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  1. Robert Fly

    towing 5th wheel with 1500

    I tow a 28 foot fifth wheel with a 2016 Ram 1500. Trailer has a 1450# pin weight that I verified and my truck has a 1820 payload rating. I went with LT tires and added air bags in the coil springs and headed out to Alaska and didn't have any problems. I have been all over the western states...
  2. Robert Fly

    Receiver design is terrible

    My tow hitch is retained in the reciever with a grade 8 5/8" bolt and lock nut. I've seen the locking pins fail a few times.
  3. Robert Fly

    Transmission fluid - not to change, or run it low??

    Sounds like bull crap to me. I have never heard of the need to level the transmission from stock setting.
  4. Robert Fly

    Engine/ transmission issue

    If that's an aftermarket warranty and not a factory warranty good luck with getting any work done to cure a driveability issue. Aftermarket warranty only covers a total failure and even then they can claim abuse by the owner. As it is you may be having issues with the valve body or a low...
  5. Robert Fly

    Seen a 1500 pulling 5th wheel with no sag

    I'm towing a Keystone 5th wheel with my 2016 Ram 1500. Payload is 1820, pin weight is 1450. I added 1000# air bags that go inside the coil springs. Pulls and rides great. Been to Alaska and back and all over the western states.
  6. Robert Fly

    Ram Riding and Handling absolutely terrible!

    I'm just an old fart who has been there, done that, seen that and had to fix those kind of fuckups. Ain't no faster way to Junk a good truck than by some fly by night know nothing SOB installing a cheap lift kit.
  7. Robert Fly

    Can the 3.73 do it

    I'm towing a 9,000# 5th wheel with a 2016 1500 with 5.7 and 3.92 gears. That 2500 should do you just fine.
  8. Robert Fly

    Pics of your 2nd gen ?

    Meet Frankie aka Frankenstein as my daughter in law calls him. I rescued this off of the reservation where it had been hammered pretty hard. It was sitting derelict in a yard bed full of junk and four flat tires. The Indian family I know wanted to know how much to get it running again and I...
  9. Robert Fly

    First tow hitch - Rhino Hitch!

    I just can't get to liking that fancy rat trap hitch. Too many moving parts for me. Mirrors? Just flip em out and dial them in to your liking.
  10. Robert Fly

    very poor to aweful fuel mileage when towing

    I headed out for Alaska in May of 2016 with my new Ram 1500 5.7 8 speed 3.92 gears and a 5th wheel trailer. The Lyometer came out to 10.5 average for the entire round trip. I had budgeted $5K for fuel, oil and what nots for the truck and came in right on the money.
  11. Robert Fly

    5/8 inch pin quality for receiver hitch?

    Both of my trucks I use a 5/8" grade 8 bolt and a lock nut. I only tow a car trailer or another utility trailer.
  12. Robert Fly

    Seat belt chimes?

    I had my dealer do it with a scan tool before I left the lot.
  13. Robert Fly

    Harbor Freight tool chests?

    For home use I got more bang for my buck buying a 32" top and bottom combo from Home Depot.
  14. Robert Fly

    Towing with RAM 1500 (Tire Load Rating)

    Hitch up and let it roll. Make a run up Hwy22 as there is enough ups and downs to let you see how it rides.
  15. Robert Fly

    Tradesman vs Big Horn

    27 footer 8200# and 1400# pin weight. Pin weight is actual scaled weight. There's a Cotton Gin just down the road where I work part time and I can scale out before every trip. As it is I'm right at the limit and I'm running LT tires and air bags.
  16. Robert Fly

    Towing question about weight

  17. Robert Fly

    COE truck?

    Hell I plum forgot about that 1968 Chevy hippy van I had for a while. Had the 250 six and a powerglide, Kinf od a dawg but it was all I could afford after the Big D.
  18. Robert Fly

    Towing question about weight

    Not that I give a Rats Patootie what anyone thinks but yes my fiver is a superlite under 9K.
  19. Robert Fly

    Towing question about weight

    My 2016 1500 has a payload of 1820 and I pull a 5th wheel just fine. Maxxed out but that Hemi and 8spd transmission work just fine.
  20. Robert Fly

    COE truck?

    When I was in the Army stationed in Germany in 1969 my daily driver was a Ford Econoline straight six and 3 on the tree. I was kind of the driver for my unit driving personel and delivering supplies to three different clinics. Also owned a 74 VW bus that my wife and I bought brand new. And I...
  21. Robert Fly

    Tradesman vs Big Horn

    I've got a 2016 1500 Tradesman quad cab with the max tow package. About the only feature I would add is the bigger screen with the navigation. Other than that it pulled a 5th wheel to Alaska an all over the western states.
  22. Robert Fly

    What does everyone name their trucks?

    My 96' 1500 4x4 came off of an Arizona Indian reservation. It's been hammered but I got it at low mileage so the drive train is still fair. Other than that the body has a hit on almost every panel. It's my back country beater named Frankie or Frankenstien. My 2016 1500 is my baby. It's that deep...
  23. Robert Fly

    What brakes you guys running?

    Just a good midgrade pad from Oriellys for me. Most all of my driving is open country with very little city driving. I do pull a 5th wheel through the mountains of Arizona a lot but rely on transmission and engine braking a lot.
  24. Robert Fly

    2 lines below transmission - Red and black

    Vcuum lines going from the Tcse up to the front axle to actuate the front axle
  25. Robert Fly

    Hi, how y'all doing?

    Just signed up and checking in. Old retired fart with a 2016 Ram 1500 and a travelling bug.

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