[Jared] So now what?
[Dustin] It's not good.
[Banker] He said when we started up this morning,
by the time he left the parking lot the trans was at
operating temp.
[Jared] Are you over here talking about your Cat Eye being
the ultimate tow rig right now?
[Dustin] Yeah.
[Jared] Is that what I just heard?
[Dustin] That's exactly what you just heard.
Tow and show.
[Jared] Tow and show?
[Dustin] Yeah, so it's gotta function properly and look good
with a trailer.
[Jared] I agree, however, I feel like it was a dually,
maybe had a 7.3 behind it, it might be a little bit better.
[Dustin] You're gonna tell me, that your gutless old diesel,
is better than my own diesel?
[Jared] It doesn't even have an inner cooler,
and I'm saying that it's better.
[Dustin] This guy.
Oh my God. Okay.
I guess there's only one way to find out.
[Jared] So looks we're gonna have to build the dually,
put it up against the old LBZ and figure out who's got
the ultimate tow rig here.
[Dustin] Let's do it. I'm in.
[Jared] Alright.
[Dustin] There is it.
So Jared is going to take the dually or the,
the dually and the Bronco on the steel trailer,
so then I had to find another trailer,
and I do not want to haul all the way down there
with a bumper pull cause it's rough.
So we got gooseneck,
so we're going to load Taylor's truck here in a little bit.
As soon as Jared gets back and moves his fricking Bronco,
and then we'll get it loaded up.
[Dustin] All right, Jared we're here.
[Jared] It has been a lot of (beep) talking in the making.
I don't know if you guys saw to start this all off,
but we talked about this awhile back there may or may not be
some photos and videos of Dustin towing my tow pay because
I had some issues with some stuff,
but here we are and it's about to happen.
[Dustin] Sure.
[Jared] We're heading to,
and we're heading to Lifted Truck Nationals,
2021 in Branson, Missouri, which is about a 12 hour drive.
We're heading down tonight because we didn't want to leave
early tomorrow morning.
So we're going to go six hours a night,
six hours tomorrow to get there.
How many miles is it, do you know?
[Dustin] It's about 750 miles, one way,
so it'd be 1,500 round trip.
[Jared] And we're going to see a lot of stuff,
we're going to see who's got the better fuel mileage,
[Dustin] Yep.
[Jared] gonna see who's got the more comfortable ride,
we're going to see,
well we're going figure somewhere to weigh the vehicles too.
[Dustin] Yeah, we'll grab a scale on the way back
and figure it out then.
[Jared] Yeah, weigh the vehicles, trailer,
truck all loaded up and see kinda where we're at with
all of that.
Compare gas mileage is and all that fun stuff,
and just kind of see who's got the better tow rig here.
[Dustin] Yeah.I think it'd be a good time.
I'm excited.
I think it's going to be a, it should be a good little
down there.
[Jared] So run us through your build real quick.
What do you have on your truck? What is it?
[Dustin] Oh God. All right.
So, from the top, it's an '07 Silverado 2,500 HD classic,
it's on a 4.5 inch BDS, 22x14 Fitipaldis,
and a 305/45 street tire, which is maybe not the most,
tow rated tire, but you know,
we'll be all right.
We'll figure it out.
Whole front end, rebuilt with Kryptonite stuff,
behind it is a 28+5' foot Load Trail deckover gooseneck.
[Jared] Yeah, you cheated,
picked that up at the last second.
[Dustin] Well, you know.
[Jared] Hey look I got a gooseneck now too.
[Dustin] You know, I just didn't want to trailer
that down there.
'Cause I know how much that trailer sucks!
[Jared] Wow. So I get stuck with the (beep) trailer.
[Dustin] Yeah, and I mean,
I got bonus points cause I got a moped and the truck,
you just got a Bronco, which is like,
[Jared] Just a Bronco he says.
[Dustin] That's like half the truck.
[Jared] That's like three vehicles right there.
[Dustin] Oh my God.
All right.
[Jared] Okay, cool.
I got a 1997,
the last year they made them,
Ford F-350 with the old 7.3 Powerstroke in it.
I got some 22x8.25 Cali Offroads that I threw on there,
with some Radar R/T tires,
got the aluminum Super Duty front bumper on it,
to match the front bumper on the Bronco.
[Dustin] That we just put on an hour ago.
[Jared] That we literally just put on like,
i'm still washing up from it, but hey,
nothing like a little show prep crunch, right?
We got Banker, riding with the LBZ
[Banker] Hey, which one of you has a 110 volt and wifi,
So I can work on the way down?
[Dustin] Not me.
[Banker] Like I usually do...
[Jared] Yeah, this is...
[Banker]..when we take the brand new Super Duty.
[Dustin] Yeah. We don't have it.
[Jared] This is a tow-off, not a work-off.
[Dustin] Anyway.
[Jared] Got a second E4OD because the first trans like to
take a little, (beep) on itself.
[Dustin] She got a little warm.
[Jared] Yeah.
- How big is the trailer, 22 foot?
- 24, I think.
- 24 foot with a giant sailboat front end down it.
[Jared] Yeah, with a Bronco on the back.
Bronco probably weighs less than Taylor's truck.
[Dustin] Yeah, without a doubt.
And the trailer weighs less than Taylor's truck.
[Jared] Yep.
My truck weighs more than yours,
[Dustin] Yup, you have a one ton,
and I have a three quarter ton,
but you know, it'll be all right.
Mine's 10 years newer.
[Jared] And a lot stronger.
So we'll see what happens. But here we are.
We're heading out.
It's way after the time you wanted to leave.
[Dustin] Yeah, we were supposed to leave at 4:30.
It is 5:21.
[Jared] That's not even that bad.
Look how good that front bumper looks,
you can't complain.
[Dustin] So is this like, shotgun start?
Is it like IndyCar racing?
[Jared] Ready? Set. Go!
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
- How's she doing?
[Jared] So far, it's actually been decent,
I got up to 70 on my Speedo,
which is probably closer to 80,
and that was bad because,
the oil pressure started kind of waving around a little bit,
but, dialed her back down a little bit.
Got a speedometer app to make sure I know the (beep) speed
i'm going, and about 72.
It's perfect, so, so far so good.
[Dustin] Truck is handling just fine,
there is plenty of power so,
we've just been kind of cruising it like, 70ish.
I'm trying to make sure that everything stays good,
we're just checking straps.
We got about 30 miles under our belt now.
So grabbing some fuel,
grab a bite to eat and then probably hit the road.
We got about four hours ahead of us, give or take.
We'll see where we stopped tonight,
probably somewhere middle Illinois, bump (beep) nowhere.
So yeah, should be good man.
We're excited, it's doing well.
(upbeat music)
- What did Josh do?
[Jared] Put a new seal in it,
and I'm wondering if the pump is bad.
[Banker] That would explain why it dies in reverse.
- Did that just start?
[Jared] Yeah, just now as I was putting it in reverse.
- All right Dustin, where are we?
[Dustin] We are in Bloomington, Illinois.
It is a quarter after 11.
It took us a little longer to get there than we thought,
but things are pretty well hit some road construction along
the way.
Nothing super crazy, highway was pretty empty though.
So, we got all backed in here.
We're all set up. Jared's over there,
my truck is here, obviously.
And yeah, we're gonna go check into the hotel,
get a little shut eye.
And then back on the road at like 8:00 AM tomorrow morning.
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
(diesel engine revving)
(diesel engine continues)
[Dustin] I wonder if it's just low on tranny fluid?
[Jared] No.
He said it felt like the brakes are sticking.
[Jared] What do you think is going on, brakes are stuck?
[Banker] Yeah.
[Jared] On what, the Dually or this?
On the Trailer?
[Banker] Yeah.
[Jared] That makes me less worried then.
[Banker] I think.
[Jared] We're here, we made it,
we're officially in Branson, Missouri.
All of the uphills, the dually did about,
35 miles an hour up.
So that was a fantastic, did about 70 down them to go 35 up,
pass that, just monitoring temp,
transmission temperatures and make sure that all kind of
just stayed decent and didn't get too hot.
We're here. So we're gonna unload,
had a little bit of a scare.
We think it's just trailer brakes that locked up,
and that's why it just got kind of stuck there.
We hope.
So, we'll unhook and see if it moves like normal.
I know the pumps going out on it,
so that's kind of (beep) but,
it's been decent.
So I dunno why just randomly now as we're parking it,
it acts up, but we're here.
We're going to unload it and drink a lot of beer.
[Banker] He said when he started up this morning,
by the time he left the parking lot,
the trans was at operating temp.
And just going up the hill, like it didn't want to move,
and when we turned around at Casey's,
she was literally changing lanes and it just like slower,
slower, slower than she's locked up.
- So he's in the middle of the road?
[Banker] Yeah, in the middle of two lanes actually,
at the intersection.
[Dustin] What the (beep) are we going to do?
The (beep) part of a winning is like, yeah I won but also,
it's like, I still have to help him get off the road,
and or get his truck back home.
So, did I really win or did I lose?
I'm not really sure.
[Banker] Well, it's not the trans.
[Dustin] It's not the trans?
[Banker] It's either the rear brakes or the rear end.
[Dustin] Just locked up or what?
[Banker] Yeah, because when you put it in gear and it wants
(beep) move and it just doesn't.
(diesel engine accelerating)
- What'd he do, just break them loose?
[Jared] I don't know, we are wondering if either the, yeah,
the rear end either locked up or the brakes did.
[Banker] Converters low, you need a lot more fluid,
that's what that is.
The converter has been leaking every time
you put it into reverse,
so the converters low, it's not locking in gear.
[Jared] I looked at the fluid level though,
and it was fine.
[Banker] Yeah, cause it's in the converter.
[Jared] How do I add more to the converter?
[Banker] Take the trans out.
[Jared] Right.
So now what?
Gotcha.
Alrighty.
Thank you. Appreciate it. Bye.
I think my only option is going to be bringing it to Mike's,
they won't be able to get to it for a couple of days but,
drop it off there and unload the Bronco.
I'll have to call them back
and see if they're able to tow it.
I just called all three places that are on that same street
and none of them can get to it today.
[Dustin] Well, sir.
[Jared] Um Yeah, you know what Ford stands for right?
Here we are, found on road dead, times two.
[Dustin] Yeah.
[Jared] So I guess I need to chalk this
one up as an L for me,
it looks like Dustin wins this tow-off.
I have a transport truck on the way, it's gonna be the third
time I've, actually, this'll be the fourth shop now,
that have brought this thing to, to get work done.
Second transmission, pretty much, long story short
we're thinking that the bad pump caused the torque converter
to leak, which caused the torque converter to leak
almost out of fluid,
which means that doesn't have a fluid, it needs to shift.
And we're assuming that's the issue now.
[Dustin] We're hoping.
[Jared] I'm hoping that we don't get it to a shop,
replace all of that stuff just for it to still not move.
Yeah, it was fine yesterday and then today,
all of a sudden it just had no balls.
[Dustin] Yeah this morning it just didn't wanna go anywhere.
[Jared] Just didn't want to go anywhere, no movement.
But I think, I think, you were already
in the lead winning anyways, considering,
I calculated it from our last fuel stopped to here,
I was getting 7.25 miles per gallon.
Which is better than I had.
[Dustin] I was getting a solid ten and a half.
[Jared] You're doing better there.
My uphills going into Branson,
I was doing about 35, 70 down to do 35 up.
What were you doing up down like, 60?
[Dustin] 60, 65, something like that.
[Jared] Yeah so I think just a newer technology,
just a little bit, meaning a lot of it,
a bit more power and torque.
You definitely took the pink on that.
[Dustin] And I had more weight.
[Jared] And you had more weight on top of it.
Mine being a dually I feel like that helped a little bit
as far as like just drivability and stuff like that.
[Dustin] Yeah.
[Jared] I've got like coaches for front and rear seats
so they're comfy, CarPlay radio,
so like I got some of the amenities there and stuff like
that, but as far as overall performance and looks, I mean,
it looks good.
Even just sitting there with Taylor's truck on it.
[Dustin] Yeah. It looks hot. I dig it.
[Jared] So yeah. Congrats, you win this one.
[Dustin] Thank you.
We're officially putting the nail in the coffin on this one.
[Jared] Yep.
I've got three shop bills that I'm going to have to pay now.
[Dustin] I will never financially recovered from this.
[Jared] Yeah.
Literally, I think that's where we're at.
If you need anything besides transmissions,
we got it, CustomOffsets.com, wheels, tires, suspension,
performance.
Don't buy an OBS Ford,
if you do a CFI swap it. That's all I got for you.
[Dustin] All right, peace.