Tow vehicle selection & performance
To start, we're strongly considering purchasing the Grand Design 2400bh but we need to upgrade our tow vehicle as well. Bottom line up front: We're a military family that moves frequently and I want t...
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Chamerican wrote:prichardson wrote:
While by the numbers it would work I don't think you would be happy with the performance. I would not consider anything with a rear end higher than 3.55 a decent tow vehicle. A 2.95 would be a real dog towing.
My thought as well but do you think the 7 speed transmission has any correlation? I get the very, very basic principle of final gear ratio so my guess is that highway speeds in 7 would lag but acceleration would be good? I may be over simplifying...
I see that that tranny has tow mode standard. But it looks like you would need to be able to lock it at 5th gear to get the final ratio up enough to get into a good towing range. Does it have controls to allow you to determine that?
Gear ratio (:1)
2WD
1st 4.887
2nd 3.170
3rd 2.027
4th 1.412
5th 1.000
6th 0.864
7th 0.775
TBD
2.937
Final drive ratio (:1)
