We will begin fulltiming in the Spring of 2007 and plan to travel throughout this beautiful country, hopefully without regard for the steepness of the roads that will take us where we want to go.
Herein lies the problem: overheating on uphill grades and burning up brakes on long steep downhill grades is a reality if care is not taken.
We have a 2004 Dodge RAM 3500 4X4 QUAD CAB SLT with a 5.9L Cummins HO Turbo Diesel, 4-speed automatic transmission, and a 4.10 rearend. We will be pulling our 2004 3670RL.
I have talked to the technical "gurus" from Dodge, Cummins, MOPAR, and the local dealer and when I ask them about authorized turbobrake and transcooler info they all give me the same answer: there aren't any that are authorized. And they say that installing aftermarket parts will void the warranty.
I have never towed the Monty, or anything else for that matter, in mountains, so I'm looking for a little help here, especially from you Dodge 3500 owners! Of course, any advice (from you Ford & Chevy folks too!) would be very much appreciated!
Thanks in advance for your help!!