Thanks great information about staying in 5th. I will see what happens with my 5th wheel (8,500lbs). I still have to wait for the truck and break it in before towing (1,000 miles). That's what the book says.

Here is some information about the transmissions normal temporature which I found in the owners manual. Some have seen the trans. temps at 180-190 degrees F. Fords says that with the transmission warm it should range from 180 -200 degrees F. Just thought you'd want to know.

Have yet to pick up truck - next week. Sold my 2000 F350 with 7.3. Love it but it's just getting worn out at 175,000. Not the motor just everything else.

So back to the thread.

1. 30' Max lite trave trailer - 7500 fully loaded.
2. 20' enclosed car hauler - rated at 10k but I usually never get it that loaded.

Interested to see fuel mileage towing the "hills" here.

I reluctantly traded in my beloved Ford Expedition because of the travel trailer I bought, which is a 36' Jayco G2 Bunk House Double Slide. The tongue weight is 1,100 pounds, and the GVW is 9,950 lbs. This far exceeded the tow capacity of the Expedition.

In it's place, a 2011 F350 SD CC 6.2 with 3.73 axle (most of my camping is within 200 miles of home). My truck just came in this past Thursday. I was able to take it for a spin and snap a few photo's. It's back at the dealer for prep work and after-market add on's. Can't wait to start breaking it in to get ready for the camping season. :-X06

I have a Keystone Outback 10th anniversary 312BH on order. 7800 lbs. dry, guessing about 9500 when loading with all the camping gear:-partybud, and maybe even 10,000. But who care I got Ford that can pull that easily, and that's what I bought it for.

These are a pic of my truck and boat. Just got through catching all those red snapper that we can't beat off of out hook. F### the NMMA for those crazy limits on them. We caught at least 50 red snapper 15lbs+. Can't keep them. It's not louisianas problem that our oil rigs hold all the fish and Florida has no fish left. Oh well we did have the oil spill and I will gladly report that the fish seem to be healthy and growing. We tagged about 20 red snapper for the wildlife and fisheries. The juvenile fish that hatched last year seem to be healthy also.

Back to topic some bridges are closed so we had to go back roads to the gulf that ended up bringing total trip to 370 miles round trip. Never ran over 55 mph and got 8.8 mpg. That's a lot better than 7.5 that I got last trip. I have 2800 miles on the truck now so the mpg's seem to be a little better.

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I've been waiting to be able to post here! Just picked up my truck on Saturday. F350 Lariat, Black w/ chrome package, 3.73 4x4. My main reason for the truck is to pull our camper. It's a 2010 Passport 2590BH. Total weight is close to 6,000.

I was pulling this camper with my 2004 FX4 and it did fine but just did not feel strong to me. Subconciously I believe that I was looking for a reason to upgrade to a bigger truck. I will say however, that my wife told me over the winter that when we get a new truck we had better plan for a bigger camper to pull with it. If Momma's gonna encourage this behavior, who am I to disobey! :-X19

Anyway, I am really excited to see how the new rig pulls the camper. The 6.2 feels pretty strong but there will always be doubt until I get my 1000 miles in. Once there, gonna go get the camper and I'll post my thoughs afterward.

Well I have a f150 with the 6.2 all the bells and whistles. I have a 31.5ft tang velagio (witch is a special model up here in Canada maid for extrem winter camping). The dry weight is 6800 toung weight is 980 and gross cargo is 10000lbs. I just can't wait to see how this motor pulls

Timberghost: remember, we're free to do as we're told :)

Will be towing a Rockwood 8280SS, 31.5' about 6,700 lbs dry with a 17' Lund pro sport behind it. Will be way over length with the new truck but haven't had any problems in the past

First Tow
 

This was my first tow with the 6.2L.

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Looks great HillHunter

thanks fordmdb

FX4 with Continental tires?

Yeah same thing I asked the dealer.

I think they changed them out with another truck.