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Well, I guess I might as well start a thread for this, even though the tow rig itself isn't new (been towing with it for 4 years). When I first bought it, it was more of a sporty truck than a working truck. I added a toolbox, triple pillar gauges (trans temp, boost pressure, and pyrometer), OEM flip-out Power/heated towing mirrors, Superchips programmer, swiss-cheesed the stock airbox, and a Donaldson M090544 49" muffler to tone down the straight-pipe drone. I also ditched the "chrome" billet grille in favor a a black honeycomb style, it's much less gawdy now.
Here's how it looked shortly after purchase:
I had bought a 16+3' Dynaweld tilt-deck equipment trailer, but it wasn't very pleasant towing the heavy truck on it. I sold it a couple of years ago.
Fast forward to this Spring: I picked up this jewel for a more manageable wheeling rig (although I still have the Chevy).
So I picked up this 20' GN tilt-deck from my buddy a month or so ago. It's longer and wider than the yellow trailer, plus it's a gooseneck, so it tows at least 100X better than the yellow trailer did. My plans for it are to add several d-ring tie downs to it (about 20 in total of various size and rating), blast it, paint it, and add new lights and reflective tape. It will look like a completely new trailer. Some additional storage or sleeping quarters might be added at some point as well.
I also removed the 3" lift from the front of the Dodge, ditched the toolbox for more bed space, and reorganized the underseat storage with only the critical items (jumper cables, some tools, tiedowns, gloves, etc). I'm planning on reinstalling my mini-compressor under the hood and plumbing it to the airbags at the rear axle. It already looks better. Some lighting and interior upgrades and the truck will be all I could ask for in a Light-Duty Tow Rig.
Stay tuned, I'm hoping to start working on the trailer this weekend...
Here's how it looked shortly after purchase:
I had bought a 16+3' Dynaweld tilt-deck equipment trailer, but it wasn't very pleasant towing the heavy truck on it. I sold it a couple of years ago.
Fast forward to this Spring: I picked up this jewel for a more manageable wheeling rig (although I still have the Chevy).
So I picked up this 20' GN tilt-deck from my buddy a month or so ago. It's longer and wider than the yellow trailer, plus it's a gooseneck, so it tows at least 100X better than the yellow trailer did. My plans for it are to add several d-ring tie downs to it (about 20 in total of various size and rating), blast it, paint it, and add new lights and reflective tape. It will look like a completely new trailer. Some additional storage or sleeping quarters might be added at some point as well.
I also removed the 3" lift from the front of the Dodge, ditched the toolbox for more bed space, and reorganized the underseat storage with only the critical items (jumper cables, some tools, tiedowns, gloves, etc). I'm planning on reinstalling my mini-compressor under the hood and plumbing it to the airbags at the rear axle. It already looks better. Some lighting and interior upgrades and the truck will be all I could ask for in a Light-Duty Tow Rig.
Stay tuned, I'm hoping to start working on the trailer this weekend...