C3500HD Tow pig

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Mounted, lights wired up, fuel tank plumbed, and the boxes washed out of a few inches worth of dirt/sand. Rolling tailboard moves once again. Still need to cut into the headache rack to make room for the winch, it's too tight for it and the fuel tank without mods.

 

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Decided to mount the winch just outside of the headache rack, weather permitting will have it mounted up this week.

Got a heavily water contaminated batch of fuel on my trip to Dallas 2 weeks ago. Between that and the leak prone stock filter I was motivated enough to upgrade the fuel system. Forgot I had the raptor 150 lying around from the old deuce and a half. So better filters, higher end fuel pump, and 1/2in fuel line from tank to injection pump. All that's left for performance now is a tune.

 

[n8in8or]

Have any priming issues with the Raptor up that high? Or are you using the factory lift pump to lift fuel up to the Raptor?

 

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Have any priming issues with the Raptor up that high? Or are you using the factory lift pump to lift fuel up to the Raptor?

Bed tank is the primary, stock fuel tank is gone. No priming issues noted. Plumbing goes tank-water separator-raptor 150-final filter-injection pump.

 

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Drained roughly 2 quarts of water out of the fuel so far, New fuel system is certainly an upgrade. Having the water separator in an easy access location is nice.

Did a test fit regarding the trailer and the new bed which has the gooseneck at the top. As expected it's too high, not dangerously high but a few inches higher than it should be. Talking to a welder about installing the b&w hitch recessed into the bed. Question is how far to lower it.



The standard on newer beds is 4in, which would be enough to get the trailer level with the trailer hitch at its maxed height (where it currently is). This is the easiest option and least amount of work. Mounts the hitch even with the top of the bed frame.

The other option is to drop the hitch all the way down to on top of the truck frame. This would allow the Cody Cushion hitch to be used and places the ball at the same height as option 1, maybe an inch lower. Problem is there's a bed crossmember that sits directly over the front 2in of the air hitch. That support isn't in a critical spot so it could be cut and have a new one placed forward, probably double the labor.

 

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Interesting past week. Got the hitch mounted all the way down in the bed, made the trailer sit level while still having the Cody Cushion hitch, nice smooth ride.





Hitch lowered





Trip to Utah went well until past Cortez Colorado, at which point had a massive increase in blowby and felt like lost a cylinder, couldn't keep temps at or below 210F anymore. Had to stop in Monticello Utah, getting a friend to pull the trailer tonight and coming back for the truck later this week. No question about it, the rings are toast.

 

[n8in8or]

I saw this on Facebook yesterday. It's sad to see, especially just when you were getting the truck the way you wanted it. It's a cool truck. It's made me want to get an HD at some point.

 

[MrMarty51]

I saw this on Facebook yesterday. It's sad to see, especially just when you were getting the truck the way you wanted it. It's a cool truck. It's made me want to get an HD at some point.

YUPPERS, what He said.

 

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Seems to be constant problems for me when traveling right now. But got the HD loaded and moved up here using the new f350.

As for the plan, only thing known for certain right now is the performance stuff besides the lift pump is sold.

 

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Pic from the recovery with the new truck





Ended up selling the HD, don't have a place for a second vehicle that will be a project right now. Kept the bed and fuel stuff, will be going on the 99 f350 soon.

 

[Will L.]

Is what it is. Comes a point when pulling the pin is the only answer left. Hope you at least come out of it on top money wise once miles and use are figured in.

If ya get the chance to shoot the box red even with spray paint), or the whole bed before it goes on the ford, sure makes it easier than on the rig.

Haven’t heard about the k5 lately-how’s that doing?

 

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Is what it is. Comes a point when pulling the pin is the only answer left. Hope you at least come out of it on top money wise once miles and use are figured in.

If ya get the chance to shoot the box red even with spray paint), or the whole bed before it goes on the ford, sure makes it easier than on the rig.

Haven’t heard about the k5 lately-how’s that doing?

I'll do a thread on the f350 soon. Bed will get sandblasted and properly painted but not till sometime next year. Maybe rattle can before it goes on the f350.

Since I'm keeping the bed financially I'm not down too much from the HD over the last 2 years.

K5 was totaled by insurance since the frame was bent throughout the whole chassis. Few inches in front of the hitch was bent down, and the framerails were slightly offset throughout the rest of the k5.

Down to F350 and motorcycle. Hopefully the f350 can beat my average vehicle lifespan of what, 2 years?