[nat_ster]

Looking good.

Trailer needs a roof rack full of shit now to make it the same height as the camper.

Why not a bumper pull stock trailer vs wasting all that deck space and making the rig longer?

I feel it may have been less work to convert your trailer to bumper pull. This also would have made your turning radius much smaller.

Nat

 

[Back Woods]

Bumper pull sucks.

 

[cameron_a]

good work!
get some footage from out on the highway please!

 

[Back Woods]

Will do. About 50 miles in to the trip. Alternator isn't charging so we are jumping it for a little while for lights. Running real good, EGTs will not go over 900, boost peak is around 22psi. Turbo makes good boost down low and has room for not fuel. About to hit the freeway for a bit.

 

[mike_belben]

nice work!

 

[nat_ster]

Bumper pull sucks.

So do mile long trucks that need 40 miles to turn.

I feel bumper pull sucks less when pulled by a 2 ton or larger truck.

Did you use the alternator from the 5.9 Cummins or one from the new engine?

How many amp?

Nat

 

[smcox1]

Been a lurker on this section of the forum for a long time and have followed your build since the last thread and you have really done a nice job on this build! I don't know if it was ever asked or answered but why not have a trailer with living quarters that way you could have a shorter truck?

 

[Back Woods]

We use our stock trailer with the F450 out in the field mostly. Gooseneck trailers can off road a lot better than bumper pull. I don't mind driving a big truck either.

 

[YotaAtieToo]

Gooseneck trailers can off road a lot better than bumper pull.

Not following you here, especially when you factor in the pick up bed

 

[mwilliamshs]

Not following you here, especially when you factor in the pick up bed

A) he has no such bed and it takes a lot of dumb to cause trailer/truck interference problems for those that do

B) bumper pull trailers dig their jacks and tongues into creek bottoms. Goosenecks do not. Bumper pulls have terrible breakover angles on hilltops. Goosenecks do not. Goosenecks turn tighter angles and in shorter radii relative to the truck.

 

[Back Woods]

Made it to southern Michigan tonight. Had an IC boot blow off that sounded like a bomb and a loose hose that needed tightened. Besides that just charged the battery a couple of times. Transmission temp on the freeway was between 175-200 degrees up and down grades at WOT. Think I saw 950 degree EGTs once. The truck makes good power and tows great. The automatic transmission is pretty trick too, smooth as butter, and easy to drive.

 

[BassnTruck]

My 643 stays the same temp as the coolant. Highest I saw it was 210 climbing the hill in TN.

Edit: See how bad the hill slows you down. I know I need more power curious to see how you do. What do you think you are sitting at weight wise?

 

[YotaAtieToo]

A) he has no such bed and it takes a lot of dumb to cause trailer/truck interference problems for those that do

B) bumper pull trailers dig their jacks and tongues into creek bottoms. Goosenecks do not. Bumper pulls have terrible breakover angles on hilltops. Goosenecks do not. Goosenecks turn tighter angles and in shorter radii relative to the truck.

A) I guess you forget to read the whole post :flipoff2:

We use our stock trailer with the F450 out in the field mostly. Gooseneck trailers can off road a lot better than bumper pull. I don't mind driving a big truck either.

It depends on the gooseneck, my last job had an older Jacobsen gooseneck that would kiss the top of the tailgate on a stock f250 when leaving some driveways. We also got a new pj just before I left that had about 18" between the top of the bed and the neck.

B) I guess I could see the jack dragging thing, depending on the trailer. Not sure how the tighter turning would help off road, usually makes for a tougher time getting into tight spots.

 

[Back Woods]

Yeah it depends on the trailer. My stock has good room on a pickup. Been in some real tight spots with it.

 

[Back Woods]

Been a lurker on this section of the forum for a long time and have followed your build since the last thread and you have really done a nice job on this build! I don't know if it was ever asked or answered but why not have a trailer with living quarters that way you could have a shorter truck?

Got a little more time to respond to this. The main reason we don't go with a living quarters trailer is the lack of versatility. When we get to location sometimes we need to drive around with horses and dogs to find wild birds.

Basically it goes like this. My folks pull their big living quarter trailer to location and park it. We pull the F700 in, park and unhook the trailer. Hook the F450 to the stock trailer and load up. The stock trailer can haul whatever we need being an open floor design. We take it down a lot of two tracks, into cotton fields etc. The camper.can be unloaded from the F700 and be put on stock trailer duty. Gives us a lot of work options.

 

[gavan]

You going to in a little warmer spot and try and replace that alternator? Someone is probably close enough to your travel route and can pick up an alternator and bring some tools and get it swapped out pretty quick, probably easier than screwing around with charging batts.

 

[jeepnmatt]

there is a Napa warehouse on the west side of Indy that may have an Alternator. If you know a model or pn, i could do some checking.

also, on the SW side of Indy just off of Harding is a TruckPro

 

[bigun]

Good to see you have it back on the road, have a safe trip!

 

[MT4Runner]

there is a Napa warehouse on the west side of Indy that may have an Alternator. If you know a model or pn, i could do some checking.

also, on the SW side of Indy just off of Harding is a TruckPro

Is this a good opportunity to put in a rewound alt for more amps....or do you not tend to need much more than stock?

 

[Back Woods]

Video pulling onto the freeway.

https://youtu.be/5r4kDloNs5s