Need help choosing Tow Vehicle
HI everyone. I am so new to RVing, I dont even have my RV or a decent TV yet. I am planning to get a Jayco 19XUD travel trailer, which has a max gross weight of 4250 lbs. Was hoping someone could offe...
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TNRIVERSIDE wrote:
The dry weight of my TT is just over 4,000 and I'm not happy with my F150 with a 5.4 V8. We just returned from a 6,600 mile trip out west. Big mountains. Engine turns too many RPMs for me. Get the V8 if your only going a 100 miles or so. Otherwise get a Eco-boost truck.
Your 5.4 behaved exactly as designed. 100 mile max for a V8...that is an inaccurate statement and it sounds like you do not understand how these things are supposed to operate.
I owned a 97 F150 with. 5.4 and once I got over my RPMphobia it was a great tow vehicle...lugging is not good for these beasts while towing..
Let the V8 rev it's designed to do so...that's how it makes power...
Newbies do get surprised by the rev's when they first start towing with their V8's because it's a different experience from prowling the local supermarket parking lot or accelerating on the expressway.
Let it rev...the motor doesn't care as long as it's within operating parameters.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
