Anyone towing a travel trailer?

[Labswine]

You'd be running some high cylinder pressures and making more heat doing that. Very inefficient. You are fording it to stay in low lift valve mode and in the low torque and HP ranges.
I only manually shift if the transmission is "hunting" - otherwise I let 'er rip.
It runs cool and gets nearly 14 mpg, even in the hills on I80 between Altoona and Iowa City where the big rigs keep shifting to keep up speed.
Seriously not good to keep the RPM low - and it makes no sense, really. Heat rejection is in a bad place at those low RPMs under that sort of load.

I can never recommend keeping below 3,000 while towing and trying hard to stay in the low 2000s. Just not good.

I watch my temps, especially when it's 95+ degrees out and running on the highway I'm around 205 degrees. In traffic, I've seen at most, 215-220 degrees, sitting at a light, and that always drops back to the 205-210 range when I get moving again, then when up to cruising speed, it's back to around 205 degrees. I do understand what you're alluding to but, this has been working very well for me <knocks on wood> .

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[Texops]

You'd be running some high cylinder pressures and making more heat doing that. Very inefficient. You are fording it to stay in low lift valve mode and in the low torque and HP ranges.
I only manually shift if the transmission is "hunting" - otherwise I let 'er rip.
It runs cool and gets nearly 14 mpg, even in the hills on I80 between Altoona and Iowa City where the big rigs keep shifting to keep up speed.
Seriously not good to keep the RPM low - and it makes no sense, really. Heat rejection is in a bad place at those low RPMs under that sort of load.

I can never recommend keeping below 3,000 while towing and trying hard to stay in the low 2000s. Just not good.

Agree with this, stay in the factory power rpm range

 

[atswilson]

We are pulling this cruiser V-nose camper with 2 slide-outs. The Gladiator pulls it pretty good. You know it when you start up a big hill on the interstate.

 

[CampThree]

Been hesitant about towing double axle RV's with the Mojave. Having sold my F250 I feel like pulling something in the 5K range would be a chore for the 3.6 but you guys are proving that wrong.

 

[Labswine]

We are pulling this cruiser V-nose camper with 2 slide-outs. The Gladiator pulls it pretty good. You know it when you start up a big hill on the interstate.

Yeah, some hills remind me it's only a V-6... but otherwise, it really does okay The big hills, just stay to the right and keep on keeping on...screw everyone else because it's your drive, not theirs. If they wanna get out and help push, then that's okay but otherwise, screw 'em.

 

[Labswine]

Been hesitant about towing double axle RV's with the Mojave. Having sold my F250 I feel like pulling something in the 5K range would be a chore for the 3.6 but you guys are proving that wrong.

I tow a double axle with my Overland (ordered 5/19, delivered 7/19) and have no issues with it. My trailer is 27' long, has a single slide out, and weighs about 5,100 lbs with all we want or need. I actually prefer to tow with a dual axle. It tows better, handles better and is inherently more stable. Plus, if you get a flat, you've still got another tire there to help you get off to the side safely.

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