Danny Boy is BAACK! w/ '55 Big Window

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks JR. Good info and I've read several good recommendations on the B&W Companion hitch but...too late. I wanted to save some cash and bought a lightly used Reese 18K Signature Series hitch. I'll pick up the truck with it on later today.

Thanks for the info on the adhesion promoter. I'll be doing that spraying this afternoon. I'm assuming I do have to/should sand the powder coating?
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[Number 9]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Thanks JR. Good info and I've read several good recommendations on the B&W Companion hitch but...too late. I wanted to save some cash and bought a lightly used Reese 18K Signature Series hitch. I'll pick up the truck with it on later today.

Thanks for the info on the adhesion promoter. I'll be doing that spraying this afternoon. I'm assuming I do have to/should sand the powder coating?
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Yes, sand.

[G&R's57GMC]

Think chrome shifter ball .....

[Dan in Pasadena]

Glen, you're a troublemaker! And I get in plenty of trouble all by myself! Lol

So what's your plan for the long holiday weekend? I'm staying home playing with my new toy. I've never liked traveling on holiday weekends if I can avoid it. Besides, it is hotter than hell down here the last few days. Humid - which it usually never is in SoCal. Ugh.
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[G&R's57GMC]

Being retired I can go anytime, so why bother when everyone else is out and about ?

I'll probably go out in the garage and go eeny meeny minny mo, which project do I do ?

Then do something else. Oh Well .

BTW think Bling

[Dan in Pasadena]

I wanted to refinish the hitch before I pick up the trailer tomorrow but I've got too many things on my plate between now and noon tomorrow so the new trailer will just have to get hooked up with a faded looking hitch. We should all have such "problems"! Lol

Thanks for the good advise guys. I feel like the collective wisdom & experience here is seldom ever caught without SOME knowledge on whatever subject someone brings up. It's like my own personal Wiki!

Pix of the ocean liner-sized trailer will be on here sometime tomorrow evening.
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[JR25]

Im all about saving cash as well! But to clarify, the adapter I was talking about that I have on my camper is not like the B&W Companion, it looks like this:

I have noticed that you actually use the bed of your truck for more than just pulling a camper, this is just a lazy-mans(me) way to clear your bed when you get where you're going!
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[vht]

Let's get back to working on the truck! I need motivation.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by vht

Let's get back to working on the truck! I need motivation.

You're right of course!

Just one more fifth wheel photo (Oh suuuure!)

Picked up the 5'er today. This is the only photo I've got for now.

[Xephius]

Hey Dan,

Fantastic build thread! Very inspiring, lots of great DIY solutions here. You have a fantastic frame with IFS right now ready to go (Is it a Duramax as well?), why not put that under the '55?

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Clear skies,
John

[Rude Dude]

Hey Dan back on post #246 you ask to post a pic of the emblems I got from you here you go. I picked up the V8 fender emblems here in AZ but the other emblems are your old ones. They are still in packages came out sweet!

[G&R's57GMC]

Good grief that thing is trying to swallow your truck ! LOL

[mknittle]

Tell the truth Dan, you bought it because the colors go together nicely.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Ha ha, you know several people have commented about the colors matching but they don't to me. The truck is "Greystone Metallic", the trailer is a sort of tan and brown. I think they look good together but they don't really match.

Glen, yes I agree. The only thing that made my truck look smaller was the 11-1/2' 4400 lb. Lance that was on it. But this thing simply dwarfs it.
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[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

But this thing simply dwarfs it.

under statement of the year
that thing is huge

[Dan in Pasadena]

Apologies in advance to the moderators as this is waay off topic, but we're truck enthusiasts, afterall!

Greetings from the Kern River Valley!

The 5'er towed beautifully even up Hwy 178 over Walkers Pass (summit around 5000 ft.). No "bucking & chucking" at all. My air bags with basically no pressure at all; maybe 5psi. Brake controller set from 2.5 to 3, trying to figure out what is best.

I'm worried about my 5 year old original General tires. I've had great tread wear with them - BUT, last summer I had a tread separation on a rear tire. Replaced it w/same.
A month ago (pre-5'er) I had another tread separation on a front tire but this had been on of the rears I'd rotated up front. This time it was a pro-rated replacement.

Remember that before I would routinely carry a 4400 lb. Lance 1181 slide-in camper and sometimes tow my 22' wakeboard boat, so more weight (I think) ON the rear tires than the 5'er puts on them now.

So now I have two nearly new Generals in with the four originals. One of the rears looks a bit suspicious....a very, very small crack at the tread line. No separation yet but...

I'd like a taller tire (to fill the wheel well space a bit) as the originals always looked undersized to me. I'd love to be able to afford aftermarket bigger rims too but its probably over my budget as 6 new tires will be what? $1200-1800? Suggestions from you that tow heavy 5th wheels?

[G&R's57GMC]

Time for 4 tires

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by G&R's57GMC

Time for 4 tires

I wish. It's a Dually. It's six or nothing. Load range E tires are about $200 each too...eek!
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[G&R's57GMC]

I know it a dually, didn't you just replace 2 tires ? That's why I said time for 4 tires.

BTW what was your mileage towing that beast ?

Looks like the chrome ball will have to wait now

[Dan in Pasadena]

Mileage? Mileage? What's this "mileage" you speak of? Lol

Got about 10mpg. But my truck is totally stock. Still has the DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) which means it periodically goes into regeneration mode which causes fuel from the tank to burn away soot in the filter. Lowers your mileage since its not being used to power the engine.
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[vht]

You don't need all that room. Cut a door in the back so you can take the truck with you.

[G&R's57GMC]

10 mpg .... not bad considering the load.

What do you get without the "load" ?

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by G&R's57GMC

10 mpg .... not bad considering the load.

What do you get without the "load" ?

Running empty I've gotten as high as 18 mpg. Which is impressive given the size of the Dually. But that's running 55-60 mph. If I'm unloaded I'll usually drive a bit faster, 70 - 75 sometimes.
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[Coupeguy2001]

no wonder your truck isn't finished.........

[_Ogre]

someone needs to remove ''build'' from his signature link
life does get in the way, eh?