bumpers. Next...
For me, my 2500 takes 60psi to get within 1/2 inch of stock height with about 2.2k on the pin. I've run slightly more and less on different trips and that "felt best". There is no exact pressure - everyone's mileage will vary. If you (and the truck) like 80, then you could adjust the hitch to...