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We live in dirt central...2 miles of dirt grade road up to our front gate and even driving 10mph raises a cloud of dirt that hangs for 5 minutes after you pass. I wash the truck, wax in the garage and next day there’s a layer of dirt/dust from end to end. I’ve got 6k on the odometer in 3 months...

Yep, road choices when you're crossing major mountain chains are indeed limited. We, fortunately, live close to Glorietta pass, so we have easy access to Santa Fe. As for the Sierras: it seems that most roads over the chain run SW to NE and not SE to NW - which does us no favors. This should...

We’re in the Sangre de Christo range east of Santa Fe. We do intend to avoid the I-5 when possible. The bulk of our north travel s/b US-395 but I confess I didn’t check the pass elev we would encounter and now I find that we may be too early in the calendar to safely drive that route. Really...

When I had an oil change & tire rotation last week, I asked the mech about flushes. His answer was (and he didn’t say “Chrysler recommends..”) that he does a check of both diffs’ fluid for clarity each oil change and typically changes the diffs every other or third oil change. He said the...

I find that my E-torque is smooth enough that I don't disable the auto-stop (which I've done everytime I've driven any other vehicle with it). In my old Acura MDX, the re-start after an auto-stop was one hell of a jerk. In my 1500, it's darned near imperceptible. In northern NM I find that the...

Had my first oil change (& tire rotation) today at 6,050 on odometer (3k of that is towing). Asked service to look at both front & rear diff for a flush if needed and they said both looked fine and not to bother until at least the next oil change. We're planning a 6-week tow trip for spring...

We've got a 22' Keystone Passport ML199...3950# dry and about 4700# when we tow (max GVWR is 5,600). The day we towed over the pass we had about 50gal combined in our black/grey/fresh tanks (unusual for us but we'd just camped at a state park in CO and I didn't want to deal with the dump station...

Your GL450 experience is much the same as I had with my Acura MDX (prior to going to the 1500) - though stopping wasn't half as bad as going up multi-mile 6-7% grades! :oops: I'm no 'master' of the trailer brake controller, but I've been perplexed by the 1500. When I operate the brake...

I was at WeatherTech in the burbs of Chicago 2 weeks ago (got my 3-d mats..after making sure they weren't a) slick and b) inflexible...as some on the forum have reported). Our drive from NM to Chicago (through farm country on NM, OK, KS, NE state hwys) showed me that my hood isn't the...

I programmed my driver's console to show the trans & oil temps on the left/right slide bars. We just finished a trip from NM to Chicago & back pulling a TT that weighed in around 4,600#. The trans temp was in the 170's but oil temp was always 230-ish. The hottest the oil ever registered was 255...

Well, the 12 day, 2,750 mile trip is over and I'm SO happy to be back where I can get Speedway mid grade gas. I had some additional 'not great' gas options thru NE & CO and decided to give Sam's Club a try on the final leg from CO to NM. Sadly, they only offered 85 and 91 octane. As I was about...

This is all covered in the towing thread, but an 11k trailer will put 1,100 lb tongue weight against your payload (1,650 lb if it's a 5thW). Given that the only way to get the full 1,700 lb payload is to buy a base tradesman, your Bighorn probably has about 1,400 lb payload (check the door...

Thanks for the input! I tried 2 different non-ethanol gases today (both 89 octane) and didn't get any boost in mileage, so I went back to 10% ethanol mid-grade at Phillips 66 this evening. Drove 490 miles today with cross winds 15-25mph and averaged 9 mpg...but Iowa is so damned hilly that I...

I held off buying winter mats as we were planning a Chicago trip (currently there) and WeatherTech is made here, so I knew we'd be able to stop by the factory store and I could see the mats prior to deciding. I found the WeatherTech 3-D's to be a good fit & not 'slick'. There's a decent traction...

This week we towed our TT from NM to Chicago. Can't get a clear fix on the best fuel/towing speed to get good mileage. Speedwise, I never exceed 65 mph (tire speed rating) and during some heavy rains, I backed off to 50-55 mph. I calc'd the loaded weight of the TT and @ 12% tongue weight...

My best tank was the break-in period (I really did keep it under 60mph that first 500 mi) at 21.5mpg. Since then I've averaged 18.5 on my Ltd 5.7 e-torque, e-locker, 3.92/20" wheels, no pano. I can have a heavy foot (especially hitting the on-ramps) so I keep the mileage screen up on the drivers...

I installed the BakFlip F1 on my Ltd (love it!) and really didn't notice any mileage increase (but that wasn't my reason for installing). Interestingly, pre-tonneau, I drove to our travel trailer storage yard (about 34 miles - 30 highway, 4 city) with a boxed new toilet in the bed (close to the...

We just towed the TT from storage to the house (thanks, HOA for making me keep my TT somewhere else) and it was effortless! Taking off for a week at the lake tomorrow and I’m sure I’ll be pissing some folks off driving 50 mph the whole way (I’m determined to follow the break-in recs in the...

I just filled up for the first time since the tank provided by the dealer. I’ve been following the manual break-in recommendation and keeping speed at or below 55 and odometer is at 430 (probably 330 highway / 100 city mileage). Based on computer and manual calc, I got 18.3 mpg on the first...

My dealer had me sign a POA (limited to only allowing the title to be signed by dealer) when I put the truck under contract. I kept my car & title for two more weeks waiting for the Ram to be delivered from the freight yard. When I went to pick up the pickupthere was nothing left to do/sign...I...