sigh....Neil, what have I told you about posting facts? You can use
facts to prove anything that's even remotely true. Please, this
disruptive behaviour must stop. :)
Neil W. Bellenger wrote:
> RANT IN PROGRESS, proceed with caution.
> Interesting thread about goosenecks, towing, truck capacities. . . .
> Dodge puts a manual in the glove compartment that gives info on just about
> everything that has been in this thread.
> Tells what all the knobs and switches do, service intervals, where the spare
> tire is, tire rotation diagram, AND
> PAYLOADS: Gross Combined Weight Rating "Total Truck, Trailer, Cargo, People,
> and Fluids"
> Find your engine size in the chart, find your rear end ratio, and look up
> what your Gross Combined Weight is.
> Stickers on the door edge give Gross Vehicle Weight Rating and the Gross
> Axle Weight Ratings. .
> Year after year it's easier to type on a keyboard than to get out the book
> at look up the answer.
> Once in a great while, someone buys a used truck with no owners' manual,
> this is understandable but there can't be that many DML members that don't
> have or can't find this little book.
> Now, SPECIFICS:
> One week ago, I had Dakota Dodge's truck on my trailer and towed it to my
> house from the shop where it was stored.
> My truck: '99 CC, 5.2L, auto, 3.92 gears, two people, full gas tank, tools,
> rigging equipment, jacks;
> Trailer: double axle flat bed w/electric brakes,
> His truck: '98 CC with tools plus four Thornbirds in the bed.
> Cruisin' at 55mph. Wish I had pictures!
>
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