Towing with 35s
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Towing with 35s
Hello, new guy here, great forum btw. just got my 2011 fx4 a couple months ago and plan on getting a 6inch lift with 35s, i tow a 3500+/- boat (loaded) in the summers, question is if ill be ok with the 3.73 gears or ill need to upgrade? ill probably tow it around 400 miles 4 or 5 times a year, and the road has a good 60 miles of steep hills. thanks for any input
You'll probably have a little struggle with the hills enough to **** you off.... My 35's and rims weight about 110lbs each... A lot of energy to get them rolling and three times as much to get them to stop... You'd be good on flat land but hills you MIGHT have a little struggle. The EcoBoost FX4 has a towing capacity of over 11,000lbs and a payload capacity around 2,000lbs... Do a test run.. Tow your boat around town and get a feel for the lag then you'll know for sure if you need to regear...
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From: inland empire CA
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yea i think thats a good idea, i dont mind taking it slow on the hills , just dont want to damage anything you know.... what the average cost for a regear?
You'll probably have a little struggle with the hills enough to **** you off.... My 35's and rims weight about 110lbs each... A lot of energy to get them rolling and three times as much to get them to stop... You'd be good on flat land but hills you MIGHT have a little struggle. The EcoBoost FX4 has a towing capacity of over 11,000lbs and a payload capacity around 2,000lbs... Do a test run.. Tow your boat around town and get a feel for the lag then you'll know for sure if you need to regear...
