Sluggish 2006 E450 6.8 10 cyl
New to us twenty six foot Class C. We’ve driven it about 10K primarily in California and Arizona. Others with this engine speak to its ability to climb in the mountains. We’re in the right lane/flashe...
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pnichols wrote:
Just for what it's worth, we traveled on highways above 11,000 feet in Colorado last fall. Our E450's V10 didn't even grunt up there moving our Class C right along keeping up with the diesel tow vehicles and little SUV puddle-jumpers around us.
However, our 24 footer probably isn't more than 12,500 lbs. fully loaded - including the DW's collected rocks.
X2 Been there done that... although our 2012 E-350 Nexus Class C has GVWR of just 11,500 which we usually are very close to and I often tow my Harley - bike and trailer are about 900#.
Still will never understand why no-one seems to actually read their owners manual. :h
How else can you explain the large number of folks who do not use Tow Haul and yes, unless you are running nearly empty/very light you should be using it all of the time. The many benefits of doing so apply going both up hill {and frankly especially} downhill. :S
The V-10, especially with the newer transmissions, is unbelievably bulletproof "If" you run it as designed by the engineers at Ford {can you spell Tow Haul?}. :B
