I am buying a new 2017 f250 0 miles on Friday. We leave out for a 3 hour tow 8700 lb travel trailer 6 days after that. Is there a certain mileage I should but on this before hooking and towing?

look at the owners manual.Don't know about ford, but GM says something like 500 miles before towing at a minimum to allow the rear diff gears to wear in. and then there is the std. speed etc. for the first xxx miles.

If you are going to tow within the 500 mile suggested break in period then I would suggest taking back roads and NOT the expressway. vary your speed as in stop and go through towns and do not go expressway speeds for a long period of time. Drive the heck out of it around town before you head out.

I bought a new 2017 f250 last October. Break in was 500 miles before towing. Our TT is about 7500lbs loaded to camp. My thoughts since I bought the truck brand new is to do all recommended maintenance etc from day one by the book. 9k miles later I could not be more happy. Beast of a truck.

ken56 wrote:If you are going to tow within the 500 mile suggested break in period then I would suggest taking back roads and NOT the expressway. vary your speed as in stop and go through towns and do not go expressway speeds for a long period of time. Drive the heck out of it around town before you head out.X2

georgialawn88 wrote:We leave out for a 3 hour towJust don't be calling your TT by the name, "SS Minnow".There will most likely be a recommended 500 miles break-in period before towing.

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deltabravo
Nomad
Jun 21, 2018
ktmrfs wrote:
look at the owners manual.

Don't know about ford, but GM says something like 500 miles before towing at a minimum to allow the rear diff gears to wear in. and then there is the std. speed etc. for the first xxx miles.

Ditto. GM Has said 500 miles for at least the last 30 years in their owner's manual
DallasSteve
Nomad
Jun 21, 2018
Does Ford sell any new trucks with 1,000 miles on them? Seriously.
elidodge
Explorer
Jun 21, 2018
I drove tractor trailer for 40 yrs, When we got new trucks we drove them. You loaded to 80,000 and away you go
bartlettj
Explorer
Jun 21, 2018
The main reason for break-in before towing is to get even wear on the front and back sides of the hypoid gear teeth in the differential from both coasting and accelerating so they mesh correctly. If you don't do this they will be noisy. Nobody cares if the differentials whine on a class 8 truck.
Huntindog
Explorer
Jun 21, 2018
On my last two GMs, I did not have time to do the 500 miles... We had to leave with only 300/350 on them. We tow pretty heavy at about 22/24K gross.

Never any issues with the rear end. At the 1st diff fluid change, there was hardly anything on the magnenet, and the fluid was very clean.
jfkmk
Explorer
Jun 21, 2018
DallasSteve wrote:
Does Ford sell any new trucks with 1,000 miles on them? Seriously.

?? What are you talking about? They say to break it in for 1000 miles before towing. What does selling a new truck have to do with the break in before towing? Seriously.
Maury82
Explorer
Jun 21, 2018
My 2018 3.5 EB call for 300 break-in miles on the tires, and 1,000 miles on the engine before towing.
DallasSteve
Nomad
Jun 21, 2018
jfkmk wrote:
DallasSteve wrote:
Does Ford sell any new trucks with 1,000 miles on them? Seriously.

?? What are you talking about? They say to break it in for 1000 miles before towing. What does selling a new truck have to do with the break in before towing? Seriously.

Seriously? Because if I'm going to buy a new F-150 to tow a trailer I would have to wait until it has 1,000 miles on it before I can tow the trailer. I only drive about 500 miles a month right now. If it only has about 20 miles on it I would have to wait 2 months before I could start towing or take a trip to Tennessee and back. That not only costs time but also about $200 in gas.
Lynnmor
Explorer
Jun 21, 2018
DallasSteve wrote:

Seriously? Because if I'm going to buy a new F-150 to tow a trailer I would have to wait until it has 1,000 miles on it before I can tow the trailer. I only drive about 500 miles a month right now. If it only has about 20 miles on it I would have to wait 2 months before I could start towing or take a trip to Tennessee and back. That not only costs time but also about $200 in gas.

You should have known that at the time of purchase. If that doesn't suit you, simply buy a used one or do without.
Tom_Barb
Explorer
Jun 21, 2018
Our friends blew up their old truck back east, bought a new F-250, hooked up their trailer and finished their trip. The first 8,000 miles of the trucks life had the trailer hooked up.
Truck runs great, no noise, no problems .

Ya think FORD has a CYA built into their owners manual?