Lets set up this truck.....
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Lets set up this truck.....
Okay, so I'm buying a toy hauler that is much bigger then I had expected and now need to set up my truck appropriately. I had plans of doing much different things and planned on medium weight towing via conventional tow. The new trailer will be a 37ft 5th wheel that weighs 10,900 dry with a GVRW of 15,600. I have no intentions of coming close to the GVRW, as no quads, Rhinos, or sand cars will be loaded into it, only 3 dirt bikes, plus water and fuel (understanding that these are significant weight).
As of now my truck sits stock. Its a 2001 F250 crew cab 4x4 with a short bed.
Are air bags the way to go with this? If so any suggestions and rough estimate of costs? I have no idea.
Exhaust and DP tuner still good ideas I'm assuming... Zoodad, and 6637 as well. Anything else that I can do that will help out? How about helping the tranny out?
All help is appreciated! Cheap help is even better!
Ryan.
As of now my truck sits stock. Its a 2001 F250 crew cab 4x4 with a short bed.
Are air bags the way to go with this? If so any suggestions and rough estimate of costs? I have no idea.
Exhaust and DP tuner still good ideas I'm assuming... Zoodad, and 6637 as well. Anything else that I can do that will help out? How about helping the tranny out?
All help is appreciated! Cheap help is even better!
Ryan.
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how many miles on ur rig now?
Gauges, and a transgo-kit or a JW valve body would help out alot(dont know much about autos, ive got a handshaker)
Might consider upgrading the brakes to some cryo'd rotors and hawk pads.
just to name a few...let us know what you end up doing!
EDIT: got the gauges on the list already IC
Gauges, and a transgo-kit or a JW valve body would help out alot(dont know much about autos, ive got a handshaker)
Might consider upgrading the brakes to some cryo'd rotors and hawk pads.
just to name a few...let us know what you end up doing!
EDIT: got the gauges on the list already IC
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I've talked with CHP about the my DL requirements, I spent an entire day calling all the different offices and spoke with probably 7 different officers, some SGT's. Anyhow, the answer came from 1 guy at the local scales, if the trailer is over 10,000 a class A is req'd. Unless the special endorsement is obtained, then as long as its a personal use trailer 15,000 lb is good. I currently have my class B but its restricted to firefighting equipment. So a little DMV test and my DL is good, never did they mention anything about the truck limit GVCW though. hmmm
Truck has 180,000 on it
Truck has 180,000 on it
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I would do all that's been said so far. I would talk to Clay about the air bags also, I think he's running loadlevelers(?) He can tell you about those.
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Dan, thats what I was worried about. I tow a 39' that weighs not too much more and use a F550 for that without any issues either.
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5th wheel trailer weight max is like 13k with your truck, IIRC. You already got good tips. If it were me, here's what I'd do: TransGo Tugger for the trans, 6.0L IC & trans cooler, Hawk pads, Cryo'ed Powerslot front rotors, air bags, tuning (I happen to like Tony Wildman's tunes). Now, if you want to go deeper, I'd go van turbo or 1.0 exh housing, and single-shot injectors. In fact, I've done all that already, except air bags. 
Do all that, and you'll have a hell of a pulling machine.
Do all that, and you'll have a hell of a pulling machine.
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