Recent content by Too many Kubotas

Fair enough. I'll stay out of LA, MS, FL, and SC. And east TX just to be safe.

Even more brake parts for my new-to-me tow vehicle, a larger size thread restorer kit, and then a 1913 adapter and a folding stock for the HK416 pistol. After that it seemed appropriate to also buy about $140 worth of alcoholic beverages to ease the pain.

Maybe the main issue with ATF, as I understand it from reading quite a bit on the subject over the years, is that it doesn't really burn well. It's also not exactly known for being a good lubricant, but more of a detergent.

Hmm, if you're in Tow/Haul and have the exhaust brake on full I don't see why using the brakes would be needed. Maybe your turbo actuator is acting up? There's a nearby steep descent where one curve is well past 180 degrees and I have always joked about being able to check the trailer's...

In my case the 3500 is a mere 9,500 lbs. or so, but at a minimum there's about 5,000 behind it, and I have been at (possibly a tad over) the 39,000 lb. CGVWR. Also maybe worth pointing out is that I tend to drive fast, and that there are some decent grades here in the Rockies. Heck, one time...

A friend of mine delivers trailers, mostly goosenecks, for a living. He has gone from Ram 3500s to 4500s and now 5500s because of the weight of his loads. Usually he trades in between high 300,000 to a bit before 500,000 miles, and he has never had to do anything to the brakes. Yes, that...

That's a 3-way 3-point blade I made towable. I'm no good at finish grading so now there's an axle in the rear and a long tongue up front. Basically mimicked a road grader best I could by creating a longer distance between the tractor's rear tires and the blade. You can see the same principle...

You're doubting correctly. Rams have exhaust brakes, and quite effective ones, but that's entirely different from a Jake brake.

Up until a couple of weeks ago the ones with hydraulics were parked shaded by trees, or covered with plastic. Basic 3-point stuff has been parked in that spot for over a decade. The mowers used to spend the winters on top of containers, and the snowblowers live in a shed.

It's common for me to end up with summer blend in the winter, and vice versa. A direct result of having a 110 gallon fuel capacity in my 3500 and not driving it often.

Could work...as long as I don't need something that's in the back of it. And getting the ones that are 8' or 10' wide in there would be a chore.

And some things work better than others, including additives and oils.

Are you saying that the three still full 325 gallon totes I have, which were filled about three years ago, maybe more, now contain unusable fuel? I hope that's not what you meant. But thankfully the engines running on that fuel doesn't seem to know that they shouldn't be. And I don't know why...

It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the size of the tank, and why would it? I've only had one case of bacteria (it is not algae, by the way) and that was in a 20 gallon tank on a vehicle that had sat in Texas for a long time, without a cap. There was water up to the edge of the filler...

If there's no water there won't be any bacteria.