Just completed first tow....good and bad!,
As a newby, We just finished our first tow with a 2011 GMC hd 2500 6.0 gas from st louis, mo. to harrington beach campground north of Milwaukee, Ws. Trailer is about 8000 pounds. Trip was about 860 mi...
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campingken wrote:
If you need 400 HP plus 400 pounds of torque to tow 8,000 pounds then I better pull over and park. We do have the torque 460, but we are way low on HP,235.
You need it to keep the tranny from shifting down. More HP/TQ or a lighter trailer is the only way the OP will be able to run in 6th gear. Didn't say he couldn't tow it, just said not in 6th gear. You need a diesel to tow 8000+lbs in 6th gear.
