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[coguzzi]

i have these same questions, im looking at 2015 6.4L 2500 or a power wagon, cant decide which one since the PW is 3/4 truck with 1/2 ton payload, i might just go 2500 and build to suit, but 6.4L nontheless. and 3.73 or 4.10 gearing for a 2500?

Edited by coguzzi, 03 June 2015 - 07:45 PM.

[coguzzi]

update, i bought a 15 2500 6.4L laramie last night, four wheel camper hawk from my 4.7L 02 tundra will be going in shortly, ill give some real feedback. the laramie has 3080lb payload form the door sticker, the power wagon larimie has 1329lb payload form sticker. camper is 1245 dry, as much as i wanted the power wagon i just couldnt justify it

[simimike]

Congrats on the new truck.

 

  Mike

[anonymous]

Coguzzi please report back on mpg, etc.

[coguzzi]

i only have 500 miles on the truck as it sits right now, only one shake down trip. that involved backroads through some cities (stop and go traffic) since im still breaking it in and varying speed is important, didnt just wanna get out and go 75-80mph for the first few hundred miles. but in that situation (i wold call it commuter traffic) i averaged 13.8mpg. i expect that number to go up as the truck breaks in, but also cruising at 80mpg doesnt help the number either. considering my tundra got 9-10 in most situations, im very pleased.

 

i am going out this weekend, i will report back when i have more to tell. BUT, wow does the truck handle the camper nice, comfortable ride, passes cars with ease up hills. im very pleased

[anonymous]

Any pics with the camper on?

[coguzzi]

here are 2 i have handy from the shake down camp

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[Jollyrogers]

looks awesome. can I ask a question, how are your fiamma legs hooked up to your jack brackets? I never thought of doing it that way, and would like to because I get tired of the interference.

[coguzzi]

looks awesome. can I ask a question, how are your fiamma legs hooked up to your jack brackets? I never thought of doing it that way, and would like to because I get tired of the interference.

Fiamma awnings actually ship with body mounts (ive had Fiamma's in the past on different vans/rigs). im not sure what FWC does with all these body mounts, must have a huge stock pile somewhere, or they cut a deal and dont actually receive them. i cant stand having the feet go to the ground, dogs get playing and run into them, have to be staked down in even a slight breeze etc.

 

So i fabbed up my own mounting points off the jack brackets and had some spare body mounts laying around. Fiamma changed the design recently on these and i preferred the old style, so i bought a couple sets while i still could. the new ones are enclosed and can fill with dirt and debris, more of an issue if mounted low on the body like they are designed, like on a van. both will work though.

 

Anyway, i just made a simple bracket from aluminum angle, had to decrease the angle on the forward one to match up with the leg better, but simple bracket nontheless. works well, never worry about it in a small breezes etc. here are some pics. 

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[PaulT]

I keep being impressed by the ingenuity that WTW members apply to common problems most of us face and their willingness to share with the group.

Thank you, coguzzi, for this solution. Cleaning the legs in the field after rain splashed on them carrying abrasive dust to the bottom foot or so of the leg extension was time that could have been better spent.

Paul