77GreenMachine
Phillip Talton
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2010
- Location
- Trinity, NC
With gas prices like they’ve been I’ve been driving the truck a bunch. It’s fixing to hit 538k. I just returned from Kairos, towing the Jeep and the camper and went to AOP a few weeks before.
On the way to AOP the AC stopped working. When I got there I found it threw the belt off. My heart sank as I feared the compressor had locked up again. But it was fine, as was the tensioner pulley. I had Nakoma stop and grab a belt on his way in the next morning and I replaced it, and it was trouble free all the way home. I was pushing the truck pretty hard and had a few times where I was really revving it hard, best I can figure it the compressor didn’t like revving at 5k and threw the belt. Who knows. Now if it’s gonna be revving higher than 3800rpms for a few I just turn the AC off.
The wife has decided that she wants the camper to be on a gooseneck after this last weekend. So I’ve priced a Kaufman and will likely go that route, but I’m not in a hurry. I will snatch up the right used one so if anyone knows of a 24’-26’ GN that is NOT a deck over let me know. I need it low and light so I don’t want a deck over.
If I find that my truck won’t pull it as well as I thought, it’s the perfect excuse to say “hey you told me to buy this, now I need a bigger truck”
But I have faith in this old truck, it just won’t be fast.
I also need a turnover ball if anyone has one. I really do love this truck.
On the way to AOP the AC stopped working. When I got there I found it threw the belt off. My heart sank as I feared the compressor had locked up again. But it was fine, as was the tensioner pulley. I had Nakoma stop and grab a belt on his way in the next morning and I replaced it, and it was trouble free all the way home. I was pushing the truck pretty hard and had a few times where I was really revving it hard, best I can figure it the compressor didn’t like revving at 5k and threw the belt. Who knows. Now if it’s gonna be revving higher than 3800rpms for a few I just turn the AC off.
The wife has decided that she wants the camper to be on a gooseneck after this last weekend. So I’ve priced a Kaufman and will likely go that route, but I’m not in a hurry. I will snatch up the right used one so if anyone knows of a 24’-26’ GN that is NOT a deck over let me know. I need it low and light so I don’t want a deck over.
If I find that my truck won’t pull it as well as I thought, it’s the perfect excuse to say “hey you told me to buy this, now I need a bigger truck”
But I have faith in this old truck, it just won’t be fast.
I also need a turnover ball if anyone has one. I really do love this truck.