dually pickups

Had not looked at Dodge since they announced the Mercedes engine crap last year, I am behind times.  Still do not like the Stiff Leg frames they put under them, that was tried in HD Trucks DECADES ago with not so good results.  Rigid Breaks flexible survives.

right now Tom, on my GM 3500, with the fifth wheel sitting level the top of the box will hit the nose of the trailer, even if it did hook up if i hit a dip there would be damage. i had thought about putting my flatbed on that truck, but with the height of the hitch it would make the trailer pull nose up on the road. 

I wanted to also say that I get way more use of the flat bed than I ever did in the pickup bed. Just my thoughts

17 states have adopted CDL requirements for RVs under these very requirements.

Shameless, I'd go with the flatbed with the anderson gooseneck adapter, that way you'll have plenty of clearance and the option of adjusting for any height you need. I went to Stillwater MFG to spec out a flatbed for my dually.. they did tell me I couldn't go over 8 foot long or I'd be having some turning issues with our brookside camper, the gooseneck is a little longer so not an issue . I like the gooseneck hitch because you don't have all the 5th wheel hitch parts in the bed & in the way.

DMiller wrote: Ford's rates: http://https://www.ford.com/cmslibs/content/dam/brand_ford/en_us/brand/resources/general/pdf/guides/20Towing_Ford_SuperDutyCC_r1_Dec17.pdf GMs: http://https://www.chevrolet.com/content/dam/chevrolet/na/us/english/index/vehicle-groups/trailering-and-towing/trucks/02-pdfs/2020-chevrolet-trailering-guide.pdf The Fine line is 25,999/26,000 GCWR.  They do NOT care if you are a Private/Not For Hire owner these days.

That's going to get interesting. The CDL came about because of so many states making unique laws that made it very difficult to travel state to state and still be legal. So if I pull my 5th wheel from Iowa with no restrictions to Wisconsin where they require a CDL over 40', the question becomes can they legally enforce that. In the commercial regs, cross a state line and federal trumps state. Legal in your home state, legal everywhere.

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/part/383

Edited by DMiller - 16 Oct 2020 at 7:07pm

thanks...so far so good, but it's only been 2 days! lol, my mechanic knows these engines and said it sure sounded good. i'll hafta find where the plug in is on it, or if it even needs to be plugged in in the cold, my diesel burb never had to be plugged in to start in the coldest days. my diesel GMC does hafta be plugged in. i know it's alot easier on them if they are plugged in. the old lady....ooooops....i mean the loving wife gets to retire in about 12-13 months...then LOOK THE **** OUT! lol

Hey, maybe you could drive it out here with that Gleaner grain head we talked about last Spring.  In fact, if you have a big enough trailer, you could haul Joe's Chevy powered AC and deliver it to him.  When you come by my place you can stop in and visit the Stockholder!

Standard or auto?
Congrats

it's an auto tranny, would rather have had a stick...but oh well! everything works on it including the remote mirrors. dunno if they heat or not, it won't be used as a daily driver after the 30 days of free time without plates! there isn't an owners manuel with it, maybe i'll come across one sometime. will need better tires when going any distances with it. that's one thing i do after buying something, always put new tires on the stuff. learned the hard way years ago! sure saves walking and lots of work! had to laugh at a sticker on the topper...says: if you want to flush up more birds, hunt with an ugly dog! lol. i just put new tires on the 3/4 ton this truck is replacing PfffffT! maybe them tires will fit this truck, haven't checked yet. the 180 and ag crane will get a workout when i start changing boxes around. anyone know if that plastic headlight cover is a one piece that is included with the headlights behind it? this one is really faded, i took some brake fluid and cleaned them up pretty good but it won't last long being out in the sun. so far 3 of the dogs can jump up inside the cab, i may put the seats up and put a carpet cover piece of plywood in the back seat area for them to lay on. Tom...she finds all kinds of chit for me to do now while she's still employed, she's a slave driver! hopefully i'll have it all done before she retires! the truck seems a little tall, gonna hafta slide down under and see if it can be lowered a bit or not. the seats are comfy and don't hurt my back driving it, they are cloth seats. i think it'll work out o-k, if not i'm sure i can get my money back out of it. man...them straight pipes talk! lol  

Drive it enough with the straight pipe and you'll be ready for a muffler.

Thad in AR. wrote: HD6GTOM wrote: If its a stick, have your mechanic drill and tap a hole in the side of the tranny 2" higher than the original fill hole. The top bearings don't get any oil and they burn up. When you put the extra 2" of oil in the tranny everything gets lubed. One of my tire customers who delievered campers all over the USA and my Goodyear tire supplier had Dodges. The guy pulling campers used to carry a spare rebuilt tranny in the box, claimed he could change one in 3-4 hours at the interstate rest areas. They both moved the fill hole up those 2" and stopped the tranny issues. My last service truck was a 1 ton Dodge dually. The clutch disk was put together with plastic rivets. At that time all you could from Dodge had plastic rivets. We found a HD rebuilt clutch at NAPA put together with steel rivets. Also at 80000 miles it developed the death wobble in the front end. We put a steering stablizer on it. That did no good.   It needed a new track bar on the front end. We got the new bar from Dodge. It had grease fittings on both ends. The original bar did not have them and the Dodge bar was cheaper than NAPA, American Auto Parts, or O'Reillys. Hope you have very good luck with your truck. Now as far as her retiring?? She's gonna find so dang much for you to do outside, your gonna want to hire a young man to help. Speaking from expedience. Yes pay special attention to this post. A coworker is on his 3rd 6speed manual on a 2006 Dodge. Each time it has needed a clutch as well. This last trip to the shop was north of 7 grand. They over filled to the point it was running out the input. Mechanic said it needed over filled by a lot to lube bearings that weren’t getting lube. Here in the hills he’s constantly shifting. Autos work well with a 6 cylinder diesel.