Originally Posted by mrsilv04
Originally Posted by Anthony
Nice review. How was the power accelerating from a stop and passing?
Not bad. Better than I expected. I did not use the two/haul mode, so I was probably not seeing the best that the truck could do. That's my fault for not using it, but we were crusing at 65-70 for the vast majority of the miles on this trip. Just didn't do a whole lot of accelerating and passing.
Please realize that I had precious cargo on that trailer... I was driving very conservatively.
If I did a lot of this, I'd prefer to be doing it with a 3/4 ton truck.
Yes- the "tow/haul" mode tells the transmission to hold on to the gearing longer-you would of had a better towing experience. In addition-the alternator does not go into energy saving mode (for when your charging a travel-trailer battery as you go down the highway). The alternator let's the truck's battery discharge to a certain level before it goes in to a full recharge mode otherwise. This supposedly saves on gas.
Originally Posted by Anthony
Nice review. How was the power accelerating from a stop and passing?
Not bad. Better than I expected. I did not use the two/haul mode, so I was probably not seeing the best that the truck could do. That's my fault for not using it, but we were crusing at 65-70 for the vast majority of the miles on this trip. Just didn't do a whole lot of accelerating and passing.
Please realize that I had precious cargo on that trailer... I was driving very conservatively.
If I did a lot of this, I'd prefer to be doing it with a 3/4 ton truck.
Yes- the "tow/haul" mode tells the transmission to hold on to the gearing longer-you would of had a better towing experience. In addition-the alternator does not go into energy saving mode (for when your charging a travel-trailer battery as you go down the highway). The alternator let's the truck's battery discharge to a certain level before it goes in to a full recharge mode otherwise. This supposedly saves on gas.
