rhagfo wrote:
cummins2014 wrote:
rhagfo wrote:
cummins2014 wrote:
rhagfo wrote:
Install a PacBrake and you a are good to go!
Seriously, you towed much with the 7.3 F250 with 12K hooked up . You can install all the PacBrakes in the world, won't change anything but a bit better on the downgrades, but first you have to get to the top to go down the other side.
Good advice on the PacBrake, but totally bad advice on the good to go. There is nothing good to go towing 12K with a 7.3 .
Look at my Signature! I tow an easy 11,000# with a Cummins 5.9 with a 50 hp, 150 lb. ft. chip, I also live in the PNW and pull hills at posted speeds with a 3.55 rear gear!
I did look at your signature. :h Let me see if I get this, you are comparing a 5.9 cummins to a 7.3 :@ And somehow you say he is good to go ?? I will ask again, how much have you towed with a F250 7.3 Superduty WITH 12K hooked up.
Well 1.4 L more displacement, the same stock HP and a bit more torque than my 2001 5.9. I also have 3.55 the OP has 3.73's. He has a small tuner, I have a small chip.
So, on the freeway I seldom come out of OD, once doing 65+ the engine is in its sweet zone zone and will pull most hills at speed.
The 7.3, is a good engine, yea your 2014 has many more HP, but moving 12,000# down the road, uphills and down hills is not an issue, for my Cummins OR a 7.3 Cornbinder PowerStroke!
The OPs biggest issue will be slowing coming down hill, hence a PacBrake.
ONCE more :h How many miles have you towed 12K OR more with a F250 FORD SUPERDUTY 7.3 . I towed thousands.
I agree 100 percent on the PacBrake, but thats where it ends.
I have given my 16 years worth of experience with a 7.3 towing 12-13K. The OP is mostly likely going to do what he wants, and is looking for some validation. Unfortunately he is getting it from guys like you that think a 3/4 ton will tow anything. You see it everyday on the freeways. I'm just trying to tell him WHAT he needs to hear. I'm done with this thread.
