Towing a 5th wheel with a 1/2 ton truck
I have a 27' Sportsmen 5th wheel. I am looking to buy a newer truck and will be using it for driving to work 90% of the time, pulling my boat 7% of the time and my 5th wheel 3% of the time. The 5th wh...
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I used the engine braking of Tow/Haul mode, used my braks going down a mountain by braking to 10 mph below the speed limit then let it come back up to the limit before using the brakes again. Typically, I would be in 2nd gear with the engine about 4000 RPM and that works well. Not so much in the higher gears. I got over 40,000 out of the first set of brakes and a couple of panic stops were no problem.
