Using a 2011 Ford F150 as a tow truck???
I have a 2011 F150 that I am using as my tow truck and I was wondering if any of you who use the newer F150's as tow truck----do you lock out 6th gear when you are towing?
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Atlee wrote:
I haven't figured out how to lock out 6th gear yet.
On mine, if the Tow/Haul is NOT engaged, and I go from D to M on the shift lever, I have 6 gears to manually choose from. However, if I'm in Tow/Haul mode and select M, I only have 3 gears to choose from, 3-2-1.
I think you are a bit confused here. When the shifter is in the M position, you have full manual control over gear selection in all 6 gears, (the exception being it will downshift to avoid stalling). The gear selected will display in the instrument cluster.
The rest of the time, you can limit the top gear it will shift in to. The gears available will display in the instrument panel.
I always lock out 6th (I have the 3.7), I find that in rolling hills I lock out 5th as well, or I let it shuffle gears, 5th down hills, 4th, sometimes 3rd going up. I assume it's designed to be left to it's own calibrations, as everyone knows that the correct gear for going downhill is not the correct gear for going uphill, although there are exceptions to that.
