Cute low quality videos of us towing a mini excavator about 7,000 lbs, not too heavy but I love the exhaust, thot some of you may enjoy it too
YouTube - F350 tow

YouTube - F350 tow

 

WE are so easy to amuse, aren't we!!!

 

Sounds awesome.

 

thanks gents

 

Sounds wicked man that thing must tow good eh

 

thanks dustin, yeah I love it, knowing i got this huge motor behind a F350 makes a man feel good, but I would love to see how much more i could tow, I think it could tow double, but i wouldnt want to do that the tranny

 

Thats one of the reasons I swapped in the 5spd, I didn't want to worry about overheating the tranny. I can also tow a lot faster now too.

 

howcome in one of the other threads someone said the 5speed had a granny 1st gear?

 

Because in a manual five speed that came with our trucks that are so equipped the first gear is really really low! I mean freakin snails pace, I dont even use it, I take off in second gear. But of course Ive never towed anything heavier than a small perm trailer with a Atv on it. Oh and I've said it before great sounding exhuast, and as always great truck.

 

The ZF 5spds have the low 1st gear, the M5OD 5spds dont. The only time I use first gear is when I have a load on my flatbed or I'm pulling my friends 25' camper.

 

Thanks I wasn't familiar with both, I figured that they only used one model of manual transmission, in these trucks. Yeah I would think that towing a load would be the only time you would really need a the low first gear. First time I drove my truck after I bought it, I pulled out in front of three trucks. I wasnt familiar with it yet and didnt know that first gear was so low. Thank god I got out of the way or my truck wouldnt be here today. Lol.