Recent content by Cr250Ram

@silver billet Here you go, you can see the oil temp on the dash. 280. This video shows results of oil tests and bore scope of cylinders

***NOT talking about coolant or trans temps*** I am reading stuff all over the place about oil temps when towing. -TFL hit, i think it was 290 degrees towing up the Ike with their 3.92 Rebel. -Another member, on this or another forum, hit over 294 and the trucks AC turned off and started...

Payload will likely be your limiting factor

id say thats normal if city driving 100% especially if short trips.

Im glad it was helpful. Yes it was full of 60 gallons of water for the whole trip, including the downhill return until we dumped in Sacramento.

I have towed the trailer 4 times now long distance. My latest tow was going up to Tahoe forest off 80 and Emigrant Gap exit. I “think” the grade was 6%. I stayed at 55 and made it up to 70 a few times to pass. The truck was towing the trailer in my first post of this thread, 60 gal water tank...

I decided to share the spread sheet I made for my truck based on its 1,505 lbs payload door sticker. Hopefully this will help someone else understand their trucks capabilities better.

https://www.fuelly.com/car/ram/1500?engineconfig_id=19&bodytype_id=14&submodel_id= the average hand calculated (big difference from display) is 15.4... the 16’ is 15.7...

Keep your 3.92. I have 3.21. The MPG is likely so small its not worth it. I wish i had 3.92s, but as i sat down to sign for a 3.92 truck a different dealer text me an offer 5k less but with 3.21s.

😂😂😂

I hope to weight the truck with my family soon. We were ready to get along with our trip so I didn’t want to take the time to unhook the trailer. I do hope to run through a scale soon next time I take the family on a drive tho. I’ll be sure to update this thread

Update; First time fully loaded Steer: 3520 Drive: 3560 Truck: 7080 Trailer: 6200 Gross: 13280 My *Guess*; trailer is 7,000 hitch at 750 at 10.7%

I hope that includes material and labor!

Someone posted the part number below as the cost likely has changed. I seem to recall it was a free download/update to computer as I had a 100 or 200 coupon for some reason. I want to say they wanted 180 otherwise. It’s def more money than just adding an aftermarket controller

I bought the OEM integrated trailer brake controller. installed myself (very easy). I then took truck to dealer and they updated computer to see the controller and now it appears on my screen.