Hey, there's a pic of my Ford exactly like that, but the Dodge pulling it isn't a dually. Water pump also.
Now that we know what you tow with, Let's see some pictures
- Thread starter Herzog
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Hey, there's a pic of my Ford exactly like that, but the Dodge pulling it isn't a dually. Water pump also.
Vonski
nothing to see here...
- Location
- Payson, Utah
Luckily, I caught mine starting to leak before going on a long trip. Funny, the friend that would have most likely come to trailer my rig would have used his 1ton Dodge. Hmmm, I'm seeing a disturbing pattern here...
Luckily, I caught mine starting to leak before going on a long trip. Funny, the friend that would have most likely come to trailer my rig would have used his 1ton Dodge. Hmmm, I'm seeing a disturbing pattern here...
I would have come and got you. That way it'd be a Ferd pulling a Ferd.
Vonski
nothing to see here...
- Location
- Payson, Utah
I would have come and got you. That way it'd be a Ferd pulling a Ferd.
Thats good to hear. However, my truck is invincible!!! You hear me, INVINCIBLE!!! Bwahahahahaaaaaa!
BTW, what was it that happened to your truck a while back when Gillette (I think) had to fix it? Should I be concerned? It sounded kinda scary if I remember right...
Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
Is that your same truck or a new one mister Von?
Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
Same one, but it got some lovin' from Dave @ Painter Dave's Customs in the form of body work to the bed and the painted lower section. If you remeber, the bed had some bad scratches when I bought it and the wife introduced one of the bedsides to Olly's fence.
Yep, I remember those little problems
Looks like it turned out pretty nice.
BTW, a certain "someone" wouldn't sell me their old trailer, so the wife was cool with Me buying a new one instead. Thanks again Bart!
Glad I could help out
. You're much better off with that one anyway. Nice trailer.There are cups of some kind under the injectors in the heads. I had one of those come loose. It was putting fuel straight into the coolant when it had any pressure on it all. I had to have both heads redone at Fleet Services. It wasn't pretty.
Nutz
It should work!
- Location
- Syracuse, UT
sprungover
Registered User
- Location
- Salt Lake City
Nutz
It should work!
- Location
- Syracuse, UT
Nice, looks cozy too.
Thanks Herzog.
Been on the road for 10 minutes...9 year old son has to pee...no need to pull over...priceless
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
Nice, looks cozy too.
That's a SUPER sweet rig! How's that thing tow? I looked at one of those in Layton, but there's no way I could justify that at this point in my life. I LOVE the idea, though.
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
Well, there's this thing called a hitch, and it sort of.... oh, well... you'd better just take a look at one.
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
Well, there's this thing called a hitch, and it sort of.... oh, well... you'd better just take a look at one.
Listen here Easterner......we don't take kindly to you folk pickin on our languige. In eastern speak, you'd say something like "My, that's a lovely RV. What's it's listed towing capacity and does it tow at the limit well? Does it ride well enough that "Bunnie" won't fall while getting me a fresh glass of wine to have with my oysters on the half shell while driving? If it's not IFS and IRS, though, I doubt it would ride like my Lexus that I drive to the Hamptons on the weekends."
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
Exactly! You're a man of the world as well, I see.
Nutz
It should work!
- Location
- Syracuse, UT
Thanks
Justify...oh, I forgot to justify this thing...probably because there's no way to
Spousal unit wanted it and who was I to say no When I first saw the Kodiak I thought they would make a great 'C' chassis...for me it works great...a lot more towing capacity than a typical E450 'C' but not nearly the cost of a pusher...better layout for kids too. Tows great; however, I've never towed anything much larger than my TJ with it. Last year I flat towed the TJ about 7k miles without any problems. I also tow a 14' trailer with (4) ATV's, once again no problems. Hitching is a breeze with the back-up camera...I pointed it down a little so I can see the hitch ball. Mileage is ok but not exactly what I had hoped for...about 9mpg (diesel) with the TJ...on the freeway I typically tow about 72mph. Considering that the TJ only gets about 16mpg on its own, 9 doesn't seem that bad for the combo. Power wise it's good and plenty adequate but it does slow down on hills. With TJ in tow on a hill like Scipio South bound, speed will drop just under 60mph not bad but not like my previous truck/5th wheel combo. Engines in the Kodiak's are de-rated compared to the pickups...probably something to do with fleet trucks that get driven flat-footed all the time and life expectancy. The Kodiak doesn't seem to have much in common with the pickups...look under the hood or at chassis components and it's BIG compared to a 1-ton.
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
Thanks
Justify...oh, I forgot to justify this thing...probably because there's no way to
The Kodiak I looked at (a Dutchman, I beleive) had an inline motor. It still said Duramax though. I LOVED the layout of the rig. It seemed like it could work for you for a LONG time. (kids, no kids, whatever) Something like that would just KILL my investment income, though. My neighbor has a later model class C with a V10 I've been seriously considering. It wouldn't tow super well, but it would tow. I could then buy a Corrolla or something equally exciting for a daily driver.