My towing experience
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My towing experience
I bought my 2004 V10 4X4 over a year ago after looking for a long time. The main purpose I wanted it was to tow my 7000 lb enclosed trailer when I didn't want to use my old motor home. The body and interior were both excellent. I had read a bunch on this forum and others about the wandering problems of the Ex so one of the things I did was to put an anti-sway setup on my WD hitch. My first couple of trips were OK but not as nice a pull as I wanted. I adjusted front air pressure which helped. For my last tow I took the sway control off and it towed great I usually tow about 65 but I kept catching myself easing up to 70 - 75. It was a very pleasant tow. This vehicle has never had anything changed on it except front brakes. I must have lucked out but it tows great, now if I could just get the mpg down a little!!!!
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...sarcasm - awesome! LOL
Glad you don't have the wander that others in the group have had. What PSI are you running at?
Glad you don't have the wander that others in the group have had. What PSI are you running at?
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I started towing with the air pressure at the recommended amount on the tires, either 80 or 85. I have since bumped the front down to 45 -50 which helped. I kept the rear tires at the hi pressure. Towing my trailer i get about 9.25 in Louisiana which is flat. I thought that was good. My old motor home gets about 4 and against a head wind the needle just falls from full to empty.
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You're absolutely right. Mine is an 86 30ft Holiday Rambler with a 454. I only use it now for races which are multi-day events. The thing tows great if there's no wind. Get a good crosswind and it's white knuckle driving.
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