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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 07:13 PM
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Will It take it??

I am getting ready to buy a 38ft travel trailer about 11000 lbs I have a bullydog set to tow economy soft shift the truck runs perfect and gets decent fuel mileage I also have a banks monster exaust I don't have an egt gage will this bullydog cause anything to get too hot or any other long term duraility issues while heavy towing?? should I set it back to stock?
engine was built sept 11 03 it is a 6.0
it has 49k on the clock.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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Me personally, i wouldnt tow with the bully dog. I would set it back to stock to tow. I towed 10k with the aggressive tow tune from Spartan the other day and my egts never went over 1000*'s. An SCT with custom tuning is the only way to go with these motors and trannies
 
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 07:39 PM
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I would not tow that heavy with a Bully Dog, especially without gauges. With gauges you could at least keep an eye on it. I would put guages on even towing that trailer stock.

Good Luck.
 
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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What they said.
 
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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How are the head gaskets holding up? No puking yet? with the combo of the bully dog and the huge trailer you may be in for some lifting
 
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