SultanGris

No truck with max tow prior to 2011 could lock out gears either so not really worried about that. It's pancake flat around here, not expecting much searching. Don't think less than 500 miles a year is gonna wreck a truck but I'll know the first time I pull it. I appreciate your guy's input, can't wait to see how it actually handles, hope I don't have to buy a new truck, Haha!

russellsawatsky

Just wanted to suggest that you go slow to start with the trailer will handle better at 45 to 50 mph then at 65 to70 you probably won't hurt your truck on short trips my 08 Expadition in tow mode didn't shift into overdrive but didn't search for gears happy camping

SultanGris

Thanks for the tip. I farm and have much experience with large and overloaded vehicles so I will be able to tell immediately if it's going to work or not or be too hard on my truck.

packplantpath

I farmed for my first 25 years and the tow limit was what it wouldn't pull.

Overloaded was a way of life.

The trailer wasn't full until it couldn't hold another bushel.

SultanGris

Exactly!

murf

I will contribute one thing to the max tow vs regular tow on (2011 plus on the Eco ). 7200/7350 vs 7700, its been looked Into on many threads and the ONLY difference is the hitch. A 3.73 max tow or not have all the same parts. So should ones payload go up because their hitch is beefier? Has nothing to do with shocks and axles and tires and trans coolers. It's all the same.

All I'm saying is educate yourself. If you think you are safe being 1,2,3,8 hundred over payload.......it's your truck. I know numbers are made up by lawyers, and also made up on the worst road in America. But what about 55mph down a county flat road?

Now if you had a 36 ft 4 slide with a 2850 hitch weight that'd be an extreme problem.

Otherwise. Enjoy yourself. Be defensive with driving. And crack a beer when you get the camper set up

russellsawatsky

I am no stranger to overloading farmed for 45 years overweight over dimension no breaks but not everyone pulling rv trailers has that kind of experience and think they can pull a big rv like driving a car

SultanGris

Thanks, that's exactly what I was thinking. I did lots of digging and could find no information on anything else being different. The true test will come when I actually pull it and see how it acts. I have no desire to destroy my truck.

EcoboostKev

I have read that the max tow pkg comes with the "Super Cooling" 51 row or (tube) radiator and the standard tow pkg has the 41 row radiator..Also aren't most of the overloaded things you guys tow on the farm done on the back roads not the highways.. I'm willing to bet you are not going to like how your truck performs...You have obviously made up your mind so be safe.

SultanGris

There's usually always highways but they are low traffic. My mind won't be made up till I pull it the first time and see how it acts, if it's not gonna work I will not purchase the rv or try a different one or get a different truck, but if I get a super duty I'll definitely get a bigger rv so my hope is that this one works for a couple years so I can upgrade slowly, can't really afford a new truck and a bigger rv all at once, not with the options I want anyway, lol!

Do you have any proof of this radiator difference? Not that it really matters, my radiator is the least of my concerns for my scenario, but in my googling I found no such data and would like to know just to know. I've also read that the springs and axles are different and I've read that they aren't so I'd like to see literature backing up claims instead of that's what my dads cousins sisters kids friends mechanic told him if you know what I mean, no offense. Suppose I could go count my tubes tomorrow if I get bored, lol!