5.9 Cummins Diesel Towing capacity
I see by the owner's manual that the total towing capacity for my 5.9 24 valve Dodge 3500 4x2 is about 13000 and the rig I am looking at is 14000 Any ideas?
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billy1davis wrote:
it is a 2001
5.9 diesel
Dually
not 4x4
I had the tranny rebuilt with very heavy duty inards. He said better than the original and an extra cooler
Also has been chipped,
I never have had the the radiator flushed or the fluids changed
So I was pulling a 12000+ 5vr and it did find on the level but climbing a steep pass like a 2 lane and it got real hot so I pulled over 3 times to let it cool.
If it hadn;t heated up I could have pulled over that pass and others without any trouble.
The issue with the 2001 is the puke bottle getting gunk on the back side of the radiator. Drain cooling system, and pull radiator and steam clean all the gunk off of the cooling fins. Then refill after internal flush with 60/40 antifreeze/water mix for max cooling.
