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  1. Yellowsub1962

    looking for winch advice

    I've been 'wheelin for hte better part of the last 12 years and done all sorts of recoveries... like said above Warn is the best hands down. I run a 12K on my Willys and a 9K on my buggy. The general rule of thumb for a trail rig is at least 1.5 times the vehicle weight. For a low resistance...
  2. Yellowsub1962

    aux. fuel/too box

    brake pedal don't know if this will work for ya, but when the "muddy season" comes up in our Rock Crawlers, a lot of my friends and I pull the rubber off the pedal and throw on some grip tape from the local skateboard shop. On some pedals the rubber will still fit right back on over the tape...
  3. Yellowsub1962

    Snow Towing

    Tail_Gunner - I am pretty fluent in airing down and rolling diameters. I run lockers in two of my other trucks and actually measure out the distance on the floor and get the rears exact on the Willys, which I drive on the street. The '06 does have the posi (as someone mentioned above), so I'm...
  4. Yellowsub1962

    Snow Towing

    so how does one get experience without doing something? Depending on the type of snow and road surface, your analogy about less weight on more tires is all the more reason to have chains. there's less contact patch per tire meaning there's more chance for a tire to slip. (PS - there's 10...
  5. Yellowsub1962

    Snow Towing

    the reasons I see for chaining the trailer are braking and side sliding. Unfortunately on a typical "car trailer" like I have, there is not enough fender clearance for "real chains", only cables. Cables have no real "side bite" so only braking will be enhanced. I guess I'll carry chains and...
  6. Yellowsub1962

    Snow Towing

    take a look under most of the semi trailers in the winter time, those things swinging around down there are tire chains. They might not use 'em much, but they use em, at least here in Ca in the "mountain towns" like Mammoth and Big Bear. I'm not talking about driving through a blizzard...
  7. Yellowsub1962

    Snow Towing

    I'll be heading from So Cal to Morrison, Co on Dec 10th. I'll have a 18' car trailer with a jeep on it and some other stuff in the bed of the truck. I anticipate the total load to be no more than 8000, with 6K being the Jeep and trailer. Truck is '06 CC, 4x4, long bed, dually, tow boss. I'm...
  8. Yellowsub1962

    6.0 fuel mileage

    I've got an '06 DRW CC LB 4x4 with 4.30s and I can't seem to break 12.5 @ 65-70. I only have 8K on it so far and everyone seems to think I'll get better at 20K, but I'm not convinced yet.
  9. Yellowsub1962

    SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL

    sounds more like a blown shock. If it was a brake shoe, the steering wheel would likely shake bake and forth with the "grabbing" of hte shoe. Also check ALL you suspension components for slop. Jack up the front end and give the everything a shake. Check for loose bearing, bad locking hub...
  10. Yellowsub1962

    5th wheel wiring harness and Hitch

    Thanks guys, I'm ordering up the hitch today and I'm going to look into whether I fab up a mount for the plug and tuck it way up high under the bed rail or just stick it through the side like WB. Thanks Again, PSD
  11. Yellowsub1962

    06 TBC and Trailer Disconnect message

    mine did it for a 500 mile round trip whe I borrowed a buddies trailer, more so on "bumpy" stretches of road. turns out (like said above) the ground wire was bad on the trailer side inside the plug, and the trailer was grounding through the ball mount. Every time the ballmount unloaded or...
  12. Yellowsub1962

    5th wheel wiring harness and Hitch

    I'm looking at getting the Reese Signature 24K 5th wheel hicth and under bed rail kit (99 F350 SD DRW Crew 4x4) and wiring harness. Anyone have any input on this hitch? good? bad? What wiring harness are you guys running? I crawled under there very briefly and didn't see a tie in point for...
  13. Yellowsub1962

    what size dop hitch?

    the best way is a combinatioon of the above, but we/you need more info. You need to know the tongue height of the trailer when loaded, and the tongue weight of the trailer. Once you have the tongue weight, add that amount in weights, bricks, peopel, whatever (right at the edge of the bed, not on...
  14. Yellowsub1962

    One Piece Drive Shaft Solves All

    4 Wheel Parts is a joke. Make sure you get your driveshaft through a drive line shop. Make sure they know what you're doing with your truck and get the heaviest walled tube that'll still balance. I've twisted up many a driveshaft in all my 4 wheel drives, and had a buddy twist one out of his...
  15. Yellowsub1962

    Newbe question: current status of the 6.0

    get the long bed if you're getting a fifth wheel. you won't have to worry about cab contact and/or spending (wasting) money on a slider hitch... If your're getting a trailer over 20' you'll love the added stability of the dual rear wheels, especially in the rain, wind, snow, and winding...
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