Long Haul questions

[rsjohnsn]

Hi all, I have been putting alot of miles on the old girl lately and I was just wandering what effects this is doing. I have run around 1600 miles since Sunday night. I did around 550 miles of that today at 70-75 mph running with an empty 16 trailer and about half with around 2000lbs. I do stop around every couple of hours to drain the kidneys and to refill them so she gets to rest for about 30mins. Di I need to change the way I am running or do any extra maintenance? I now have 78k miles on the odometer and I just finished changing the tranny fluid and rear diff fluid as well as the clutches (see rear diff issues below). When do I need to address the coolant, wheel/axle bearings, transfer case fluid, etc?

Thanks
Scott

 

[Maintain]

Tcase fluid every other time you change diff fluid.

What you are doing to this truck is actually better then daily driving it 5 miles one way every day. I'd go by the book with the maintainence and make sure you use quality products.

 

[BamaSixGun]

hey rs, i agree with maintain. should be no harm in drivin all those miles.

i have an '04 SRW, and it has over 130,000 on it now, no problems.

best buy i have ever made was gettin a superduty. i have put on as many as 700 miles in a day with no ill effects.

just keep the door shut and keep gettin the job done.

oh hey, keep up on the maintainence. i believe the wheel and axle bearings are grease packed, because i was asking my service mngr the same questions. i also asked about ball joints too, he said when they start having alot play, etc. time to change em to new ones.

keep on truckin.

 

[bushpilot]

sounds to me like youre doin' fine...keep up w/ the maint.
and run it...im not running mine as much anymore but during our
move i was running back and forth from houston to virginia fairly often.

when i got in the truck i didnt stop til i was at my destination....if i didnt
need fuel i didnt stop...and if i didnt have the trailer behind me (motorcycle
only in the bed) then i set the cruise at 80 and let 'er rip (19hrs houston
to virginia...and my WIFE was w/ me on that trip !)

keep up the maint. (dont forget the tires too) and youll be fine !

 

[rsjohnsn]

Thanks guys, I have been taking care of her the best I can. I have already changed the ball joints as well as the tires. I do however need to change the brakes when I get the time.

Scott