CATruck77

2012 F-150 SCAB XLT 4x2 3.7L with 3.73 differential

I average about 20.0 MPG on a 80/20 mix of highway and city, On one tank I can theoretically go 500 miles, I usally fill up about 430-460 miles on one tank.

xoliex

another person towing over 5000+ lbs with our 3.7 motors. i tow once or twice a month during the racing months and it does it nicely. however, i have a tune for towing and it performs much better.

regardless of hills or not, i always used the tow/haul mode.

BobLobLaw

I only used tow/haul when the car was loaded. Empty I turned it off. I'll be getting a tune before I tow again. It needs it.

lawnguy

nice to hear about the towing power, I'll be towing my landscape trailer, which come nowhere near 5000 lbs., so it looks like I'm good to go.

Al Kohalic

Nice!

Those little trailers can be tricky if your not used to how fast they can swing on you with the slightest turn of the wheel. It takes a little while, but you eventually learn not to cut the wheel too much when baking them up as we all had to learn. Good to see the 3.7L handled the load with no probs.

BobLobLaw

Ya I figured it out when I loaded the trailer. When I was done with it I backed into the uhaul lot like a pro lol. E rated tires are a must for towing. These stock goodyears were so squishy and squirmy even at full psi

isthatahemi

Hmm. The cheap factory dynapros at the factory 36 psi have little to no squirm on my truck. Sounds more like a tongue weight or trailer loading issue if you are getting some lateral movement? Maybe a tail heavy trailer?

b316

what is this tongue weight you speak of? in case I ever decided to tow and not haul.

Al Kohalic

Tongue weight - The amount of weight that the tongue of the trailer (the very front part that goes over the ball) is resting on the ball or hitch of your truck. Usually 10%-15% of the trailers total weight. This weight is subtracted from your payload. For example, if your payload is 1,500lbs and your 10,000 lb trailer is applying 1,000lbs of tongue weight on your hitch, then you have to subtract 1,000 lbs from your 1,500 lb payload leaving you only 500lbs of payload left over for your passengers and gear.

my67falcon

Huh, I have zero tongue weight when I tow but I do have to admit it's a b!+ch to get moving.





And no, this is not my catastrophic fail.