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Pacnwguy wrote:
Sorry about the mis-spelling. Loaded the TT to 7,000 and a few hundred extra in the truck bed. The diesel 3500 was night and day different over the F150 Triton. Zero lateral movement. Brakes were great and the speed on the same hills was about double without even pushing it. Really nice. Wife dozed most of time compared to being wide eyed hanging on to the hand grips. I really like this truck. Never drove a diesel much in the past but am blown away at its "off the line acceleration". I figured they were pretty much gutless but couldn't be more wrong. Thanks everyone for your comments
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Aug-11-2015 05:03 PM
Pacnwguy wrote:APT wrote:
I had a 99 F-150 Supercab and then a 2003 Supercrew, both 5.4L/3.73. Loved those trucks! We towed our current TT at 6500-7000 pounds loaded with the Supercrew for 2 seasons. With a properly adjusted WDH, it was great. Performance was ok at best, but it was never unsafely slow. You have two acceleration gears and one cruising gear. 4.10 axle would have been a better match for that engine as it liked cruising at 70mph/2800rpm more than 62mph/2300rpm. So 6500-ish pounds assuming your dry weight is more like 5500 or less should be good. Change all the fluids, probably shocks, and get a WDH with integrated sway control.
Is the integrated sway control that much better than friction? I was reading that you can add dual cam sway control to an existing WDH for about $200.
Aug-11-2015 09:10 AM
Aug-11-2015 08:16 AM
APT wrote:
I had a 99 F-150 Supercab and then a 2003 Supercrew, both 5.4L/3.73. Loved those trucks! We towed our current TT at 6500-7000 pounds loaded with the Supercrew for 2 seasons. With a properly adjusted WDH, it was great. Performance was ok at best, but it was never unsafely slow. You have two acceleration gears and one cruising gear. 4.10 axle would have been a better match for that engine as it liked cruising at 70mph/2800rpm more than 62mph/2300rpm. So 6500-ish pounds assuming your dry weight is more like 5500 or less should be good. Change all the fluids, probably shocks, and get a WDH with integrated sway control.
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