Our new combo finally mated
We decided to keep but replace .. Old Blue (Near Red Lodge, MT last year) ... with "new RED" . There were concerns about reliability for extended travel.. After 330K of travel.. Here is ...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
I love rare colors.
Now what is with tow mode on Dodge?
My Ford pulls 7,000 lb cargo trailer on overdrive even on those 20 miles grades.
Tow/Haul Mode
Tow/Haul : Its a selection button that controls shifting of the Aisen Transmission when heavy loaded. Truck also has button with two modes for exhaust brake. One is called automatic, apparently engages to help with braking after the brake is tapped.The other is Full Exhaust. In combination with Tow/Haul with the TC loaded, it really reduces braking and seems to optimize transmission handling of the load. It is really awesome. You all probably have experienced this before , but I had not.
I had an aftermarket manual exhaust brake on my 06 and with my manual transmission I, of course, always manually controlled i.e. downshifted when camper was loaded... This computer controlled downshift and exhaust brake keeps me from missing a manual transmission. (I still have a 98 Dodge 2500 and "Old Blue" 06 Dodge 3500 with manual transmissions.
