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Retired_JSO
Aug 10, 2022Explorer II
Those 5.3’s were tough engines. I owned a 2013 z-71 with the 5.3. I towed a Work and Play toy hauler. Advertised empty at 6,000 lbs. loaded across cat scale at 9,224 lbs. I very seldom got above of 4th gear towing in Florida. I don’t know what rear end was in it but it towed mostly in 4 th gear sometimes I could hold 55 in 5th.
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