Found a truck to pull my boat with.

Yes bought a truck to pull my boat with.:biggrin Behind the 5th wheel camper that is.
2005 Chevy truck hope it will pull both of them or just one at a time.nonono
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Chevy Kodiak c5500 custom with a one of a kind build. 2004 Diesel pusher cummins 5.9 24 valve motor 6 speed Allison Trans. Great MPG and pulls awesome plus even has a auto track sat dish system in it.:Rofl Man I feel like a redneck for sure now. Still giving the chrome stacks and flames though. Not sure if they will stay or go. Also has train horns on top the rack next to the drivers exhaust stack. Those will be going under the truck. They will scare the scales off a crappie at 100 yds.nonono Hope it makes a fine every day truck plus pull our camper and the boat behind that.
Pete

Sweet!!!!

Very nice!!!!!

Way to go Pete, that's one sharp truck. I'm sure it was cheaper than painting the Ford:Rofl That 5.9 is a good motor and bet it's never worked very hard. Congratulations on the new ride.

Awesome!!

Just take it easy on that train whistle, I hate those things!

That should do it.

Steppin Up There My Friend!

bigger is better :)

That is nice.

Paint job was put off after the last time I pulled the camper with the old ford. My back is just trying to get over that trip. So that is the reason to get something that rides better.:cheers2

Now as for the train horns, I was thinking 4 am at grenada should work for those.rotfl Better not say that, someone else will do it and I'm on the tracks.:bash Plan on putting a cut off switch to keep anyone from hitting the horns. I just touched them saturday and will never do that again. Had the door open and hit them. Just a split second and my hears hurt for 3 days.:hatchet:
I just hope it can pull the white lund loaded down with crappie.
:yikes But then again my limit or load of crappie is only 3 fish.
Still have your blue fish hair figure we will meet up something between now and grenada. I'm going to yellow creek or Bear creek Monday and Tuesday if the winds don't blow me off the lake.

dont let my wife SEE that truck she will nock you in the head and take it

Looks good Pete.

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Originally Posted by Billbob

dont let my wife SEE that truck she will nock you in the head and take it

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Buddy she would try to pull a horse trailer with it. And then you would be without a boat or truck. Are you going to be at Grenada?
Pete

If that wont pull what ya got then you got too much

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Originally Posted by ShilohRed

Yes bought a truck to pull my boat with.:biggrin Behind the 5th wheel camper that is.
2005 Chevy truck hope it will pull both of them or just one at a time.nonono
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Chevy Kodiak c5500 custom with a one of a kind build. 2004 Diesel pusher cummins 5.9 24 valve motor 6 speed Allison Trans. Great MPG and pulls awesome plus even has a auto track sat dish system in it.:Rofl Man I feel like a redneck for sure now. Still giving the chrome stacks and flames though. Not sure if they will stay or go. Also has train horns on top the rack next to the drivers exhaust stack. Those will be going under the truck. They will scare the scales off a crappie at 100 yds.nonono Hope it makes a fine every day truck plus pull our camper and the boat behind that.
Pete

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You can pull my lake house with that rig. Might be tough putting some wheels under the slab tho. :)

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Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

You can pull my lake house with that rig. Might be tough putting some wheels under the slab tho. :)

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But will it pull my new crappie boat you have been using? Behind the 41ft 5th wheel camper and the Lund ? Got to even take the kitchen sink.:fish Hope your right and it does pull anything I hook up to . Ran a lot of miles on it yesterday and today and fuel hand has not moved enough to even know it moved yet. May be the best fuel millage truck I have ever driven.

Now if Billbob will will loan me $600.oo I will fill it up with fuel.:cheers2 :twocents Will be pulling the camper to Pickwick a week from Sunday and fishing all week there. Then to Grenada... Fun Fun Fun.
Pete

Must be a huge 5th wheel if you need that thing

Just a word of caution from an RVer. We traveled all over the US after I retired pulling a car behind our Motorhome. We sold our house and were fulltime RVers for 5 years.
There are some states that do not allow tandem towing so be sure and check if you are going out of state with it. I assume it is OK in Mississippi. It is not in SC and one of my friends got an expensive ticket by not knowing the law.
Just a heads up. That is a nice looking rig for sure and I know you will enjoy it.
SeaRay

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But will it pull my new crappie boat you have been using? Behind the 41ft 5th wheel camper and the Lund ? Got to even take the kitchen sink.:fish Hope your right and it does pull anything I hook up to . Ran a lot of miles on it yesterday and today and fuel hand has not moved enough to even know it moved yet. May be the best fuel millage truck I have ever driven.

Now if Billbob will will loan me $600.oo I will fill it up with fuel.:cheers2 :twocents Will be pulling the camper to Pickwick a week from Sunday and fishing all week there. Then to Grenada... Fun Fun Fun.
Pete

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Oh yeah-- I'm loving my new to me diesel--great MPG compared to my f250 with 5.4l.

Pete, before I retired I put one of my customers in 18 straight trucks with that engine trans combination. They were 24 ft 13.6 boxes delivering furniture. Stop and go all day. They averaged around 11-12 loaded to the gills. We did some tests and empty at road speed they would get 16+.

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Pete, before I retired I put one of my customers in 18 straight trucks with that engine trans combination. They were 24 ft 13.6 boxes delivering furniture. Stop and go all day. They averaged around 11-12 loaded to the gills. We did some tests and empty at road speed they would get 16+.

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What gears did they have? This one has a 6 speed Allison with top gearing of 0.61 and rearend is 5.13. Motor is at 2100 RPMS at 70 MPH or close to it.
Pete

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What gears did they have? This one has a 6 speed Allison with top gearing of 0.61 and rearend is 5.13. Motor is at 2100 RPMS at 70 MPH or close to it.
Pete

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I don't remember for sure but different than yours. Same tranny but we ran 22.5 low pro tires and looks like your running a smaller tire. Are yours the 19.5? Probably the same effective revs per mile. 2100 is right where that engine builds it's Peak Torque so your best cruise speed is going to be between 60-70.

Its beating my 2500HD on MPG. Filled the tank I'm running off of and its getting 24.9 MPG the last three days. And that is figuring it by hand. Hooked it up to the camper a few minutes ago and will have to drop the B&W 5th wheel hitch 2". Will use it until were back from Pickwick and Grenada then put the air ride hitch on the truck
Pete

Hooked up and ready to go. Should have been fishing today. :dono

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Sure matches the trailer well.

That's a pretty rig, Explain how the air ride hitch works please.

Heck of a nice rig you got there.

Very nice!!

That's a great looking rig!!!! I would love to have something similar in my retirement years.