A truck and trailer thread.

dirtydeed

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I've never seen a landscape or equipment trailer with 7K GVWR or more with anything less than a 2 5/16" ball.

...unless it was of a "home grown" variety.
 

Lil Foot

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My 7K GVWR Load Trail dump trailer came with a 2" ball hitch from the factory.
In fact, after we had trouble trying to put it on my 2 5/16" ball, we checked the others on the lot and all four of this model had 2" couplers.
 
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GrumpyFarmer

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That stinks. Couple weeks ago my GMC 2500 got one. 🦌😡

Gotten a bunch over the years, but it’s been a LONG time.

Left side mirror gone, nicked up both left doors and the box. Guessing pieces of the mirror did the paint/body damage. Not deep but very noticeable.

At 6 months old and 3,900 miles, I did an insurance claim.

Hopefully goes in for repair Monday.
Unfortunately I have hit a deer with every personally owned vehicle (including motorcycle) I have had since living in our current house. It’s still better than being a townie. That’s just life in our area. Deer are road hazards.

My mourning period is over from today….i finally found the traction control button (yes i know, take my own advice and read the manual…well the manual is online🤨), and was able to turn off traction control for the first time (it’s with the stereo buttons of all places?)…anyway I turned off after work for the commute home and I had to make a turn and in some traffic…holy FnSh_t….it was a handful before but OH MY, after I got her pointed straight, looked in the mirror to assess what I left behind all I could do was giggle and hope no sheriff in sight…now I understand why some people fear Godzilla! She’s a beast!
 
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The Evil Twin

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Rotational hub. There has been issues with them making grinding noise in 2wd then they replace it with a real hub.

The trucks without a front LSD (non Tremor package) don’t experience the grinding noise. There was a crossover year (2023) when Ford implemented the fixed hub on all trucks including some Tremor optioned trucks. That’s where the “replace with selectable hub” came from. With no LSD in the front axle it will not matter.