Rvduck

I was in some pretty cold weather with my 08 Duramax. It started great, remote start , or key. The only thing it did differently was as you start driving, the glow plugs cycle and the draw makes your headlights go dim. I was staying in a camp up in northern BC, Canada and I had a 10 mile drive to the worksite and most of the way to work I had the headlights dim for maybe 15 seconds or so, then go back bright. That truck had the dual alternator option so the glowplugs draw a lot of juice. I actually thought I had an electrical problem, then talked to a few guys that lived up there and they told me it was normal for a diesel to do that in real cold weather. The truck was around 3 years old at the time, I kept it for another 5 years, that truck was flawless for the 8 years I had it. Sure hope my new beast is as good.

Both my 08 Dually Duramax and my 16 Dually 6.0 have excellent steering but the 08 Dually Duramax came with junk shocks that were completely wore out at 40000 miles. I don't think that worn shocks could cause a wobble but mine would allow the truck to nose down on moderate braking and the ABS brakes would start to chatter as the weight came off the rear wheels. New Rancho 9000s with the front shocks set to the harshest setting made the truck brakes work excellent and the truck felt new again. I believe the newer 3500s with a Duramax have a heavier front axle weight rating because my 08 was very close to it's maximum front weight rating, with only me at 185 lb in the driver's seat. Lucky it was an LTZ with only seating for two, three 200 pound guys sitting in the front of that truck would have overloaded the front end of the 08 Duramax, not very heavy duty engineering for an HD truck.

My Dually weighs 7800 pounds empty with just me and a full tank, I weigh 185. With my double slide Arctic Fox I weigh more than 13000 pounds and I push a lot of surface area as Arctic Foxes are high units. I can do 60 mph on an 8 % grade and I still have lots of revs and pedal left so you definitely have a problem.

Nothing like a big white dually.

I picked up my 2016 High Country on Friday. Really like the truck so far.