Thanks, I will watch this in the morning. Appreciate it!Have a look at this test. One of the trailers seems to be quite similar.
View: https://youtu.be/dTcSRFjsVT8?si=uwZfaiWgCYEERzCG
Give it time and cruisemaster probably will do a video.I hate puff pieces.
Doesn’t anybody care about anything but their fuel economy when towing?
Is this gas motor going to make it past the warranty towing 7000lbs?
If you’re going to do any distance towing, I need to know whether this thing can stop you when you’re going down a hill? Or is it going to overheat the fancy 10 speed transmission? How high does the engine temperature get when you’re pulling this thing up a hill in the summertime?
Cripes, there are 25 different Internet personalities that have been handed one of these trucks to take them for a ride, and not a single swinging dick has hooked the trailer on it and said “OK these are the numbers that the load generates in these conditions”.
Am I going to smoke the engine, or the trans? when I drag my trailer past Flagstaff or Steamboat? Will I be able to stop?
Well to answer this is to go out and try to break the drive train which is a bit ridiculous. Those things you find out through trial and error. In general, yes, the engine should be perfectly fine. It’s why it’s detuned to start with. The rest should be the knowledge of the driver. This isn’t an 18 wheeler so engine breaking a 7000lb trailer on the downhill is foolish to start with and if you’re going to do that you’re going to rag on the drivetrain when you should be using trailer brakes to start with. They’re there for a reason. This vehicle has a towing limit of 7800lbs but that isn’t a full time duty limit. If you want something to tow 7800lbs all day then get a 3/4ton diesel. What conditions and loads are to your satisfaction? Have you read the manual on towing? It states to move around at max load to use low gear. Are you willing to do that or are you thinking you can take 7800lbs at 75mph up a steep grade? These vehicles are just starting to be released in the US, when was someone supposed to test in the summer to have your conditions met? Are you willing for take yours off the lot and try to go blow the drivetrain apart? It’s not like they’re given free reign of a Grenadier to damage as much as they can. So far there have been no complaints of drive train temps. There’s more coolers under the radiator and to the sides of the bumper for tranny cooling. More so than any other vehicle I’ve ever owned or towed with. But if you’re going to be towing full time at max gross weight and want any sort of performance doing so then you’re greatly in the wrong market.I hate puff pieces.
Doesn’t anybody care about anything but their fuel economy when towing?
Is this gas motor going to make it past the warranty towing 7000lbs?
If you’re going to do any distance towing, I need to know whether this thing can stop you when you’re going down a hill? Or is it going to overheat the fancy 10 speed transmission? How high does the engine temperature get when you’re pulling this thing up a hill in the summertime?
Cripes, there are 25 different Internet personalities that have been handed one of these trucks to take them for a ride, and not a single swinging dick has hooked the trailer on it and said “OK these are the numbers that the load generates in these conditions”.
Am I going to smoke the engine, or the trans? when I drag my trailer past Flagstaff or Steamboat? Will I be able to stop?
It requires that the truck be able to tow its maximum trailer weight up a specific 11.4-mile uphill stretch of road in Arizona. For this test to be run correctly, it must be at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit outside, and the air conditioning must be on its maximum setting using outside air. The truck must maintain a minimum speed of 40 mph (35 mph for a dually), and it can't throw any error codes or burn any fluids during the test.
You wasted a lot puffing about questions that can’t be answered. Read the manual then. It states there how to operate the vehicle towing heavy weights. Outside of that what do you want? You complained not knowing anything about it’s towing, well there you go. Sorry I answered your question as best as anyone will be able to. I didn’t realize you just wanted to vent.Plan for the worst, hope for the best.
They’ve been pitched world wide as being able to tow 7000 lb trailers.
They are in service as utility vehicles with that expectation.
You waste a lot of energy puffing up on me about the issue.
I just want to see a NA unit towing a trailer and stopping said trailer.Give it time and cruisemaster probably will do a video.
The transmission is an 8 speed ZF which has been around in some form or other for a long time, should be more proven and settled than the 10 speed units in Fords.I hate puff pieces.
Doesn’t anybody care about anything but their fuel economy when towing?
Is this gas motor going to make it past the warranty towing 7000lbs?
If you’re going to do any distance towing, I need to know whether this thing can stop you when you’re going down a hill? Or is it going to overheat the fancy 10 speed transmission? How high does the engine temperature get when you’re pulling this thing up a hill in the summertime?
Cripes, there are 25 different Internet personalities that have been handed one of these trucks to take them for a ride, and not a single swinging dick has hooked the trailer on it and said “OK these are the numbers that the load generates in these conditions”.
Am I going to smoke the engine, or the trans? when I drag my trailer past Flagstaff or Steamboat? Will I be able to stop?