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I had a 2004 Ram 2500 with 5.9 Cummins and auto transmission. 3.73 gears. Stock tires. 21mpg generally and never less than 16mpg. I never really towed heavy with it. I currently have a 2008 ram 3500 with 6.7 Cummins and G56 6spd manual transmission. 4.10 gears. 34" tires and a couple inches...

M1009 CUCV will get 20ish in stock form empty. I doubt you're going to do much better than that no matter what you do to the M1008. Taller tires = poor aero. The taller, the more pronounced. Taller gears = better mpg, to a point. That point is the point that the engine no longer makes...

4.56's , 33's and the .73 OD yields about 2200rpm at 65mph.

I like the numbers. I come to the conclusion that EH likes 33's and is tweaking the other variables to optimize for them. (This is not a criticism). Personally, I'd be reluctant to give up the 4.56s. Also, I'd rather spend the extra $ on 37" tires than spend the $ on a gear ratio swap. But...

37's and 4.56 or 33's and 3.73 will be just about the same final drive . If 37s and 4.56 would crunch the HP and MPG so will 33's and 3.73s.

Did you pull the emergency fuel shutoff?

Looks like the 810 is on 11.00R20's. That's an especially nice looking deuce

You made the right decision. An M116A3 is a much better choice for a trailer that will be pulled with a pickup truck. I've had both. I like the M200A1s but they require an airbrake truck to activate the brakes.

These sensor thingy on top of the lift pump?

You are most likely getting air in the fuel from somewhere.

The good winches are waterproof. The MileMarker hydraulic ones are submersible.

Time to repack wheel bearings and grease everything that went under. Check diff fluid for water ingress, as well as crankcase and transmission. I'd stick with a 24v winch and power it from the slave port on the front. For powering it from the rear of the truck i'd mount another slave port and...

I'll be home tomorrow and see what i have for cables. If you don't find one, you can borrow one from me if I have one. I'll PM tomorrow.

Standard cage bolts as used on 939series trucks fit in my experience. Nose down is going to be considerably more tongue weight than specified. You have airbrake vehicles. I'd use one of those long before I'd pull it with a 3/4 ton truck. My redtruck is obviously a 1ton dually and weighs...

6.5 and 3spd?

Or maybe it was overfilled to begin with and just puking out the excess....

Not really. The inadequate side support on the cable will allow it to flatten out and cause premature failure. Probably not an issue on a rarely used SRW.

My example was intended to be worst case but still legal. Several places on I 20 in TX have 85mph speed limits and don't exclude towing. (And yes, you see the geezers with diesel pickup trucks pulling 30,000lb RVs @ >85mph.)

What kind of batteries do you have? Fully charged yellowtops are frequently 13.2v each.