Oklahoma to Yellowstone - Moab, Utah - Silverton Colorado back to Oklahoma - Diesel Forum

okie1 · 08-09-2005, 09:36 PM

Just over 4400 miles in all with absolutley no trouble. Truck and Fifth wheel were exellent. One thing to share though, I would never do any trip pulling a trailer without gauges. You could and would be running 1400+ degrees for extended times without even knowing it. I love this truck, just need to get the EGT down a couple of hundred degrees.

954doorf350 · 08-10-2005, 06:03 PM

How did you like going into and out of silverton. I have followed a few people in there with there breaks smoking haha. guess they didnt use there gears. what egt's did ya run up out of there. im fixing to pull a trailer with explorer out there to go play this next summer. I go to pogosa springs once a year have a condo there. glad u had no troubles on your trip. ps where in okla do you live? matt

96STROKE · 08-10-2005, 07:13 PM

Glad to hear you had a good trip. I love moab myself, where did you stay and what did you see (arches, canyonlands)?

Unfortunately we only make it down there once or twice a year.

One thing I noticed in your sig. is that you have 3.53 rearend gear ratio. If you swap out to a 4.10, or at least 3.73 for the weight of trailer you are hauling, you will let the motor rpms get up into power range and help drop EGT quite a bit.

j_apetersen · 08-10-2005, 09:35 PM

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Glad to hear you had a good trip. I love moab myself, where did you stay and what did you see (arches, canyonlands)?

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their is a great little motel four blocks off the main drag in moab.

96STROKE · 08-10-2005, 10:40 PM

There are many motels/hotels down there, obviously you have one you like, does it have a name?

I personally take my 5th for most trips, I boondock with bikes and ATVs up on sandflats rec area, sometimes stay at a full hookup RV park.

jeepman · 08-11-2005, 02:36 PM

Question for you okie1. I didn't see it in your sig but do you run any kind of tuner, chip etc.? I don't on my 05 6.0 and I see temps in the 1300* range pulling my 13400# fiver. It makes one wonder what kind of temps these trucks will stand. If a guy doesn't have gauges on a stock truck and just drives it, he doesn't know how hot that truck is running. I sure haven't heard of many stock trucks burning themselves up.

okie1 · 08-12-2005, 11:26 PM

Mine is stock with the exception of a downpipe. They must be able to take some pretty extreme temps. I sure do love this truck, I don't want to get rid of my 3:55 gears because I get over 22mpg empty and still have plenty of power.

j_apetersen · 08-17-2005, 06:43 PM

I forgot name but going west middle of town and then right turn dead end auto shop. Did rear end there and I stayed in the motel just down the street. John Wayne stayed there to.

StuMas · 08-18-2005, 09:50 AM

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I forgot name but going west middle of town and then right turn dead end auto shop. Did rear end there and I stayed in the motel just down the street. John Wayne stayed there to.

[/ QUOTE ] Yea, I remember staying there pilgrim [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img].