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I don't recall what the books says exactly but I know it was 600 miles for my 06. Usually anything over 500 miles should be good. The main concern of waiting a few hundred miles is to give the rear gears time to mesh and not cause overheating of the rear. With the synthetic gear oil and finned aluminum cover these days, I don't even know how much validity that holds anymore.
I wouldn't be concerned at all about towing a travel trailer at 700 miles.
I wouldn't be concerned at all about towing a travel trailer at 700 miles.
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Just kiddin', glad the new truck is working out better, hopefully the old one was put out to pasture! 
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Thanks, man. The new one is just awesome... everything about it. Cruised by the dealership over the weekend because they swapped the tailgates on the trade with the new one (the new one didnt have the step in it), so the key didn't work... had to have a key made for the old gate. So I guess I have a key now for the old truck. Which is, by the way, for sale on the lot.
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Yikes!! Did they figure out what was wrong with it or did they just want to find someone that wasn't as knowledgeable and would accept it?
I replied to your thread in the SD forum but since you mentioned it's still for sale, you should see if they'll switch out the storage bin locks (or the tailgate lock if you want 1 key for everything). It's worth a shot!
I replied to your thread in the SD forum but since you mentioned it's still for sale, you should see if they'll switch out the storage bin locks (or the tailgate lock if you want 1 key for everything). It's worth a shot!
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Thanks, man. The new one is just awesome... everything about it. Cruised by the dealership over the weekend because they swapped the tailgates on the trade with the new one (the new one didnt have the step in it), so the key didn't work... had to have a key made for the old gate. So I guess I have a key now for the old truck. Which is, by the way, for sale on the lot.
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Nobody thought about it until I went to lock it this weekend and couldn't. I really don't mind the separate key... I go into the city often and have to use the parking garages, so the extra deterrant is appreciated... which is why I'm asking in my other thread about rekeying the interior storage to the same key as the gate.
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