2003 F150 towing Wildwood X-lite
I recently purchased a 2003 Ford F150 4X4 with a 3:55 rear end 5.6 V8 automatic transmission. I will be towing a 2014 Wildwood X-lite (dry wt. 4135 lbs) so I expect a loaded weight would be approx. 5...
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Just sold my 2006 F-150 and we towed a 5,000K TT. OD is fine on the flats and slight grades (up or down). The best use I had for OD was to lock it out on the long medium grades, 3 or 4 % as it would hold me at a very comfortable 55 mph and you are not burning a drop of fuel. On the longer steeper grades (multi mile 6 to 8 %) forget about OD and I would just drop it down into second and we would roll down the hill at 50 to 55 again not burning a drop of gas but best of all, almost never having to touch the brake pedal.
When you see someone ahead repeatedly hitting their brakes on a long downhill they clearly don't know how to drive and of greater concern they are heating up their brakes which eventually is going to become a very big problem. OD is fine on any road as long as the tranny is not hunting (repeated downshifts), and will give you the best combination of performance and economy. :C
When you see someone ahead repeatedly hitting their brakes on a long downhill they clearly don't know how to drive and of greater concern they are heating up their brakes which eventually is going to become a very big problem. OD is fine on any road as long as the tranny is not hunting (repeated downshifts), and will give you the best combination of performance and economy. :C
