First Camping Trip with New Ram 3500
We returned a day early from our first weekend camping trip due to heavy rain with our new 2013 Ram 3500. I can certainly say that I am impressed with this truck! It tows our trailer with very littl...
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blofgren wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:blofgren wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
Nice setup! Also great to see someone not barely getting enough truck and thinking of the future.
You say the RV is nose high, From the pic it looks like you have at least 8" of clearance. If so drop it down to 6" that is a very safe clearance to tow with.
BTW the grin has not come off my face since Labor Day weekend 2011!
Thanks for your comments. I would love to drop it down but the hitch is as low as it goes and the pin box is as high as it goes so I'm not sure what else I can do with it. I am planning on ordering a MorRyde pin box this year for the camper and am hopeful it has more adjustment in it than the stock pin box does. If you have any more suggestions on this I am definitely open to them!
On another topic, one thing that does have me a bit frustrated about this truck is that it has a pretty severe vibration from about 100-120 km/h (roughly 60-70 mph). I have posted on the Ram/Cummins forum about this and it seems like it is a fairly common thing with the 4th gen duallys and it seems like the General tires are to blame for it. I plan on getting them balanced to see if this fixes or at least helps the issue, but did you have any issues with this with your truck? My Ford had perfect Michelin MS2's on it when I traded it and I'm kicking myself a bit for not getting Michelins thrown in on the deal.
Get Chrysler to balance them. I doubt that will help but it's a step u need to do. Then when it still vibrates tell them you want a new set of MS2's or they can have the truck back.
The General POS tires that came on my Dually were 2/3 worn by 25k. Last may at that mileage I was in Vegas and the front end felt strange. One front tire had a big tread separation. So I went do Discount Tire and put on the Michelins. I now have 25K on the new tires and they look barely worn.
Don't spend your money trying to fix this. They know there is a problem, make them fix it!
Thank you very much for your feedback. I will take it back to the dealer and get them to rebalance. I had a bad incident with a General on my Ford as well; it peeled like an orange and did $1200 damage to the truck before I could get stopped.
I can feel a big battle coming on but it will be worth it for the Michelins!
Stick with it!
