Recent Content by farmboy

We travel with a full fresh water tank all the time with our 5er and our past tt. If you want to see the Corn Palace I would just drive by it and go on down the road. It is just a short distance off of I-90.

Cerberusian, Thanks for your opinion, however----- I will not worry about it. Everything quits for no reason at anytime, even me.

I ordered an '04 in Dec. of 03. It has a build date of Jan. '04 making it an 04.5. It has 171+K on it now with the original lift pump. We did a 7+K trip out west this summer with no worries. I always wait till light goes out before starting it. Our school bus mechanic says that move helps a lot...

Even though my truck is an'04 QC LB 2500 auto, the gcvw rating will be the same as yours at 20k. I have a 32' Montana with a gvw of 12,100 and I an typically right at 19k gcw when traveling. The front axle is rated for 4250, rear axle at 6,000. A lot of people pull heavier than me so I guess...

I have never been either, though I did work for Cummins in '65 for a bit before I enlisted in USAF.

I am thinking of going too and I only live 20 miles from the plant.

Just remember one thing I don't think anyone else mentioned is what will be the height of the 5er if you have to lift it more to make it level while hooked up. You are already at 13'1" and you need to stay under 13'6". Just a thought on top of all the other stuff. Also remember your GCVW.

We just did a round trip over Christmas/New Years from south of Indy to Great Falls,Mt. There are several ways to do it so I looked at each states dot web page for road conditions Up to 500 miles out and overall whole route. Our normal is 65/74/80/29/90. We had to use I-70 to Colorado then turn...