Stacks & 5er

[Bob Cochran]

Does anyone tow with stacks? I am wondering about soot, etc. on a 5er that is almost 12 feet tall!!!

 

[TRAMPLINEMAN]

I tow my 5th wheel with stacks. They are straight cut about 3 inches above the cab. Every time I reach my destination, I wash the trailer immediately. But, it's starting to get soot stained on the front. It might be better towing with turnouts or bullhaulers to blow the smoke around the trailer, but who knows, maybe that would stain the sides!?

 

[bmoeller]

Simple Green does a pretty good job of getting the soot stains off. We also use aluminum acid wash, and helps to. It is the commercial stuff (use it mostly to get the oxidtion off of the bullrack and grain wagons), not the wimpy regular homeowner type stuff. We dilute it down as needed.



Will also depend on how much smoke your truck makes pulling a trailer. I wouldn't want to pull a 5er with mine. :-laf

 

[TWilkening]

I wouldn't want to pull a 5er with mine. :-laf

:-laf That's funny

 

[TRAMPLINEMAN]

Will also depend on how much smoke your truck makes pulling a trailer. :-laf

Sometimes I can't even see my trailer. :-laf

 

[bmoeller]

I can make the ones I pull disappear, too. :-laf Not to mention blackout a few lanes of traffic if I lug it. :-laf Need a mystery switch BAD. Need to force it to unlock the T/C sometimes.

 

[Bob Cochran]

Well that answers the guestion. No stacks for me. Thanks everyone for not letting me make a mistake!!!

 

[TRAMPLINEMAN]

Bob, instead of putting stacks in the bed, there's always the sidepipe option.

 

[PToombs]

You could buy/build a diverter box and keep the tailpipe. Run stacks, turn the valve and tow the trailer. My . 03.

 

[Bob Cochran]

If I was to run stacks I think I would want them all the time or I think it be a waste Pete.



Tramplineman - I guess you are talking about outside the bed along side the cab. This is a thought as I have a cross bed Transfer Flow tank that would be in the way of the in bed stacks anyways. I am thinking though even outside the bed with turn outs the sides of the 5er would get all sooted up after review of the above posts.



Just does not appear to be a good idea to have stacks with a 5er. I have seen all the soot on tractor trailers. Not as bad on the newer tractors but still there.



Thanks everyone.

 

[bmoeller]

Bob-



How much does your truck smoke? If it isn't really any worse than stock, you won't really have a soot issue, unless you get water down the pipes.



The 2 KW trucks we have, only give a puff when you shift gears. No soot issue (other than water sometimes) on the trailers at all. I tend to run at night alot, so bugs are a bigger problem than soot.

 

[TRAMPLINEMAN]

Bob, I've seen stacks on the outside of the bed and I would NEVER recommend that to anyone. I'm talking about running them horizontally right under the rocker panels. I saw a kit somewhere on here and I also saw the sidepipes on a truck. The guy had 5'' turnouts angled at 45* toward the ground, it looked real good.

 

[kelly4463]

I tow an 5er and have stacks :-laf

If it's raining while i'm towing ,the wife :-{} about the camper, it looks like s##t, it will wash off, use a good car wash that has wax in it !!!!

Yes my truck does smoke :-laf :-laf

 

[Bob Cochran]

bmoeller-Yes truck smokes enough to worry me as it is now. The diamond plate weights on the mud flaps get real black when towing.



TRAMPLINEMAN-I have never seen stacks run verticle outside of the bed but have heard it looks weird on our trucks. I will have to look at the possibiltly of running them horizontally. Would not be under the rocker panels though as I have diamond plate running boards that go from front wheel well to back wheel flares.



kelly4463-Just cannot see washing the 5er everyday after a pull from one campground to another. Bugs are enough of a problem!!!

 

[Short Stack]

Have stacks with diverter setup and removable tail pipe, take it off when I arrive at my campsite, put it back on when I leave about 30 seconds on or off. Have nice clean trailer and don't get those stupid ?? are these real or just for looks. Works great for me.

 

[proflow]

5" stacks pulling a 37ft 5er. The front edges & sides about 15 ft back is covered in soot. Yes it sucks. ---Proflow

 

[BHuebner]

Least we can quickly spot a tdr member in a campground by the front of his trailer :-laf

 

[LEPage]

How about a straight cut stack w/ an extension to put on when towing?

 

[MUDDY]

How about a straight cut stack w/ an extension to put on when towing?

did an extension with my turnout single stack. no soot on the 5er. we'd just clamp the extension on for towing and off the rest of the time. 5 minute job for the kids to do