My first heavy tow & my suprise!

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Walt2137

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Gave my Ram i good tryout today by towing a dual axle 6x12x2 hyd dump steel trailer loaded with wet chicken manure , i had to come up a mild hill from the chicken houses the truck handled the load without any problems and did not seam to strain even a little, the trans temp did not get over 180 with my 321 rear axle ratio I estimate the load to be on the + side of 10,000 # i was in the tow mode it was a 20 mile tow and ran 65 when i got on the blacktop the transmission shifted smooth truck handled solid i was surprised by how it performed it was a lot smoother and stronger than my 2013 F150 4x4 CC 5.0 also smoother than my old 96 Chevy PU. This Ram has really suprised me on every task i have asked of it so far including being a great Toad for our Coach.
 

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Good write up, glad to hear she pulled strong for you. Did you have much rear end squat with that much weight? Chicken manure? Man they must have smelled you coming from a mile away! Lol!
 
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Not much squat but we controled the squat by the way we loaded the trailer and yes the ammonia smell was strong, this was not fresh stuff it was over 6 month old. I have spreaded it in my garden cut it in with a disk for next spring planting no more smell.
 

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We grow chickens commercially and sell a lot of manure aka litter. It's amazing how heavy a load can be. Just a suggestion on your garden next time, if you plow your garden then lay off rows you can take a 5 gallon bucket about half full of litter and chop it up real fine with a shovel. Then you sprinkle some in under where your seed will be, rake dirt on top of it, then plant your seed on top of that. This way you're feeding the plant roots and not the middle between your rows. I've also heard tell of people putting the cake litter beside the plant once it comes up rather putting it under the seed. Either way you can make a load of litter go a long way
 
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Thanks for the tip Thendrix , and yes i will have to agree with you K-Dawg
 
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