Questions on towing

[Jackpine]

Originally Posted by 04FX4

I have read many post about this and most say DO NOT TOW WITH OD ON. I do not tow with OD on, I have also seen people post about tranny troubles when towing with OD on.

Peace, my friend! I'm not disagreeing with the substance of what you said. I just pointed out that MY owners manual, at least, did not say to turn the O/D off when towing. And, it doesn't talk about TC unlocking and locking. I simply don't think there are "cut and dried" rules here.

I've not experienced any transmission troubles by letting my transmission tell me what to do. I tried, for a while, towing with the O/D off. It seemed like the engine was revving much too high all the time. I decided to put it back on and things got a lot quieter and the truck seemed to be pulling without effort. Please notice I DO turn it off when hill climbing or hill descending. And, I shift down to 2nd on really steep hills (both ways).

I don't think we're saying much that's different here, and I've really appreciated the input you've given us on this subject.

- Jack