shifting on downhills

wowens79 wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
Should always be in Tow/Haul! Anytime the engine is started, turn it on.

This kind of baffles me. MHs should be set up to be in Tow/Haul as the default and you should have to turn it off manually if you don't want it for some reason. Same with trucks...the trucks know if a trailer is hooked up, so if it senses one, it should go into tow/haul as the default.

My F-350, once you put it hook up the trailer and put it in tow/haul mode, it stays in it when you stop for gas etc. Then when you disconnect the trailer it asks if you want to stay in tow/haul. I don't think I'd want my truck to automatically go into it. If I'm pulling my 14' jon boat, I don't want tow/haul. On a motorhome I agree, it might as well only have tow/haul mode.

It's a nuisance more than anything but have found myself tapping the brake going down a hill and it doesn't downshift...before I realize I didn't turn it on.

Particularly for 3/4 & 1 ton trucks, I'm betting when it senses a trailer hooked up, 95% of people should be in tow/haul.

Of course, with modern electronics, it should be easy enough to have a setting so the owner can select what they want to happen and the stray guy who needs a diesel dually to pull a jon boat can set it to be turned off unless they manually activate it.

Alternatively, if you are pulling a jon boat, it's probably a 4 wire connection, so if the truck doesn't find a brake circuit, it could leave tow/haul off.