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Towing a Boat
- Thread starter ChrisC
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Burton12387
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Do you have to? Will it hurt the truck if you don’t? - no.
That being said, I’m in a similar position as you, and I use tow haul mode and the exhaust brake to mainly save on brake pads. Let the engine/transmission do what they were designed to do.
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That being said, I’m in a similar position as you, and I use tow haul mode and the exhaust brake to mainly save on brake pads. Let the engine/transmission do what they were designed to do.
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Thanks Burton. That answer is good enough for me. I bought this truck new knowing one day I’d have the boat of my dreams and now that the day has come, I just wanted to do things right. I’ve always used the exhaust brake and found it saves me on braking.
gpattikjr
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Honestly, the truck wont even know there is a 5k boat behind it.
I hear ya. Ty.
waveslayer
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I only run tow haul if the teuck constantly is searching for a gear, then I'll run it. 5K isn't much but the tow haul just changes shift points.
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aaronedmonton
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Flat towing I don’t run TH. Trips up to Vegas or higher elevation areas I will run TH. I tow 5k lbs with my Hemi 6.4.