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Old 06-17-2010, 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by '06RedDak
Nice camper. We tow a 19' Trail Cruiser 191C hybrid travel trailer. Weighs around 3800-4000 pounds when loaded with water and gear. Decent workout for my Dakota (4.7, tow package.) Rockwoods tend to be the heavier trailers on the market. I turned away from a 19' one because it was too heavy. What's the unloaded and gross weight rating on your trailer? Make sure you use a good weight distribution hitch and sway control, along with a good brake controller (one of the Prodigies from Tekonsha.)
Be careful!
This trailer is 3900lbs empty. GVWR is around 4800lbs. Towing it home, I didn't use the equilizers, trailer sits level and towed very well. I wired in the brake control and it works good. Just waiting to hear back on the 4.10 gears now. I may have a line on some but not for sure. After all the talk on here I am not holding my breath.

Originally Posted by dakotajerry
i do like those mirrors. I've been looking around.
These were the only tow mirrors I could find, but the mirrors off the new 1500 4th gen ram are supposed to fit, so any tow mirror for them should work for our trucks.
 
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Old 06-17-2010, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by sleds
These were the only tow mirrors I could find, but the mirrors off the new 1500 4th gen ram are supposed to fit, so any tow mirror for them should work for our trucks.

Good to know!
 
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The mirrors are big, but they will do the job.
 
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The mirrors are big, but they will do the job.
Yep a little gaudy at first look, but the more I look at the pic, the better they start to look. Besides, mirrors are about safety, not about "look"...
 
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Old 06-19-2010, 02:52 AM
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Originally Posted by HammerZ71
Yep a little gaudy at first look, but the more I look at the pic, the better they start to look. Besides, mirrors are about safety, not about "look"...
Yes, they are one of those things that actually looks better in person as well. What hood scoop is that on your truck, Hammer? It looks good.
 
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Yes, they are one of those things that actually looks better in person as well. What hood scoop is that on your truck, Hammer? It looks good.

I believe I got it at Stylintrucks.com for around $160 a couple years ago when they had a "free freight on any order over $100" deal going on. Came color matched for that price.
Was bought as a "band aide" for a dent in the hood caused by a fallen pine limb. Was out hunting on a very windy south Georgia day and when I came back to the truck from the stand I found a huge dent and about an 8' limb broken in pieces all around the front of my truck, was rotted and waterlogged.
The scoop was ok for the money, but they just paint the whole thing the color of the truck, no fake insert for the front like the nicer $320 SRT ones, but I stole a page from the "gutta mesh" grill book and used that in there so it at least has the appearance of being functional.
I plan to make it functional in the next few weeks, cut the front out and a hole in my hood, then re-route my CAI there. I want a second battery and doing this will free up the space on the passenger sidewall for the second battery tray. Kinda kill two birds with on mod, LOL...

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here is a recent pic with the trailer on behind and the mirrors pulled all of the way out.

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Sleds, those look really good.
 
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I like sleds new sig pic! He is getting down to business!
 



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