No it's not your imagination. A few of on here have tried with and without, and we all have come to find it is better without it on.

 

Nope others have said the same when pulling a trailer too.

 

Well I will see how mine pulls on the 20th. We traded our trailer in on Friday and made a deal on this baby, 11,058 lb dry scaled weight. I will have just under a week to get our new truck broke in before we go down and pick it up.

http://www.westernrvcountry.com/Page...l-321RLTS.aspx

 

Man, that is gorgeous! Congrats on the fiver and the new truck!

 

Thanks, we had a long talk and decided what the heck. Ya only live once and can't take it with you when you go.

 

I hear 'ya. We've had the same talk and are pondering a few purchases ourselves.

 

Nice fiver. Did you get your truck yet? I know you have waiting a while for the shipping part.

 

I arrived at the dealers over the weekend. I put a couple of pictures in the How long does it take thread.

 

I went to the scales today. Here is what I got:
Fully loaded truck and trailer on the way to camping. I did have 5 cinder blocks in the bed of the truck too, but they will be going all the time.

Truck and Trailer with WDH connected:
Steer: 4220
Drive: 4860
Trailer: 8040
Gross Weight: 17120

Truck and Trailer Without WDH connected but still on the truck:
Steer: 3960
Drive: 5240
Trailer: 7920
Gross Weight: 17120

Truck and Trailer NOT Connected
Steer: 4340
Drive: 3840
Trailer: 8920
Gross Weight: 17100

That puts the truck at 8180 lbs. with 2 adults, 3 kids, 1 dog, 1 small bike in the bed, my golf clubs, 5 cinder blocks, 1 case of beer, 1 case of Power Aid, and WDH attached to the truck.

Trailer weight is 8920, tongue weight 1020. That makes 11.4% to the tongue. My hitch does take 380 lbs off the tongue and moves some to the steer axle and some to the trailer axle.

I had no sway while doing 60-63, but when got to about 65-68 it started to move some. I did have the sway control on half way and did not see to much of a difference. I may have to tighten up the screws under the hitch a little and that may help the sway some.

Overall avg. 9.2 mpg over the 100 mile trip. I was in the morning stop and go traffic on the highway to start, but still happy with the way the truck handles.

 

kmonty2,
I will be looking at this same truck tomorrow, well less the Air Aid. My TT is a little smaller at gross weight of 8k, dry 6k. Currently i have a 150 with the 5.4 and i am getting a lot of sway. I am hoping the heavier 250 will handle better, plus i get more power.

 

Just got back from short week trip to Ozarks in Mo towed about 500 miles avg about 9.5 doing 65mph towing 30ft travel trailer weighing 7500lbs. Not as much torque as my 6.0 was but a lot cheaper on maintainance and fuel.

 

Will be going out east this week about 1000miles one way pulling a travel trailer approx.10k lb
will be tracking gas mileage and will update
The only thing that i can say now is it averages 10 to 11 mpg empty mostly city

 

Have a great trip, stay safe.

 

Thanks will do.

 

Sounds like we both feel the same. I also has a 6.0L but decided on the 6.2L because of the lower cost and maintenance. I thnk many of us changed for the same reason.