When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Our annual trip up to Bridgeport and Annettes Mono Village at Upper Twin Lakes and the first "longer" tow with the Excursion its about 400 miles each way. The Excursion ran like a champ just chugged along without a care in the world, I don't like the Firestone tires that are on it now I will be getting some Nitto Terra Grapplers when budget allows, overall it was a great trip.
So I made a decision on the rearview camera. I went with a Haloview and bought their Furrion adapter plate to be able to use the full Furrion housing. The best price was actually form the manufacturer's website and I received the camera within 5 days of ordering.
I actually drilled hole in the Furrion cover plate so that the hole where the Furrion antenna would be would still be blocked by the Factory Furrion cover. The Haloview came with a grommet on the power cable, so that fit perfectly into the Furrion plate to keep it sealed. I also had to find longer screws in order to use the Haloview adapter plate and the Furrion cover, but it looks great and hopefully will function well. The image is clear at a stand still so the test will be the end of the month when we head out for Texas. The pre-wire Furrion setup on my TT is wired to the parking lights, so I will just have to drive with parking lights on to have the camera on.
I think the Furrion is rated as 4.5" and this one is 5", so nominally larger. I was about to get the 7" version of the Haloview, but I thought that would be overkill and not fit on my dash or windshield as easily. This one includes a suction cup mount or a permanent mount bracket option, so it can be fitted nicely however you like.
Took a trip to Nevada Beach Campground on the SE shore of Lake Tahoe, great place, very peaceful and excellent views over the lake from the nice clean beach. Rig towed well, estimated total weight was 16k coming up the mountain.
Up in Massachusetts at Mount Greylock campsite park for a couple nights then off to Old Orchard Beach Beach. The X towed beautifully after everything I’ve done to it and I’m very pleased! 8 hours of easy driving on Rt.90 might try adjusting my weight distributing hitch for the trip to Maine to fine tune it. Also used the 89 tow tune from 5 star tuning and it was great, rarely came out of overdrive and transmission temp stayed under 200 the whole time.
Also used the 89 tow tune from 5 star tuning and it was great, rarely came out of overdrive and transmission temp stayed under 200 the whole time.
What gears or effective gear ratio do you have and/or what speeds were you going? I also use 5stars 87 tow and love it for the shift schedule, but with 3.73s it seems to have to come out of overdrive for the slightest of hills.
What gears or effective gear ratio do you have and/or what speeds were you going? I also use 5stars 87 tow and love it for the shift schedule, but with 3.73s it seems to have to come out of overdrive for the slightest of hills.
I also have 3.73 gear ratio and I was going about 60-65 the whole way and that might be cause I was traveling route 90 90% of the way which is pretty flat and when going up hills I’ll let my speed drop to 50-55 before I’ll give it more gas. It seems to stay in overdrive up to 60-65% throttle position before it will down shift. I averaged about 8 mpg too. A gear ratio change is my next project though cause I normally run 34 in tires but for towing I swap them for my stock tires. Looking to go to 4.88 gears. Also try 89 or even 93 tow tune it allows a greater throttle position opening before dropping out of overdrive. I’ve heard guys say the performance tunes work well too. I’ll try the 93 tow tune on the way back and I’ll update results.
Propride question: does anyone use any kind of a lubricant, dry or otherwise on the stinger to avoid sticking when unhitching? My last few unhitches have been rather precarious such that I have to use both my X-chocks and a set of wheel chocks in front of the TT tires in order to prevent it from rolling while I slowly pull the TV away with increased RPMs until the stinger "pops" out of place. I know I have the hitch box free from the TT tongue as I watch for the independent movement between the two, but I am still concerned about how much sticking I am getting and wanted to get other's experiences.
I've put the same grease I use to lube the zerks but just a light coat, when I've had issues unhooking it always been at an angle I use the WD jacks to adjust the angle of the hitch head and that frees up the stinger.
I have always run with my Hensley stinger completely dry, over 40K towing miles and no issues with it like that. For severely off camber unhitching and hitching I do sometimes need to bias the spring bar jacks a bit to induce the matching twist to the hitch head to make them mate or release freely. From my experience the least cooperative situation with the unhitching is when the truck is on an incline vs the trailer being level, that can be a little bit of a pain to deal with, gets a little jerking uncoupling sometimes.
Another tip for ProPride unhitching. When you back into your site, back in further than you need, then straighten the truck out by pulling forward. The more inline the truck is with the trailer, the easier the stinger will come out of the hitch. I don't use any lube, but have had to bounce on the bumper a few times for the stinger to pop out.
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalyptic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Slideshow: Called the Fortress, the 850-horsepower pickup combines Raptor underpinnings with military-inspired features, survival equipment, and a starting price of $285,000.
