towing w/ work truck this weekend-need advice
Since I still have not found a used truck to buy yet, I am using a work truck to pull my 27' travel trailer 4 hours away to Lake Cumberland this weekend. It weighs loaded 6,700 pounds. Last time I pul...
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KD4UPL wrote:
I would just use tow/haul and drive.
I'm not sure what you mean about it not pulling over 55 mph in drive. If it's not going fast enough give it more throttle. That truck should have no problem going over 55 mph with that trailer. The engine will need to spin fast, really fast when going uphill. Don't be afraid of RPMs in the 4,000 to 5,000 range. Let it do it's job.
Yes a gas is going to REV more but that load your pulling is a healthy weight for that truck with its gas V8. Just push down more when it starts slowing down like KD4UPL said the truck will work when going up hill, but on the flats If you don't want to push down more on the accelerator just put it on cruse control. Thats what I do pulling my 13,000 pound 5th Wheel on the flats. No problem...
