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Check this video out. I think he was just a tad over his GVWR! Over the limit?

What i mean is if the other lanes are open, why block the right lane? It never fails. I come up to an empty intersection and the one car there happens to be in the right lane going straight. By the time the light turns green there are about 5 cars behind me waiting to turn also. Its just more of a common curtesy thing, you know?

Hey Pete, you serious about going out. If so, I think my fam and the father-in-law are going to try and go since we missed Dumont last weekend. Let me know.

Nice way to spend a week. Congrats!

If you are there I am sure one of them will let you hop in. :headbang:

How bout when someone going straight stays in the right lane when they could have gotten over before the stop light and left it open for cars that want to turn right? :headbang: I also agree with you Ragdoll about the turn signals. :smiley:

Just from reading all the crap I have on mine, the MAX I would go post turbo (if the 1400-1500 is the true max) would be 1000-1100, I have heard that there could be up to a 400 degree difference. But yours is pre-turbo so the 1300 max sounds good. I have hit 1450 once or twice on short bursts but have been told not to hold more than 1250 for any amount of time. I just roll off the pedal a little. Usually I just turn off the OD (tow-haul for you) and let the lower gear pull. It keeps the EGT's down with the higher rpm/less strain. Hey, even Gale Banks (who i think knows his sh*t) tells you to put it in the manifold. All the "true" programmers and builders do the same. On a side note, I was surprised how well the new trailer towed on the way back from Cali. I thought it would really suck with my lift and tire size. I guess the gearing helped a lot. I had no problems cruising up Baker grade at 65-70 and keeping the egts around 1100. I could have went faster, but kept it safe. You know the speed limit is 55 w/ trailers in Cali. We will see when it is fully loaded though! Not looking forward to that! :angry:

Don't want to start a this spot is better than this spot thread for where to put the thermocoupler. From everything I have read the most accurate reading would be pre-turbo. There are too many variables that can cause different readings for post turbo setups. One could be the intercooler, if it gets somewhat blocked, will cause different readings. I know on fords, and prob all the rest of the diesels that its not the turbo that is as important as the pistons. In the powerstrokes the pistons are aluminum.. see the attached thread I copied from Diesel Stop Website "The International engineers explained it a lot different during a national rally of members of TheDieselStop touring the PSD engine plant in Indianapolis. Don't worry about high egt hurting the turbo. It's made put of steel and can take a lot more heat than the aluminum pistons. If your engine blows up because of high egt, it will be the pistons, not the turbo, tearing things up. The pistons begin to deform at about 1,250 egt. Eventually, the top ring will jump out of the deformed piston, and then you have bits and pieces of the remains of the steel ring punching holes in the top of the deforming (melting) piston, and or pieces of ring getting in the valves and plugging them up. Whatever the exact results, when the piston deforms, your engine is toast. That's why the International engineers insist that if you hot-rod your PSD, then install a pyrometer with the thermocouple (sender) mounted pre-turbo - in the up pipe or the exhaust manifold. Then use 1,250º as your red line. They said you can run all day at 1,200º pre-turbo egt, but stay away from 1,250. A tiny bit of research can confirm this. Look up the melting point of aluminum." I think I will keep mine Pre-Turbo. And Pete, I try to keep mine under the 1250 mark. I think the Duramax is somewhere close to that. I think I read somewehere that about 1300 is the max. Pete check out this site. It has a lot of good info on it..http://www.dieselplace.com :angry:

I hear that, that is the only reason I got a bigger one. Gonna try and fit my LT in it and maybe two quads. (Banshee and the LT80) Hope it fits. If not, still got the back of the truck!

It was a real pain in the a$$ to manuver the Wal-mart parking lot in Corona, Ca yesterday. This b*tch is long! Can't just whip it around like the old 26 footer! All in all, I am very impressed with how it handeled the jacked up road from barstow to baker. All the road contruction was killer. I think I got the truck off the ground once on the way there. Or at least it felt like it. Scared the crap out of Rosemarie a few times! I am going to need a new sticker for this one!

Got my new toyhauler this weekend (Easter) while you guys all got to enjoy Dumont. I on the other hand went down to LA and back Sat to pick up this big b*tch... Kinda like Pete's but the Sierra model instead of the SandPiper. And as Pete stated, this thing tows nice!.. Here are the pics... This trailer even dwarfs my big a$$ truck! 2005 Sierra Sport T34SP.

Leave it to Don! Funny as hell!

I see the frame is fixed again Tim! Looks good. Did you have a little poop on that second one? :redhat:

Well, this is how I am rolling now. Just picked it up this weekend.

That is some funny a$$ sh*t!

Sounds like you guys had a good time. Sorry I missed it. Maybe we can squeeze in another one in a couple of weeks. Gotta break in my "nused" trailer!

Not if you just go out for a quick day trip. Get there at 6:00am ride til 11:00am or 12:00 and pack up and go home.

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I agree on the tranny building up too! After the first rebuild, I had them upgrade the TQ and added a shift kit. Another good mod is the Sonnax/Tricumilator valve springs install. Its about $50 and well worth it. AN even better fix would be to save up (since it is paid for now) and get a bullet proof tranny from a place called BTS. Do a search for it on the site I recommended above and you will see some good info.

Not trying to start a Ford vs Chevy vs Dodge, but everyone will always have a favorite. Its just an opinion, so if you like your truck, then keep it. Why get an extra payment if you have something that works already? The guy that just bought my trailer drove up from San Diego in his 05 Duramax and while he was there told me he missed his 7.3 ford powerstroke. He told me he traded it in for (and I quote) "the 6 point toilet powertsroke" He said he had so many problems that his buddy at chevy hooked him up with a killer deal to get out of the 6.0. Anyway long story short, if you like what you got, then keep it. If you want to learn how to get some serious power out of it check this site...www.dieselstop.com or send me a PM. I used to run the Edge Evolution stacked with the Banks 6 Gun. Now I have something way better! Hope that helps, J.J.

Sorry dude, hit reply instead of the other button. Meant to give Ken crap, not you.

Yes, other than you! But when your rail is running good, you are usually in it right?

It was nice he was able to walk away, but you wouldn't catch me ever doing something that stoopid. He didn't even have a helmet on! Dumbass!

Change in plans. As of right now, My father in law might not be coming out. So we wont have his grill. Maybe I will try to borrow it and throw it in the back of my truck. I'll let you know.

Did you see that after a drunken stuper when you fell over and was laying there?