[Russ Roth]

Sounds to me like you will do fine as is. I left with my completely stock 3.55 geared '01 2500 4x4 two days after I took ownership Three of us left for New Orleans with a 29' TT, and a bed full of food, chain saws, rope, and other supplies. When I weighed on a state scale in NE OR we weighed 17,900 lbs. I felt the rig did an outstanding job of pulling this load. We only lost speed on a couple of hills all the way down and the only trouble we had was the starter. I knew it was going bad but did not have time to change it out before we left. It took a dump at the very last fuel stop before we hit our destination. That was our only issue down and back.

There is no such thing as too much power, only a little too much right foot. :lol3: :lol3: eelout eelout eelout
However, I felt the power we had as a stocker was adequate. :thud::CRY:

 

[TEX]

i had a stock 01 and i think you will be fine just the way it is.

 

[ZcrazyG]

I MADE IT! :hyper: So the trip went pretty well and the truck pulled pretty good. kept my rpm's just shy of 2k the entire trip till i got on some hills and then i could deffinantly feel it back there. Stupid me left cruse ctrl on going through wyoming and the truck over heated on a really long hill. Made it throught that and all the way to oklahoma with out any more problems. Could deffinantly feel that trailer back there on some of the curves, i swear it felt like i was drifting a few times and it was pretty uncomfortable. straight roads were fine, but damn to curves and i was taking them much slower than the recommended speeds, usually atleast 10 mph slower if not more. Thinking for towing i should really use a dually. after it overheated thought it does seem like it smokes a little more and has a little less power thought. dunno though maybe its a change in out side air temperature causing that since i am used to the temps in WA compaired to OK. Good 40 degrees difference or maybe a boost leak? dunno ill watch it for any more changes.