We had one snowfall this year, however the roads get covered in brine solution any time it gets below 40* I think, that stuff is 100% to blame for that mess. I have some suspension parts that need a closer inspection as well.

 

It is funny, all of my 2" ball mounts are tight except for this one. How does the hitch vice work?

 

It isn't going to rattle around when in use if it's a WD hitch.

All my inserts are loose on the Ex s hitch, it's not going to hurt anything, except some people complain about noise, I haven't heard any from mine, but I usually keep a good amount of tonge wt on mine usually.

 

Sometimes I use the hitch just as that without WD bars attached, like when I pull the Scout trailer because of the 2 5/16th ball.

 

I tried everything to get the rattle and sway from a hitch hauler as well as an adjustable hitch, nothing was nearly as beefy as this, locks it together and makes it one solid piece, well worth the money, and easier than the welding a nut to the hitch idea I have used in the past

 

Another E-type.

Allot of motor for a car the size of a miata!

 

There are two different sized bushings for my Super Duty. I picked them up at Oreilly's for around $15 total. Front bar diameter is 32mm however the brackets can require a 1.875" bushing face or a 2.15" bushing face. Mine are the 2.15" bushing.

1.875"
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2.15"
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BTW that is the first time that car sat on its own suspension on the ground in over 30 years!

 

Thanks Coop!

Snowseeker... More pics of that ride!

 

Manufacturer discrepancy.
Weld a bead on the top of the shank and grind down for a tight fit if you only plan on using it in the excursion.

Or, drill a 9/16 hole up thru the bottom of receiver tube just forward of the pin and clip hole. Weld a 1/2 inch nut over hole and use a bolt with an additional nut cinched down as a locknut. Keep the 3/4" wrench in the truck....

 

Maybe the gassers you have driven up them mountains need to get to the gym a little so they don't get so tired driving uphill.
My well setup (for towing) V-10 pulls mountain grades (here in the East at least) pretty well.


Big rigs use diesels for very good reasons, diesel fuel contains more energy than gas and diesel engines by their nature are more efficient (high compression) and as Dave said they produce higher torque from similar sized engines. Also gas engines loose efficiency when scaled up, the forced induction of diesels counters that issue. That same forced induction keeps the power production up on diesels at higher elevations where the thinner air reduces normally aspirated gas engines power output.
On our recent trip to Charlotte I didn't have the chance to climb that mountain (Old Fort) but on all the hills I-77 & I-81 threw at us the EX was able to maintain speed all the way to the top when traffic allowed it. We were a little pressed for time so I was running faster than I normally tow, but if I hit the beginning of the grades at 73MPH (2500 RPMs) the V-10 was able to hold that speed during the climb. It's all about being properly setup for the job at hand, gears, headers and custom tunes have made very significant towing performance improvements on our V-10 EX. On this trip we were towing our 11,000lb TT and averaged 60.1 MPH (per GPS) over the entire 562 mile return trip to home.
I'm sure a good 7.3 or 6.0 would perform the same or better and get better fuel mileage, we saw 8.2 MPG on that tow home, but it just chaps me a little when folks go on about needing a diesel if you tow any kind of weight over any distance or grades, it's just not so.
I don't mean for my little rant here to be an attack on you Excurvelle or on diesels in general, I have tons of respect for both you and oil burners, I just saw a chance for me to do a little V-10 cheerleading is all!

 

As it comes along.

 

Sweet! Thanks Snowseeker!!!!! You my friend are a great guy

 

You said it right here:

My first pull with my Ex (bone stock) in 2010 before I had anything except a loaded 9000 lb 24' car hauler without sway control (bad mistake) and before I knew anything about 6.0l's we headed from Central NC to Nashville, TN for a car show. When pulling Fancy Gap I kept it pulling at 65-70 MPH passing traffic like crazy, at that point I realized how much I loved the diesel and got the bug. I had always pulled smaller trailers with gassers before, my most powerful being a 2000 Durango with a 5.9L and I still own that truck and it has less miles on it than the Ex and is modified with with a shift kit in the transmission. That truck can't handle any of the big trailers but when I tow the twin axle 12' Scout trailer or flat car trailer it is so weak.

 

I made some shims out of thin ga sheet metal (a few different thickness), put a 5/8 hole in them and viola.