Towing on a hot day

Good. Now go spend that money.

Wasn't a big deal. It was 92 degrees at the bottom. I ran 45mph all the way to the top. The temp gauge changed about 2 degrees and that was it. We're chilin in the Smokies.

The main thing I do when towing hot is to let the engine idle a bit before shutoff if it is running on the warm side. This dumps some of the heat out of the system so it doesn't boil the coolant or overheat the transmission fluid. Even 5 minutes helps.

rbpru wrote:

We drove all over the AZ desert for a month, cold nights and hot days. the truck/trailer combo did what it was supposed to do.

Any newer pickup with a factory installed tow/haul package, towing within its specified limits, will have no problems in hot weather on long uphill runs.

GrandpaKip wrote:
I live in the mountains where you are headed and temps are in the 80’s.
If you are concerned with I40 East of here, I would just leave as early as possible.
I just came back from Lake Hartwell where it was in the 90’s. According to the TPMS, temp never got over 100.
We’ve gone up and down both Saluda Grade, Black Mountain and Hwy 25 many times with our horribly, undersized, puny truck pulling our just plain awful, held together with staples and spit TT at 55 with nary a problem. Usually, we have to do one of the three to go anywhere.
With your description, you should be fine. Come to our mountains, enjoy, spend lots of money.

No way to not spend lots of cash..LOL..

I live in the mountains where you are headed and temps are in the 80’s.
If you are concerned with I40 East of here, I would just leave as early as possible.
I just came back from Lake Hartwell where it was in the 90’s. According to the TPMS, temp never got over 100.
We’ve gone up and down both Saluda Grade, Black Mountain and Hwy 25 many times with our horribly, undersized, puny truck pulling our just plain awful, held together with staples and spit TT at 55 with nary a problem. Usually, we have to do one of the three to go anywhere.
With your description, you should be fine. Come to our mountains, enjoy, spend lots of money.

My trailer tires are the original for a 2017 model Dutchman Coleman. They are the Radial trailer tires. I have a spare as well. I do need to remember to switch out my jack though.. I have a 12 ton bottle jack on board from my motorhome days but, I don't need that much. I'll switch it out for the 2.5 ton trolly jack that I use to adjust brakes on the trailer.

azdryheat wrote:
One thing I've noticed towing in the AZ summers is my temp gauge never moves. I guess it pays to have a healthy and strong TV.

Hahaha, exactly.
I laugh every time I see a thread about how much TV do you need ? and someone always says “ you don’t need a dually diesel blah blah blah”.

But it sure works great! :B

97 is on the warm side but I give no worry until about 110+.
Speed down and rpm up and go have some fun.
I worry more about how long it will take to cool the trailer after arrival.

One thing I've noticed towing in the AZ summers is my temp gauge never moves. I guess it pays to have a healthy and strong TV.