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allen8106
Explorer
Mar 29, 2014

To Cruise or Not To Cruise

For all you Durmax guys out there.....

1) Do use use the cruise control when towing?

2) When you tow do you put the tranny in manual shift mode and keep it out of over drive or leave it in drive and let the tranny shift all the way up to overdrive? When I had my 2009 with the 6L gas engine I always had to run it in manual shift mode and only shift it up to 5th gear. With this diesel seems like it would be ok to leave it in auto mode and let shift into over drive.


Thoughts appreciated...
  • When towing my fiver (10k) here in the midwest, I put her in drive with tow haul engaged, set the cruise, and let it do it's thing. Hauling the gooseneck at 20 k, I go to manual mode, limit to 5th gear, engage the tow haul, set the cruise, and enjoy the ride.