Towing with 5star tune
#1
Towing with 5star tune
I towed my boat this weekend with the 87 tune from 5star. The power was there. It felt like the boat wasn't even on the truck. It's a 28 foot boat and the dry weight is 5k lbs. i got about 6 mpg on it. I was hoping I would get 10mpg. I had an avalanche that I traded in for the f150 eb. I was getting 7.5 mpg with the avalanche. Is this the normal mpg? I also noticed the eng temp going up when I was climbing a grade on I10 going at 70mph. I slowed down when I noticed it but is that suppose to happen too? I'm wondering cause my avalanche didn't do that
#2
Senior Member
Originally Posted by L2C
I towed my boat this weekend with the 87 tune from 5star. The power was there. It felt like the boat wasn't even on the truck. It's a 28 foot boat and the dry weight is 5k lbs. i got about 6 mpg on it. I was hoping I would get 10mpg. I had an avalanche that I traded in for the f150 eb. I was getting 7.5 mpg with the avalanche. Is this the normal mpg? I also noticed the eng temp going up when I was climbing a grade on I10 going at 70mph. I slowed down when I noticed it but is that suppose to happen too? I'm wondering cause my avalanche didn't do that
#4
Senior Member/Vietnam Vet
I tow almost 9K of fifth wheel with the Livernois tow tune and have never seen my trans temp budge from the middle on a long grade. But then, trailer tires are only rated to 65 so I set cruise on 60 mph and get 10 mpg.
Last edited by SkiSmuggs; 09-04-2012 at 09:03 AM.
#5
My trans temp was good. It was my eng temp gauge going up. Usually it's less than half mark then it went up to 3/4 mark
#6
Grumpy Old Man
I also noticed the eng temp going up when I was climbing a grade on I10 going at 70mph. I slowed down when I noticed it but is that suppose to happen too? I'm wondering cause my avalanche didn't do that