It would not Bother me if they made you get a Different Licence to tow over 2000# Take a course for a weekend wright a test do a Practical and now you are good to go..

 

Do any of you think they may have lost their brakes? That stretch of road looks familiar possibly Interstate 5 out of L.A. which has a downgrade.

 

Look at what truckers go through to get their CDL's and you still see plenty of them out there breaking the rules and driving dangerously. Don't give the states any new tax revenue ideas please! Lol

 

Description of the video says...

 

I wish the person that posted the video would have started @ :45. I'll never get those 45 seconds back.

Reps

They were in such a hurry to leave they didn't even fold the steps under the rear door.



Whole lot of crap hanging off the bumper.


No need to go 70 MPH 'cuz some gamoke is going to cut you off.

 

You and I would get along just fine. I would rep you for this if I could.

 

Sit back and enjoy the sound of that Jake brake son....

 

We don't know all the details:

Driver might have been in the middle of an important text.

Late for campsite check-in.

Passing the semi to let him know a tail light was out....


Natural selection still working in the modern age.









Seriously, glad they're ok and well insured.

 

Here is a short video showing a demo of the effects on how you distribute the weight of your belongings in a trailer would affect the sway. Many of us already know this, but it is a good info for those that don't.

 

Do not use belt dressing it almost melts the belt.

is it your fan coming on? they can make some weird noises when the clutch is starting to go.

 

So I had a great time camping in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada last week. The rig towed awesome and I felt very in control at all times after dialing-in the weight distribution, electric brakes and all the Ex suspension upgrades. Props to the Propride hitch: one of the trailer tires blew out at 60mph and I was in total control as I brought it to a stop. Here's a pic all dusty from the desert:



ex-post dust storm...

So question: I towed over the Sierra Nevada range past Lake Tahoe. Towing uphill definitely was slow. On the steepest, longest 6% grades, I would slow to basically 35mph at around 3500 rpm. Is that normal? I was towing about 9,000lbs, truck itself was pretty empty. I just had the ex fully serviced as well. It happened both with overdrive on and off. Seems slow to me.

 

Well, you can rev that 6.8 a good bit higher and get up that hill a little bit faster than 35 MPH. you won't hurt the motor letting it rev and there is plenty of power in those higher revs. 5Star Tuning can write you a few custom tunes that will let it hold OD longer on hill climbs as well as make the trans work much better in all other situations. I pull an 11K TT with mine and can hold 60/65 on most of the bigger Eastern highway grades in OD.

 

I'm not sure what the terrain is like, but when I'm towing and coming up to a hill/grade I'll increase my speed 5-10 mph + as needed to keep the truck in its rpm rage and hold my speed to 60 mph min. Just gives the truck a little head start.

 

Always remember the V10 engine sweet spot going uphill is around 4000...at least for 3.73 gears. My favorite story about the V10 is it has replaced some of the diesel engines running irrigation systems. Not an easy thing to do for a gas engine. IMO of course.

 

Thanks - sounds like the main piece of advice is not to be afraid to rev the engine up a bit on those extreme hill situations!