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Sep-19-2019 06:33 PM
Desert Captain wrote:
"I don't know how anyone could tell that I was not using tow/haul by what I wrote."
No offense intended but this is what you wrote, sounded like you weren't using Tow Haul:
"On the downhill runs however, the engine is still a 3.5 liter gasser when it comes to motor braking. I have to use my brakes more than I would like on the long high speed drops. Today I came down what is probably my steepest, curviest downhill in my driving experience. This road was handled well by the EB because the speed limit was 25 and I could use first gear and had very good speed control with engine braking."
If you are in TH you should not have to use your brakes much at all. A light tap of the brake pedal will downshift the trans one gear, no need to manually shift down unless that's what you like to do though it does seem a tad redundant.
On a long 5 or 6 percent grade I select a speed that is appropriate for the road conditions and set cruise control while in Tow Haul. This usually gets me to the bottom of the grade without ever touching the brakes or at most doing so lightly and not often.
As always... Opinions and YMMV.
:C
Sep-19-2019 04:14 PM
Sep-19-2019 02:15 PM
profdant139 wrote:
This whole thing would never have happened if you'd been driving a dually.
(I have no idea what that means, really, but somehow someone always says that.) 😉
And you should have had LT tires on your towed vehicle.
(Same thing -- it always comes up, so why not raise that issue in advance??)
This is kind of like Thanksgiving dinner -- you know Uncle Fred is going to start ranting about guns (one way or the other), but you don't know exactly when the fun will begin.
Just havin' a little fun here, since I don't have anything meaningful to add.
Sep-19-2019 11:37 AM
ReneeG wrote:
Note - our '99 F250 had Overdrive, but it did not downshift automatically as our 2011 F350 in TH mode does.
Sep-19-2019 08:24 AM
Sep-19-2019 08:15 AM
BarabooBob wrote:
I don't know how anyone could tell that I was not using tow/haul by what I wrote. I always use tow/haul but I prefer to stay ahead of excess speed by shifting myself.
Sep-19-2019 06:43 AM
Sep-19-2019 01:21 AM
BarabooBob wrote:That's just the way it works here.
I don't know how anyone could tell that I was not using tow/haul by what I wrote.
Sep-18-2019 08:54 PM
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