Heading to the Rockies for 5 or 6 weeks.
Well we have been traveling all over the place and I found out how my 3.5 EcoBoost would handle the Rockies. Going up hills I have no problem with power at all. I slow for the corners and speed back...
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Desert Captain wrote:
It sounds like you are not using your Tow Haul so I would have to ask why? Any time you are towing or loaded heavy as in "hauling" the Tow Haul should be engaged. With TH on going down long steep grades, 5 or 6 percent, you will hardly use your brakes at all. Even better you won't be burning a drop of gas all the way to the bottom and will arrive with nice cool brakes ready to perform.
When climbing even a slight grade of 2 - 3 percent you are slowly but surely cooking your transmission by running with TH off. Once in a great while I forget to turn it on and my Scan Gauge quickly reminds me to do so as the trans fluid temperature quickly climbs 12 - 15 degrees... engage TH and I watch it drop by that much in just a mile or two {this on our 2011 V-10 in a 24' Class C}.
There is simply no good reason not to use Tow Haul.
:C
Is Tow Haul mode available in the new gas Ford models and if so, does it have the braking capability as the diesel's Tow Haul mode?
We had a 99 F250 V10 and have towed over that pass in CO. Anytime we towed over any steep pass, we had to brake fairly hard to come to a near stop, let off, then repeat as needed. No Tow Haul mode in that one. Fast forward to our F350 Diesel with Tow Haul. Only have to brake to activate the engine compression to slow the rig and hold it. Each press of the brake pedal results in an additional 5mph slow down. Love it and wouldn't go back to a gas for towing our FW.
