Finally pulled a little weight
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Finally pulled a little weight
Have been setting up my 28' enclosed trailer since I bought it in December. I got my tool box, winch and cabinet mounted up. I had to re locate the floor anchors for my car. Yesterday I was laying out the floor anchor positions for my bike also.
Before I went crazy drilling holes in my floor I wanted to make sure the car was far enough forward with the motorcycle also to not cause towing issues.
So I somewhat strapped them down and went for a little drive. To start the truck squatted a good bit.... I don't know how much tong weight I have but I guesstimate my trailer being 8,500-9,000 pounds.
Anyway I was impressed right away how it pulled off the line. I did not lay into it hard and just driving normal I was up to speed pretty quick. I did a few dead stop full throttle pulls and a few full throttle pulls from 30mph and the truck did great! I am very impressed with the 6.2!
I really noticed how stable the truck was..... Very planted and very easy to pull my trailer.
Before I went crazy drilling holes in my floor I wanted to make sure the car was far enough forward with the motorcycle also to not cause towing issues.
So I somewhat strapped them down and went for a little drive. To start the truck squatted a good bit.... I don't know how much tong weight I have but I guesstimate my trailer being 8,500-9,000 pounds.
Anyway I was impressed right away how it pulled off the line. I did not lay into it hard and just driving normal I was up to speed pretty quick. I did a few dead stop full throttle pulls and a few full throttle pulls from 30mph and the truck did great! I am very impressed with the 6.2!
I really noticed how stable the truck was..... Very planted and very easy to pull my trailer.
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I pulled a fifth wheel camper back home I just bought for about sixty miles. It weighs about 7K. I think the truck pulled great. It wasn't through mountains, but I think it'll work great for the places I go frequently.
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I just pulled about 500 miles through Northern CA with my 7.5K Travel Trailer plus a few hundred pounds of cargo in the tonneau covered bed. Found that the 6.2L ran about 2K RPM to cruise at 60-62 mph in 5th gear. The truck did not seem to like 6th gear with that load on level ground.
Once I got into the mountains (6-8% grade) had to shift to 4th or 3rd on a few occasions and rev it up to 3500-4000 rpm to stay at 50. Got about 8 mpg overall on the trip.
Bottom line: worked OK for me, got the job done, because I don't tow that often. Most of my F-250 driving is short trips on level ground. If I towed regularly, I would want the diesel engine in the hills.
My the way, I added Timbren aeon springs to help the weight distributing/anti-sway hitch - they worked great. No change in unloaded ride, but with the load, smoothed out the ride and felt rock solid with no roll, porpoising or sway.
Once I got into the mountains (6-8% grade) had to shift to 4th or 3rd on a few occasions and rev it up to 3500-4000 rpm to stay at 50. Got about 8 mpg overall on the trip.
Bottom line: worked OK for me, got the job done, because I don't tow that often. Most of my F-250 driving is short trips on level ground. If I towed regularly, I would want the diesel engine in the hills.
My the way, I added Timbren aeon springs to help the weight distributing/anti-sway hitch - they worked great. No change in unloaded ride, but with the load, smoothed out the ride and felt rock solid with no roll, porpoising or sway.
Last edited by Big Vic; May 5, 2014 at 12:46 PM. Reason: additional info
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Which gears do you have?
I just pulled about 500 miles through Northern CA with my 7.5K Travel Trailer plus a few hundred pounds of cargo in the tonneau covered bed. Found that the 6.2L ran about 2K RPM to cruise at 60-62 mph in 5th gear. The truck did not seem to like 6th gear with that load on level ground.
Once I got into the mountains (6-8% grade) had to shift to 4th or 3rd on a few occasions and rev it up to 3500-4000 rpm to stay at 50. Got about 8 mpg overall on the trip.
Bottom line: worked OK for me, got the job done, because I don't tow that often. Most of my F-250 driving is short trips on level ground. If I towed regularly, I would want the diesel engine in the hills.
My the way, I added Timbren aeon springs to help the weight distributing/anti-sway hitch - they worked great. No change in unloaded ride, but with the load, smoothed out the ride and felt rock solid with no roll, porpoising or sway.
Once I got into the mountains (6-8% grade) had to shift to 4th or 3rd on a few occasions and rev it up to 3500-4000 rpm to stay at 50. Got about 8 mpg overall on the trip.
Bottom line: worked OK for me, got the job done, because I don't tow that often. Most of my F-250 driving is short trips on level ground. If I towed regularly, I would want the diesel engine in the hills.
My the way, I added Timbren aeon springs to help the weight distributing/anti-sway hitch - they worked great. No change in unloaded ride, but with the load, smoothed out the ride and felt rock solid with no roll, porpoising or sway.
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I have 3.73's its a CC 4x4 short bed Lariat.....I have just finished my trailer up and its ready for use. I will only typically use it a few times a month to go racing. The two tracks I go to are not far....Atlanta Drag way and Road Atlanta are only about 60 miles Silver Dollar race way is a bit further close to 100 miles.
I think the truck towed it great....again I did not go far just a little 25mile round trip to make sure I had the weight distributed good. The 6.2 has plenty of power...under normal acceleration I think it pulled it effortlessly.
I don't have any huge hills in my area....a few small inclines and the truck pulled them in 5th at 55mph no problem.
I can see it working on a long steep grade and as I mentioned if I pulled like this all the time and in much more hilly areas I would probably go to a 6.7.
My only area of concern is how the truck will respond to the 35's I plan to put on later this year????
Again I don't tow but a few time a month and not far at all.....other than that the truck gets used for around town short trips. I think I will be fine but it is a thought in the back of my head.
I think the truck towed it great....again I did not go far just a little 25mile round trip to make sure I had the weight distributed good. The 6.2 has plenty of power...under normal acceleration I think it pulled it effortlessly.
I don't have any huge hills in my area....a few small inclines and the truck pulled them in 5th at 55mph no problem.
I can see it working on a long steep grade and as I mentioned if I pulled like this all the time and in much more hilly areas I would probably go to a 6.7.
My only area of concern is how the truck will respond to the 35's I plan to put on later this year????
Again I don't tow but a few time a month and not far at all.....other than that the truck gets used for around town short trips. I think I will be fine but it is a thought in the back of my head.
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