Ok, I read the articles on roller rockers and am familiar with them. The question now is, how much improvment am I going to get by installing roller rockers?

 

About 15-20 horsepower. By reading the threads, you should know!

 

He has a 5 speed so hopefully the transmission won't be too much of a worry.

 

PurplDodge,
I thought I was loosing my mind by missing the part about the gain in the article.
You sad quoting:
About 15-20 horsepower. By reading the threads, you should know!
So I went back and looked through the article to see where I missed it and came to the conclusion that I did not miss it, because it is not there. So, thank you for that little sarcastic jab you sent my way.

 

I'm pretty sure it was mentioned in the first thread I posted.

 

Yep. I'm thinking it is time to pick up a new [used] truck. You can find a 1999-2002 2500 model for between $8-12k. I bought mine back in July for quite a bit less than that, but I got very lucky on the deal. One thing nobody is talking about here is braking. You might be able to get that trailer up the hill ok with bolt-on HP, but good luck stopping it. Thats where the damage is done.

Do a little risk management...is the benefit of fixing up that good old truck with 180,000 worth the risk?

I'll bet you can find a nice 2500 Cummins with less than 75k for the money you are looking at.

 

^^^ By far the best answer. And I agree with it completely.

 

I agree too, my post got overrun though. And I forgot to mention stopping. Like I said before, pulling through flatlands and rolling hills are easy...

 

Thanks for the information. My initial thought was to put $5,000 to $10,000 into the truck because it is in good shape and I like it. Maybe I will rethink since the braking issue came up.

 

If you are that worried about stopping, aquire a brake controller and electronic setup for the trailer, as long as you stop smartly and dont ride the brakes they will be able to hold up. Just make sure you use quality brake parts.

It don't matter how big a truck you got inertia will win every time, Newton had it right when he put that law first.