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From the album: Post Pictures
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From the album: Post Pictures
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I put the airbags in... They work pretty nice after I smoothed out the custom control system I put in.
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Oh ok that makes sense, I was just hoping to over complicate it and have a double throw switch set up in the cab
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How do you have the Firestone's set up? I've been looking for a solenoid or something so I can adjust them from the cab but so far I've had no luck.
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Oh ok, I think I'm going with the Ride-Rite's then, after I figure out a convenient way of hooking them up to the air horn tank
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Thats my plan, though I was jw I mean with a WD hitch, in theory, it should keep the whole thing level, which would stress the hitch if its subject to a bed, IE the truck leveling out when the trailer is still pointed uphill...
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I thought as much, better question though... Won't a WD hitch stop me from taking hills? We keep the boat in an old warehouse and the driveways pretty steep onto the road, then its a steep downhill. Won't the WD hitch stop it from being able to bend at an angle?
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We'll see what happens... For a WD hitch do I need a special hitch? Is it better to go WD or air bags?
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What's a rear mount setup? I don't think it'll hurt it's towing abilities, at least I hope not since I'd never need to go full throttle towing. I'd baby it still if I had a load on the back.
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Ya but if I do something I'm going all out, turbo's and a built up 6 speed ect
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I'm thinking about what to do, I thought about air bags, but it loos like if I do the WD hitch it might help with the suspension being soft, I already have electric fans, I have the 3.73 gears which it looks like are pretty good, and I'll beef up the tranny when it goes, and then I might look into doin a 6.2 swap with some sort of charger, havent figured that out yet. Though that's just a pipe dream and I doubt it'll ever happen.
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Wow you towed that with a 4.8? Man I've underestimated my truck... I'll fix the few leaks it has and give it another shot I suppose.
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Oh cool, good to know; thanks!
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In other terms it won't necessarily kill my truck?
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oh whoops my bad, that's my step moms boat, last time I towed it the truck smelt like death and I don't know about you but i don't like going up a hill at 4k RPM to try and keep at about 50 MPH, so she said if it breaks while I'm towing her boat she's covering the damages...
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oh ok cool, worst case I guess something fails while towing it, she pays to replace it, and I do what you did with the 6L swap
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No idea, bare boat is 4500, with rigging and trailer i'd say somewhere between 6-7k, plus it was apparently full or water, so that day I'd say 7k+... Thanks to a few posts in here I'm looking into a weight distribution hitch since I have a class 4 receiver on my truck that I had installed to replace the stock hitch. It's got shock brakes on it. Just out of curiosity, my truck empty weighs 5400 LBS apparently and has a GVWR of 7k, so with me and my tools its probably at 5800 LBS, can it really tow this without hurting it?
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Not sure I'll ever be towing this again... Not sure I want to buy a new transmission anytime soon, but here's my shot
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