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Re: Teton Pass
Gros Venture is a very nice National Campground. Paved road and sites. The camp sites are very far apart. Only D loop has electricity the rest is dry camping. You can get water on the way in. If you have a National Park Pass you will save almost 50 % on camping fees. Moose frequently roam through the park. Jeff K1.3KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Teton Pass
Original poster here : West Yellowstone to Jackson Wy West on 20 out of West Yellowstone through Targhee Pass is a good road and basically travel speed limit over the pass. 20 from Targhee Pass to Ashton very flat and good road. Ashton you get on 32 through farm land to Tetonia , this road was a little rough and a little more narrow around a 50-55 mph road. Titania to Victor on 33 is mostly flat and a good road. At Victor you start you climb to Teton Pass on 22 gentle curves in the 45-55 mph. Victor is 6000 above sea level and the pass was around 8000 above sea level. At the pass I had Tow Haul already on. Then turned Exhaust Brake on and manually shifted to 3 gear. My 2019 GMC Duramax is a six speed. Down the grade 10% I had 3 brake applications. Two were in third gear as the truck went from 30 to 40 and needed to slow to 30 again. RPM was around 2300 to 2800. The other brake application was in second gear and I needed to slow to 15 mph for a sharp curve the RPM in second gear was 3200 when I braked for the 15 mph curve. All in all it was a great trip. Victor to Wilson is a very good road with wide berms, guard rails and extra area around the curves. In summary my total weight is 16000 K. Any of the newer diesels with exhaust brake will have no issues. I did see a Ford 150 eco boast in the brake cool down area. I would not try this pass with a Gas truck with anything over 6000 lbs. I’m happy I took this route verses going through the Park. The previous two days we were stuck in bison jams of 1 hour and the other 1 and one half hour. Again this is just my experience and your’s may differ. Jeff1.3KViews0likes0CommentsRe: 2024 Chevy 3500 verses 2023 F350
You’ll only see a grade that long and steep once or twice on your camping trip so not that important to me. What’s important to me is the ability to merge into traffic and accelerate and make a pass of a slower vehicle. The Chevy accelerated 30 to 60 quicker something that is used daily on a camping trip. The Chevy also rode smoother and had a quieter cab with the engine fan coming on less times. The Ford with 30 more HP and 200 more ft lbs. I was not impressed. And what does that High Output engine cost something like 3 K more what a ripoff.517Views0likes0CommentsRe: Flying J / RV Lanes
When I had my gas truck I would use google earth and look down on the stations and look for stations that sat on corners where you use the end pumps. Pull in use end pump pull straight ahead and go out other entrance. Not needing to go by the front of the store. He will get to the point as he drives by them what to look for. Jeff933Views0likes0CommentsRe: Bought a second truck.
Brings back memories. I bought brand new a 1976 F 250 four by four regular cab 360 CI and a auto with 410 gears. I came with Goodyear tires big block tread and 16 inch wheels. Check and see if they made two different front axles as mine had a much bigger front locking cap with six or eight Allan cap screws holding it on . Manual locking hubs. That year uses a slave cylinder for the power steering that was prone to leaking. I was used on the farm pulling loads way more than it should like 6 ton fertilizer carts or a pallet of seed corn in the bed 3300 lbs I had it 26 Years longer than my first wife 23 years. Wish I still had it Jeff K113Views0likes0CommentsRe: How's that 6.6 gas working for you?
Iv had a 2015 GMC 1500 6.2 eight speed with NHT package pulling a Keystone Bullet 30 ft. At around 6500 lbs. using a Equilizer 4 point hitch. Nice truck hated pulling trailer with it. Lots of power and plenty of payload. Trailer did not sway but could never drive without 2 hands on the steering wheel and would porpoise a little on bridges . Part of the problem was with that package came 2O inch wheels that are P rated with short sidewalls. I currently have a Grand Design 30 foot TT weighs 7000 lbs and a GMC 2500 Duramax same hitch. Absolutely love this truck see signature. Have towed over 20,000 miles with this setup. Rain wind mountains doesn’t matter. Been from Ohio to the Rockies 3 times and would not change a thing. 36 gallon tank gets me a range of 400 to 450 miles before I needed to fuel up. Most times I would just fuel up when stoping for the night. With the 6.2 gas1500 small tank it was every 200 miles hated that. I would not change a thing !! Jeff4.7KViews0likes0CommentsRe: PUZZLER: Slides & jacks are dead
If your slides are rack and pinion there electric and your jacks may be electric also. Sure sounds to me like you have a electrical problem . First you need to do some checking with a volt meter what’s the resting voltage after a night of charging let them rest a couple hours and check compare to battery charts that are available on the internet. While your at it check the charging voltage also and compare to what your converter is rated at. Look at your converted and after making sure shore power is disconnected then tighten all the screws on the distribution board both sides. Something going on your batteries are not charging or bad converter. Could also be a bad frame ground or battery ground. Sluggish slides or jacks are almost always a low voltage issue.822Views0likes0CommentsRe: 30amp Gen/50 Amp RV Generator Help
Maybe your running through a surge protector that’s detecting a open ground . Other people have said if that’s the case you need a neutral grounding plug and plug it into one of your 110 outlets . Some one will come along and discripe this better791Views0likes0Comments
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