Quick check with the guys pulling with a 5.4
10-23-2013, 07:53 AM
#11
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Maybe with a tailwind and a slight downgrade.
My TT is a 2014 Wilderness 2175 RB (26' overall length, 4,600 dry, 470 pounds tongue weight).
After 1,000 miles with travel trailer alone, and 660 miles double trailering, I find that sway control is necesary over 55 mph. The F-150 computer Sway Control works, but I find that it uses 2 mpg due to its use of computerized brake application for sway control.
I think the addition of hitch mounted sway control will solve the "lost mileage" problem.
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smurfs_of_war (10-24-2013)
10-24-2013, 11:26 PM
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I don't know about "running the same as most", but it is very close to what I am running with my 5.4L. Very seldom does it ever shift into 6th gear when towing my travel trailer.
Maybe with a tailwind and a slight downgrade.
My TT is a 2014 Wilderness 2175 RB (26' overall length, 4,600 dry, 470 pounds tongue weight).
After 1,000 miles with travel trailer alone, and 660 miles double trailering, I find that sway control is necesary over 55 mph. The F-150 computer Sway Control works, but I find that it uses 2 mpg due to its use of computerized brake application for sway control.
I think the addition of hitch mounted sway control will solve the "lost mileage" problem.
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10-25-2013, 05:00 AM
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10-25-2013, 09:57 AM
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11-09-2013, 07:38 PM
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06 screw 5.4 pulling a 28' dutchmen bgs 7700 loaded i have the 3.73s it grunts a little but does fine, if ford would have put an engine oil cooler on from the factory things would have been perfect
11-17-2013, 02:09 PM
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I have the same truck as the op. I'd love to have the transmission hold the 4th or 5th gear. Are there any tranny programmers that will NOT allow shifting out of a selected gear?
Dodosmike
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11-19-2013, 08:28 AM
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11-20-2013, 08:17 AM
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18 to 20 mpg highway
13 mpg city
With trailer (highway only):
11 mpg with computer sway control switched OFF
9 mpg with computer sway control switched ON
