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Jun 27, 2017 | 09:07 PM

wb6anp

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First long tow

The truck towed wonderfully, Although not really a "Heavy" tow" only about 6k, went form my House in Los Angeles to Virginia City Nv. with our camping group. It towed effortlessly even over the 8000' summit near Mammoth, some of the climbs from Bishop to the summit are about 6%, love the Exhaust brake on the down hills, I think the truck only touched its brakes once. BTW the adaptive cruise DOES apply the trailer brakes also. 13 mpg average round trip, not bad for climbing from about 2k in Lancaster to 8k near mammoth a climb of about 150 miles.
BTW Here is the count of types of TV's we had.
There were 26 rigs and a cabin. I counted 16 Fords, 6 Rams, 3 Chevys, and 2 Toyotas. I think out of the 16 Fords, we had 3 Superduty 1 f350 with a TC. the rest f150's and one Excursion

Jun 27, 2017 | 09:18 PM

hinsong

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That sounds like fun!

Jun 27, 2017 | 09:29 PM

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F250 or 350...?

What truck do you have as I have an F250 6.7 and was going up to the Bishop area as well?

Jun 27, 2017 | 09:30 PM

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NVM your signature just popped up my wifi I guess ids super slow atm

Jun 27, 2017 | 09:59 PM

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What truck do you have as I have an F250 6.7 and was going up to the Bishop area as well?

f250 6.7 Platty 3.55

Jun 28, 2017 | 12:56 PM

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Been to Virginia City , NV many times....cool town with a cool July 4th parade with a dog driving a Model T.....oh and steep grades to get there off of Hwy 50.

Jun 28, 2017 | 01:07 PM

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Picture from our camp site,

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Jun 28, 2017 | 10:50 PM

wb6anp

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Found a good use for the large air dam on the 4x4's, bug catcher, 90% of the bugs on the front of the truck were on the air dam. The hood deflector did its job apparently, had very few bugs on the windshield.