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We are currently sitting in the trailer up on our future retirement property.
Through the Fraser Canyon I ran into a slow poke driver who would wait until he started to slow down on the hills before getting on the gas. This became annoying quickly as he kept putting me under the turbo at the base of a long hill. First chance at a passing lane and I put him in the rear view mirror.
Not 100% happy with the shift strategy yet as it still commands TC lock up too soon for my liking.
Just to see how the egt’s we’re doing under heavy load, 3rd gear,TC locked, 1600rpm, 40ish-mph and I just put my foot into it on a long uphill. Way under the turbo. I couldn’t get it to over 1200° in SDK 65 light tow with 8500lbs on the bumper.
Truck ran amazingly well and I only once was it not capable of maintaining my desired speed up a hill.
Ready to roll. First stop just outside of Hope but before the Fraser Canyon. Second stop in Ashcroft $160.00 in Fuel. Future home sweet home. That is one nasty rain cloud. Just across the Thompson River from our fuel stop in Ashcroft.
If anybody recalls last year here in British Columbia we had some extreme weather events.
One was called a Heat Dome. OK… Whatever… bottom line is it was really freakin hot. One town in the Fraser Canyon broke all time Canadian heat records a number of days in a row. Lytton. Unfortunately a spark from a railcar brakes lit some grass and with the winds through the valley within a short time the entire town was nothing but ashes.
This is the temporary lot where they are storing all the burned up cars.
The next major event was what was dubbed as “ An Atmospheric River “. Over a 3 day span it was something like 20 inches of rain. Again the Fraser Canyon was not spared and we had a chance to see the carnage as well as some of the temporary measures to keep this arterial route open. 7 months since the damage and still a single lane Bailey Bridge for alternating traffic. Single alternating traffic guided by a pilot car. Just past the bridge on the temporary single lane. Just to the left you can see the old washed out highway. Jackass Mountain Summit Thompson River in between Lytton and Spence’s Bridge.
All photos courtesy of my wife Sonya riding shotgun.
They list different shocks for the cab chassis’s, single rear wheel and dually.
The dually shocks don’t come with boots, only the blue plastic sleeves. I would prefer the boots as I feel they would provide better protection for the piston rod.
They appear to have the same mounting.
Are they just valved differently specific to the application, and if so, anybody know what would be the difference in ride quality with the singe rear shock on a dually? I’m sure anything will be better than the stock 21year old shocks with 120k miles on them.
I’m towing with 1200# spring bars on WDH with 800# tongue weight and 20lbs in airlift bags. Definitely not apples to apples on a stock configuration.
I know this is probably like asking the preferred oil or tire choices but thought I would throw it out there.
They list different shocks for the cab chassis’s, single rear wheel and dually.
They appear to have the same mounting.
Are they just valved differently specific to the application, and if so, anybody know what would be the difference in ride quality with the singe rear shock on a dually?
While they may appear to have the same mounting, they may not.
The cab chassis frame is different than the pickup frame, which can affect mounting points and shock length.
Just got back from another week up at our retirement property.
Truck ran strong and efficient.
Gotta get under the hood and do the AC mod. It just can’t keep up in the scorching heat.
At one point noticed that boost was off a bit and EGT was climbing higher than normal on some steeper hills. Soon followed by no boost registering on the gauge. Could still hear the turbo spooling so wasn’t too worried. At our regular fuel stop I popped the hood.
Boost line got hot an ruptured. Quick snip and a zip tie and we are back on the road.
Your labor should yield great results. There was a very noticeable difference between the worn out shocks and the Bilstein shocks on my truck. I look forward to your 1st impressions and final thoughts once the full set are installed and road tested.
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