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Thanks for the support! We are dropping another one soon. We’ve been on a hiatus

Thank you for the support and thank you for enjoying our content!

@@adventuresintrucking1995 Yes sir! Y’all keep it up as often as y’all can. I know it’s a lot on y’all but we could just listen to you talk. You have a lot of knowledge!

That’s what we have built our channel on and will continue to grow it on!

@@adventuresintrucking1995 yes sir!!

We appreciate it! It is definitely a great experience coming from the dually!

Definitely stay tuned more great content on the way and some more informational videos too!

BEAUTIFUL

That's a really sharp looking truck and trailer

Appreciate that Ken! We try to be as informative as we can in each video.

Thanks for the reply! We have gotten some other commenters who said the same. Definitely nice to be able to ask a question to the community and get answers.

Thanks! Its been a hell of a journey cant wait to showcase what we have up next

Thanks Pete! This is definitely a truck i would recommend you checking out for your RV needs!

Added to the list! Everyone has some great names coming in from the comments here and dms on ig. We will do a video with the name we chose soon

Thank you so much! Finally someone has info on the receiver we have since modified it to our needs of course lol and thank you for subscribing! We are currently working on a new video now!

@@adventuresintrucking1995 you’re welcome. Most of those trucks come with a built in receiver. I had my P2XL modified by Sportchassis for that adjustable hitch. They added weight to the rear of the truck, and it gave it a noticeably smoother ride. One thing I also did, was install a glad hand on the rear with a shutoff valve. 1) it gave me air supply to my stacker trailer with an air ride suspension. 2) I used it to air up tires with an air hose that has the glad hand on the end of it. I think I bought that hose at a truck stop, if I’m not mistaken. Your truck is the first that I’ve seen with a mechanical parking foot brake. All the ones I’ve owned and driven had the yellow parking brake on the dash like the semis.

Bro ive been watching your channel for the longest! Love your new Ram. You definitely stay safe out there as well and keep on truckin

Pretty sick names! We named her Tia already though. Its the initials for Adventures in Trucking backwards:)

It absolutely is it never gets old the triple air ride is just amazing even the 5th wheel being air ride makes a huge difference

We tried over and over to work with them they were high as hell on everything so we went to a private seller

@@adventuresintrucking1995 I agree on their high pricing. What avenue did you use to find the private seller?

@@ironmule5200 I cant remember the name of the website tbh but we looked up and down and i think this guy happened to be private most of the postings were not

@@adventuresintrucking1995 Right on. How much could you scale with that rig if you had bigger axles...like 16K axles? Thanks responding.

@@ironmule5200 honestly ive seen a bunch of numbers from 30-45k tow capacity so im not sure on an exact number

Sometimes they put them behind the tranny but youre still getting the same benefit as me here because even though you are in front of the drive shaft you still are going through the differential and thus your braking force is still multiplied by your diff gear ratio

sounds like a solid plan! get in with the dually learn the ropes and save up

@@adventuresintrucking1995I’m working on a business grant now to acquire some down payment money to go with my trade to get a Megacab Dually (Cummins all day !!) .

Thanks for the support and the sub! thats not a bad name we are doing a name reveal soon!

Great suggestion! Will add it to the list. Ans definitely do your research so that when you come out here you are best set up to succeed

Hey Wil! Its been a while! We want to reach out to you to say thank you! First off we ended up going with the name Tia for the truck! I am reaching out to you because we have a gift for you for the great suggestion! Any updates on your hotshot journey?

Thanks for the support. Glad you like our new set up. This is the end of our first partial week running it commercially. We are IMPRESSED! On our way out of WI with a load to GA. We will be dropping a video soon about our initial impressions. Stay tuned !

Thats awesome! We arent far away from Atlanta. Bout 40 min

Thanks! Definitely worth every penny!

Lol not bad! Will add it to the list!

Good eye! Will def get it taken care of for sure.. like you said its cheap PM might as well get it done.

@@adventuresintrucking1995 Eric O of South Main Auto channel had a truck in recently for a 2nd opinion of $5000 repair bill from a dealer for all kinds of error codes of computer modules, truck wouldn’t shut off with key all kinds of weird problems. Dealer said replace them all. Eric O does actual diagnostics. Finds main braided groundstrap from body to frame underneath literally fell into his hand as he grabbed it to check.. $20 cable and 1hr shop time saved customer $5000. Check your grounds people they're easy.

That’s definitely great advice and we will get it taken care of. Again great eye, thanks!

We’ve been out to Texas (and Houston specifically) a couple of times we surely could run into each other!

@@adventuresintrucking1995Yes Sir, be safe out there keep trucking

Thanks man we appreciate the support :)

Got some new content coming! The setup got even better !

Thanks! It was a long time coming for sure

Thanks!

2 Maybe 3 weeks old on the tires basically brand new. And when we were looking for this truck we specifically wanted the 8.3l in it. There were plenty of 7.2 Cat and MB on the market but we had to have the Cummins 8.3!

Thanks we appreciate that.. check out some of our other vids if you havent already!

Appreciate that!

@@freddyrodriguez3333 its still rated at 19,500 .. and thanks for the compliment!

Heatshieldstore.com

Previous owner kept it inside

Paid off!

Thanks for the support! We are happy to see our channel growing

Thats pretty cool! We already named the truck Tia which is the initials for Adventures in Trucking backwards

Not bad… but in a later video of ours we announced that we would go with Tia which is the initials for Aventures in Trucking backwards.

No we got it from a guy in PA named Billy

@@adventuresintrucking1995 Aah. It's sweet, just like Patty would have ordered it.

@@kenlee5509 appreciate that! We keep her clean and ride nice in her!

@@adventuresintrucking1995 :)

Honestly the insurance only went up a couple of hundred bucks… this truck is only 4 years newer than the ram and is considered a class 5 so that may have played a role.. nonetheless it was only a couple hundred more a month

A newer SC will most likely increase your insurance a lot more though.

With our current setup yes a CDL is required

I wouldnt go as far to say we gross 500k a year but there’s definitely some really good money in it if you have knowledge of the industry and dont constantly take cheap freight.

No because this truck also pulls a camper and pulls double duty for personal use… so in this particular case it doesn’t because you cant take a semi to campgrounds

You’re saying bumper pull commercially instead of 5th wheel? Im not following you sorry.

Thanks for the compliment and thanks for the support all the way from the UK!

Kool, i had heard it also, but no one , so far, had made any mention of it. Just wanted to get some feedback from others.

All good, we can put 21,500 on the trailer.

@@adventuresintrucking1995 what is the limiting factor? Your trailer weight capacity or the truck?

I would say trailer

Um im not sure.. you could try premium wholesale sale exotic i really am not sure.. we went through a private seller

Hey, what up Bruh? Just seeing this comment. We have to get together so I can get that truck down to Mike in FL. Thanks for checking out our video and commenting!

Appreciate it! Just trying to make it do what it do!

We looked for a long time (a few months). We had to go PA to get this one. What I can say is when you find one 1) be ready to move on it 2) be ready to pick it up wherever it is. This truck went up for sale on a Friday and we bought it on Saturday.

To follow up on what HSS said, for a little $ I know that this truck will outlast any Dually pickup and do more work. I expect it to be a good fit for us.

Definitely will outlast a pick up for sure. We dont ever intend to add a semi fifth wheel to this truck so thats not a loss in eyes. As for hydraulic brakes we wouldve loved airbrakes we searched and searched and we determined that having a Cummins was more important than having air brakes. This truck can however still operate a trailer with airbrakes/air ride because the truck has air on it and can send air to a trailer its just a matter of punching out the accessory plastic and putting in a red trailer supply knob and running lines. it can be done there are kits for it too. As for the mpg we get 8.2-8.5 mpg with 20k on the trailer. and 8.7 with empty trailer and unloaded we saw 11.2 mpg

@@adventuresintrucking1995 One another video you asked about a longer trailer. Diamond C makes a step deck for hot shot ( excuse me Big Shot😉 ), 10 on top and 43 after the drop. But they also have a 44-foot gooseneck in various weight ratings. Excellent milage and that I assume is with the performance tune. If you have plenty of power, you may want to consider putting it back temporarily to standard tune to do a test for a while and then crunch the numbers. Good luck with the oil seals on the trailer axles. You may want to try different seal manufactures or if there is wear where the seal runs on the axle you may need to speedy sleeve it.

@@jerrymcgonigal4530 appreciate it we’ve been looking at Diamond C 🤫😉

Wassup Tommy, thanks brother. I appreciate you and thanks for your support!

Bought it in Eerie PA from a guy who had it posted online and we called and sealed the deal on it

It has Bilstein shocks from the factory

yes.. it meets all DOT requirements

About 14k and we have our truck registered as a tractor so we have the same limitations as a semi

I’m looking to buy one of these very soon and was concerned about the 65’ length law also. How do you have it registered as a tractor with it having a bed on it?

Yea a 106 not 12

We’ve had 24k on the trailer and towed it fine FL-Sc so over 30k

@@adventuresintrucking1995what’s the mpg on this type of load

@@robertramos1190 saw like 7.4

The cost of this truck was $117,500. Given current 450/550 and 4500/5500 prices you might as well pay a little more and get way more truck imo.

Used to yea

Hell yeah I thought you looked familiar. I worked for one of the contractors out there as an electrician! I hope you're doing great man. Love the truck

We are doing all the weight we can? Im confused plus we just upped to a new trailer and are doing even more weight now. Im confused on what youre asking exactly im sorry

It is for hire….havent taken it off the side of the truck yet at that point of filming…….

@@adventuresintrucking1995 oh I gotcha. Haven’t seen any of your videos before. You just popped up in my feed. But that’s a good thing for your channel!

@@MarsellusWallace2024 yea we are definitely happy to see the channel growing and moving in a positive direction.. we try to focus on spreading positive energy good and accurate information and just good content for people to watch.

Originally i said 23k in someone else’s comment but its 21,500.

​@@adventuresintrucking1995 21500 is the trailer max load right? How much can the truck pull?

@@robertharrison4257 soo yea... we actually hauled a load probably 3 weeks ago ish that was 24,000 on the trailer. The truck pulled great and the trailer was not bowing or flexing either. So to answer your question... in excess of 30K LOL im not sure on an exact number

Thanks for the feedback.. that issue has been addressed already for our current videos though thanks 🙏🏾