Towing questions

ejd43 wrote:
Hello my fellow campers! New to the forum and I figured someone here could help me with a concern I have. Last fall we had upgraded our camper, we went from a hybrid to a 32 foot travel trailer. While towing it home I watched all my temperature gauges to make sure all was well. My transmission temp sat around 160-170 on the 4 hour drive home, and the oil temp stayed around 215 degrees, engine temp was normal as well. However, towing it from winter storage to our campground a few weeks ago I noticed everything was still in good range except for my oil temperature. It was 248 in just the hour trip from my house to the campground. My question is, would it be wise to install an oil cooler, or should I run better oil in my truck? We have one long haul trip planned in July, it's only 6 hours but I don't want to compromise my truck in the process. Any suggestions would be very appreciated.

By the way my truck is a 2013 Ram 1500.

I would think that something changed on your truck. Something could be clogged, or dirty. You should take it, and get it checked out. It should not be such a difference from bringing it home to going to the CG... UNLESS. The CG is high in the mountains, and the truck was in a tight bind the whole way up. Even then it should not over heat.