Picked up our new rig today.

[dennishoddy]

Nice Dennis! Did you put a fifth wheel in the bed or go the gooseneck route??????? That way if I need to borrow it I don't have to borrow your truck too

Went with the Ultimate Anderson hitch that uses the ball in the bed for an anchor point. Takes two minutes to remove it leaving an empty truck bed.
About 5 minutes to install it. Weighs 38 lbs.

 

[Okie4570]

Went with the Ultimate Anderson hitch that uses the ball in the bed for an anchor point. Takes two minutes to remove it leaving an empty truck bed.
About 5 minutes to install it. Weighs 38 lbs.

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Interesting I've not seen that one before, lite weight for sure.

 

[harley128]

It's a very beautiful rig!

 

[MacFromOK]

Very nice, Dennis!

 

[Ryan500L]

Hope the gasser does good for you, I ran big block Fords and Chevy's for years. I like my diesels, almost everyone I know who pulls anything other than a small trailer and buys a gas truck always wishes they would've bought a diesel a few months after buying it. I made a huge mistake of buying a v-10 Ford one time, it was a beautiful truck and ran great while it was empty but it was a gutless wonder when I put a trailer behind it, I traded it off because I couldn't sell it nobody would even give me close to payoff for it. I had it in the dealer constantly telling them it wouldn't pull, had a 30ft enclosed car hauler and had to floor it to get it over the Arbuckle's. The service manager told me I would've been happier with a diesel, the salesman said when I was buying it that it would pull anything I had and I would be happy with it because they were cheaper to maintain, never believe a damn salesman! Other than being a gutless wonder, a gas hog and having no re-sale value it was a nice truck! I traded for a Cummins 4x4 dually with a 6spd standard and never bought a gasser again, that was almost 20 years ago, and I just bought a '13 Ram 4x4 dually about 6 months with 30,000 miles on it and couldn't be happier, it has 800 ft lbs of torque with a 3.54 rear end and will run faster than I care to pull a trailer and it turns 1600 rpm's at 70mph so its barely even working.

 

[bigred1]

Very happy for you and your wife Dennis. My wife and I use to do what y'all are doing now. We had great times!

 

[Glock 40]

That is a sweet looking rig front to back. Look forward to hearing how the truck does on your adventures.

 

[dennishoddy]

That is a sweet looking rig front to back. Look forward to hearing how the truck does on your adventures.

Haven’t been to the big mountains yet with it but was pleased with the performance of the truck assisted by the 10 speed tranny. Cruise control at 70 mph all the way home.
First trip over the mountains will be the arbuckles on our trip to South Tx later on this year. Get a better idea then.

 

[Garrett]

Since we are spending months at a time on the road in an RV we decided to upgrade our bumper pull RV to a 5th wheel.
Pulled it home today.

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That`s a real beauty! Happy Trails!

 

[El Pablo]

Nice, my wife and I were going to sell the house and go on the road full time. Then a surprise blue eyed redhead came along. I’d have to replace the fridge with a gun safe though...