2005 1 ton Ram diesel
In 2005 my husband & I went fulltime with a large 5th wheel & our new from the factory Ram. We fulltimed for almost 8 years. The truck now has 160,000 miles on it. It seems to run great. Have had ...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:noteven wrote:
If the OP lady has bothered to stick around this thread for the food fight...
2006 Dodge diesel - I was happy to have a BD Diesel exhaust brake (like a PacBrake) when my Maxbrake controller failed while towing a 14500k trailer on a long busy downgrade in CA.
Another benefit of a PacBrake is engaging it for quick engine warm up (Cummins approves).
That's the thing SH!T happens!!!
Come to think about it I’ve never scared myself driving a truck or sem eye up a hill...
I like having some back up in case the magic smoke escapes from the weedy little 12v wire that runs the trailer brakes.
A tow vehicle can probly do a passable job of slowing a brakeless trailer in town or on highway if you aren’t following too close... but on a loooong downgrade with those annoying corners and sem eyes holding their downhill speed pucker factor can occur...
My irrelevant old truck 6 speed I shift it has 250,000 miles on it. rear original brake pads are coming due and fronts have been changed once.
