mike54

to buy a diesel to pull my travel trailer

I took my 1st 400 mile round trip this weekend with my 2005 3500 Dodge Ram quad cab with a 5.9 cummins and all I can say is this truck is great for pulling my 34' 8500 lb travel trailer I used the tow haul but it still went into OD and I used the cruise control when I could there was no down shifting on hills & I don't feel the camper back there. I use to pull it with 2500 '02 Silverado 6.0 gasser w/4:10 gears it was ok but nothing compared to this truck.

in 2 weeks we leave for a 1,000 mile round trip and I can't wait

I'm a happy camper

Colo_River_Ram

Welcome to the forum and Club Cummins..

1-2-3

I heard the same question from two coworkers. They both started with 30 foot TT's and tried pulling them across the US with little Toyota's. One called from on the road, 10 miles into his first pull, just to tell me that I was right.

1STGENFARMBOY

Just be careful leaving it in O/D, i was on my way back from the Smoky Mountain National Park and on pretty flat road with cruse on with a 9,500* lb TT and half way back my torque converter started quiverin like a sum-buck, so i kicked it out and replaced the converter with a tripple disc.

Dar

mike54

from what read on the boards and in the manual on my '05 the tow/haul does not lock out OD and there is no button to turn off the OD. On my Silverado I kept in 3rd and used the tow/haul that kept it out of OD there is no 3rd on my Ram.

pdogg

why is there a concern about OD being bad? on my '05 the T/C locks in OD always, and when in Tow/haul mode, it locks in 2,3 also.

if you've got a locking torque converter as the original poster does, like mine, you're better off in O/D....

dodge2005

Congrats on your new truck! Have fun with your new found power.

1STGENFARMBOY

My old truck was a 99 with a 47re and it wasn't stock, i just done a few little things and added quite a bit of torque and it was just a little to much for a stock converter to handle.

At least this is what i found with my truck, and everybody i talked to on this and other forums said that a modded truck is hard on a stock converter when pulling in O/D.

Now if i get into some hills i always kick it out of O/D

Dar

Don T

I agree on the stock TC being crap.but then the truck was never built like it should have been built for the 5.9 to begin with. I have made my TC slip towing my fiver and will replace it asap. I tow in OD and get good mileage and will keep towing in OD.I do have a slip problem when the truck speed gets down to slow, but OD off and my switch cures that problem for now. I don`t have a problem very often and can pull most hills in OD.Trans temp towing is 150 most times and bad steep hills climb to 200 . A better TC will solve this problem and will soon be installed . later Don T

Tobin

He has a '05, no option to kick it out of OD.

Tobin

Fiftygrit

T/H is all I use and it works just fine, I cant ever remember using Overdrive off button, my trailer is just shy of 36 ft and loaded is around the 12k lb mark. you should have no problem at all, have a safe trip. enjoy

whiskers

My son is dodge mech. He says the 47RE OD is weakest link. Don't tow in it heavy. But the 48RE is a differnt OD and can handle it. And since you can't lock it out, it better!