I bought the truck to pull my Jeep, but got cold feet and opted to use my brothers CC 2500HD gasser for an 800 mile roundtrip to TN last month.
The plan was to go pickup a buds Jeep and ferry it to his house later this week, but he called last night saying his other Jeep had suddenly lost any notion of brakes. Having no idea what it might possibly be on the newfangled Jeep (ABS?), we decided to tow it to his house. Went out in a pretty good rain to hookup the trailer...backyard is a muddy mess. Just about time I get ready to leave, he calls to say he's found the problem (softline on the front has rubbed a nice sized hole in it against the tire! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif ), but I left the trailer on and threw in some tools/fluids.
When I got there, traffic was still running 75mph (55mph zone), so we limped it a little closer to the rail to gain some distance between us and the traffic. Topped off the brake fluid & attempted to crimp the line off with 2 pairs of Vise-Grips... no go. Tried a BB in the line (to completely block off & eliminate the softline)...nada. So we threw it on the trailer, dogged it down, and headed off.
While I've been told the N/As are "gutless wonders" (always by a PSD/CTD owners), I was a bit sceptical... started off in 1st (pretty steep grade) and was in 4th by the top. After a few miles of 55mph it's evident there's more than enough grunt to drag the est. 7500# (Jeep & trailer) in this terrain. I threw it up in 5th/OD and proceeded to steadly gain speed pulling a decent grade up to about 70mph. Trailer tracked perfect the entire way, despite being a tad light on the tongue.
All in all, I'm pretty pleased! A truck that will pull a load, get 17mpg in normal driving, and only sets me back pennies/day was what I wanted... looks like I got my wish!
Kudos to you all!
The plan was to go pickup a buds Jeep and ferry it to his house later this week, but he called last night saying his other Jeep had suddenly lost any notion of brakes. Having no idea what it might possibly be on the newfangled Jeep (ABS?), we decided to tow it to his house. Went out in a pretty good rain to hookup the trailer...backyard is a muddy mess. Just about time I get ready to leave, he calls to say he's found the problem (softline on the front has rubbed a nice sized hole in it against the tire! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif ), but I left the trailer on and threw in some tools/fluids.
When I got there, traffic was still running 75mph (55mph zone), so we limped it a little closer to the rail to gain some distance between us and the traffic. Topped off the brake fluid & attempted to crimp the line off with 2 pairs of Vise-Grips... no go. Tried a BB in the line (to completely block off & eliminate the softline)...nada. So we threw it on the trailer, dogged it down, and headed off.
While I've been told the N/As are "gutless wonders" (always by a PSD/CTD owners), I was a bit sceptical... started off in 1st (pretty steep grade) and was in 4th by the top. After a few miles of 55mph it's evident there's more than enough grunt to drag the est. 7500# (Jeep & trailer) in this terrain. I threw it up in 5th/OD and proceeded to steadly gain speed pulling a decent grade up to about 70mph. Trailer tracked perfect the entire way, despite being a tad light on the tongue.
All in all, I'm pretty pleased! A truck that will pull a load, get 17mpg in normal driving, and only sets me back pennies/day was what I wanted... looks like I got my wish!
Kudos to you all!