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.Shadow_Grey wrote:
I don't know about prior years but with the '11s and up you have "tow/haul" on the end of the shift lever and a rocker switch about 2/3 up the stalk to lock upper gears out or shift the gears manually if in "M".
Like others have explained, leave it in "D" and just hit the +/- toggle. That will "lock" out any gear not illuminated on your display, eg., if 6 is not lit up, the truck will use gears 1-5 as normal.
In this way, the transmission operation is different from GM's.
