Well, I am finally "settled in" here in SC. It took about 10 days to get across the country (with about 4 days of visiting family and such).
Had to get weight tickets for moving (military gets paid to move based on pounds), and total (truck, trailer and all my stuff) it weighed in at 19,080 lbs! The truck alone weighted in at 7,200 lbs and the trailer was only 3,250 lbs... The truck did AWSOME!!! I got roughly 12.5 mpg the entire trip (hand calculated). The exhaust brake was the best spent money, along with the sway/weight distributing hitch. I hit 40+ mph winds in CO and only had a few issues keeping it straight! I would recommend any of the mods to my truck to anyone! The only mod I think I could have done without was the silencer ring removal (the turbo wine is cool but gets annoying after 10+ hours straight of it!), and the exhaust was a bit loud when I was going up hills and "pushing" the truck. I love the CTD!!! It did SO much better then my '97 5.9l gasser towing only 5k....

 

thats awesome man...glad to hear!

 

About ur short trow shigter,does it make any real difference or what?
u just have to move the shifter less to row the gears?

 

I corrected the spelling first

Yes, it decreases the throw of the shifter between gears by almost half the distance.

 

Welcome Sereguial, glad to have you in the great state of SC. You know this means next time we haveDyno day or other get together the only reason for missing it will be that you are on "watch" that day.