Is there a break in period before I can tow?

I will also join the ranks of those who say, follow the owner's manual. That said, I wonder about new Class C RVs. They are brand new too. A manufacturer straps on a house to the chassis and then a hauler drives it sometimes 2,000 miles to the dealer. I doubt the hauler follows break-in recommendations.

Bobbo wrote:
Like has been said over and over in this thread. All the information we have is what the manual says. We can choose to follow that information, or not. Most people who don't follow the manual's recommendations have no problem later. However, if you are the unlucky one who does, the fault is entirely yours.

I tend to baby a new personal daily driver, but when we buy or lease one of our company trucks its pulling heavily loaded tool and equipment trailers the day after it pulls into our yard. Our workers who are not known as the most careful individuals are very good at breaking things in lol. Never have had a rear end issue on any out of more than a hundred of all 3 flavors, but they broke about everything else you can think of and usually in short order lol.

That being said if I had to, as in no choice due to whatever, I would buy a new truck, hook up and go, and certainly not lose any sleep over it.

I guess I'm one of the unlucky ones, my previous Dodge I had to replace a noisy ring and pinion. I replaced them with 4.10 gears.

On my new Ford I did not tow until it had 500 miles on it, what the owners manual recommended at the time.

I choose to believe a automotive engineer over unqualified individuals. IF you do have a issue who do you think will pay for repairs if it's out of warranty ?

Your truck your choice.

Like has been said over and over in this thread. All the information we have is what the manual says. We can choose to follow that information, or not. Most people who don't follow the manual's recommendations have no problem later. However, if you are the unlucky one who does, the fault is entirely yours.

I purchased the truck in my sig new in 2006. When it had 200 miles on it I hook a 30'TT to it, put six people in the cab, and headed down the road for a 700 mile round trip. 96,000 miles later, truck runs great, and never a problem with gear noise.

My john deere says to change the factory oil out at 8 hours, then every 100 hours afterwards. But I'm sure it's just a ploy to use up the worlds supply of motor oil. j/k

My 2018 F-250 said 1000 miles before towing. We pulled on the freeway on our maiden voyage at 1002 miles. I also kept the revs below 3,500 for the first thousand miles.

Maury82 wrote:
I'm in the same boat. I'm retired and living in a small town without much of a required commute, and my truck is not my daily driver.

I have to come up with places to go in order to get my miles in before towing. I'm going to visit friends in the Cleveland area, and visit a festival in Cincinnati.

I guess we could sign up with Uber and earn a few dollars while we break them in.

Pop-Pop C wrote:
" DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT"!

BOOM! There you go!

You won't hurt anything.

I'm in the same boat. I'm retired and living in a small town with much of a required commute, and my truck is not my daily driver.

I have to come up with places to go in order to get my miles in before towing. I'm going to visit friends in the Cleveland area, and visit a festival in Cincinnati.

I'm in the same boat. I'm retired and living in a small town without much of a required commute, and my truck is not my daily driver.

I have to come up with places to go in order to get my miles in before towing. I'm going to visit friends in the Cleveland area, and visit a festival in Cincinnati.