dahla

i have a 2000 quadcab shortbox was debating on wether or not to put stacks on it i pull a 5th wheel camper and was worried about how turning ability i would loose anybody have any advice or pictures would be great THANKS!!!

dennhop

Here'a a pic of mine, sorry, not the best one, but ought to give you an idea...

dahla

do you pull any trailers with it??

dennhop

Not on this one...had a gooseneck for our three horse slant on my last one, but that was a long bed, no stacks. Depending on what kind of overhang you got on your 5th wheel, you may or may not be okay with stacks. Is it one of the 5th wheels that the overhang comes up near the cab, or does it set back? I know with the shortbeds, they got the 5th wheel kits to push the connection back further down the bed, to allow for more space between the trailer and the cab, so if you're set up like that already, you may be good. The only other thing I'd take into consideration is if you're pulling a 5th wheel camper, you may not want stacks coming up behind the cab, because for long trips, the drone tends to annoy a lot of people. Doesn't bother me, no louder now than when I had my muffler delete on, and I drove it from Cali to Indiana, and Colorado to Cali a bunch of times, but a lot of people can't deal with the noise and the drone of the exhaust.

rebal

might want to post this in towing hauling /rv section

dahla

k i will post it therre also, the hitch does reach out a little bit but don't know if its enough??

Mike Holmen

Depends on how sharp a turn you plan on making when towing? I get close to my rear window lots, so stacks just don't work. If you rarely use the truck for towing the 5th, you could run the stacks. Just remove the stacks for towing and run a shorty pipe to dump off the pipe that comes from the turbine housing to the first bend (the one under the cab). I run two different exhaust systems, one for twins and one for single turbo set-up.

Wild4kst8

i wouldn't think stacks would be good with 5th RV... its hard enough as it is cleaning the bugs off the front

DodgenIt

Here's another 2 cents, How much smoke do you blow? It'll be a drag to have to clean the front of your 5th from black to reg color after every trip.

Mike Holmen

You put soot all over the trailer regardless of amount of smoke. Of course the more smoke you have the more soot you'll have. Of course I have never towed a trailer in stock form.

dahla

yea i decided against the idea of the stacks love the look of them but i would loose way to much clearance, and the smoke would be a bit of an issue to but i don't put out to much thanks guys appreciate all the advice!!

Mike Holmen

Just use simple green de-greaser and use the portable pressure washer. It comes off easy. A little rubs helps as well. Its around a beer or two lenght in time. Might even help to get enjoy it. I can't wait to go camping. We still have snow on the ground up here, so camping a month or two off. My wife is against stacks, I just dont want soot all over the roof of my garage. The side of the wall is ok, but not on the roof.

busa

I was worried about the roof thing too. My stack is maybe 2 feet from the roof and I have a white cieling and no soot on it yet. Just don't rev it up in the garage

Mike Holmen

I'm sure that your mach 4's don't help either. I ran mach 6's for three years, my garage door and west wall has a nice exhaust soot covering it. Kinda matches the mess inside. I have a shelf for stuff and its has soot all over it as well.

Hard to believe for me that my tail pipe is clean and soot free right now.

Before, at times my rear bumper and rear quarter panel would have thick black soot on it, as well as one side of my trailer. This truck has left its mark on my house thats for sure.

Brokenarrow

definately go with stacks!