ronheater70
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Well the first run with the camper went pretty well with the new truck.
Stability was greatly increased over the 1/2 ton ford. Passing Semis, and gusty winds failed to really move the truck or 30 foot camper around much at all. I am very happy with that aspect. Power wise, it felt comparable to the ecoboost, even though my ford had 3:31 gearing and this truck has 3:73, they are very similar in gearing because of the tranny in this truck. I feel the ecoboost would hold a gear a bit longer before downshifting, However that is an assumption because I never had the ford on this particular route.
I was on 77 from NC up from NC into VA and ending in the mountains of WV.
Being that I was on 77m I was not surprised that my mpg was dismal at 9.4 avg, both ways. This is on Hilly piece of real estate with one 7.5 mile stretch of 8% or so.
The tranny never gave me any issues, and contrary to what I read about shifting from 4th to 2nd on downshifts, mine seemed to like third very well and would shift down from 4th to third and hold 65 at about 3300 rpms up the long hills at about 1/2 throttle.
So issues.. None during the drive, however upon arriving at the campground, I did several shut down and starts within a few minutes of one another as I was trying to maneuver and level the camper. One of those restarts resulted in a very brief puff of smoke, and a lifter tick for about 2 seconds.
I had gotten a puff of smoke at home too under the same circumstances.. Pulled the camper upt he driveway with a little throttle to get up the hill, immediatly shut it off, and then restarted it about 5 minutes later to get it back down, and got a puff of smoke. has not don it at any other time.. just assuming the quick shut off left some ickiness in the cylinder as it was under load and then burned it off when restarted.
Tow Haul mode worked great, however after arriving, I took it out of tow haul mode about an hour later to go drive around and check out the area and it stuttered and hickupped a bit at low rpms..Makes me wander about the EGR valve TSB that going on in another thread . Never did it again, or prior.
I have the first oil change scheduled Saturday,should have about 1900 miles on it, then Ill see if they have any tsbs out that need performed.
Have had a Very faint whine since new, cant tell if its rear diff or stock tires..starts around 50, can hear it either on the gas or coasting, it makes no difference .
IN short, truck did extremely well, and I imagine going to the beach in 2 weeks, the mileage to be significantly better since it will be mostly flat. I really enjoyed the tow compared to the ford, I could have driven 500 miles easy in the Big Hemi.. was very much non-stressful!
Pulling out of the house..
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Pipestem WV
Happy Campers!
Stability was greatly increased over the 1/2 ton ford. Passing Semis, and gusty winds failed to really move the truck or 30 foot camper around much at all. I am very happy with that aspect. Power wise, it felt comparable to the ecoboost, even though my ford had 3:31 gearing and this truck has 3:73, they are very similar in gearing because of the tranny in this truck. I feel the ecoboost would hold a gear a bit longer before downshifting, However that is an assumption because I never had the ford on this particular route.
I was on 77 from NC up from NC into VA and ending in the mountains of WV.
Being that I was on 77m I was not surprised that my mpg was dismal at 9.4 avg, both ways. This is on Hilly piece of real estate with one 7.5 mile stretch of 8% or so.
The tranny never gave me any issues, and contrary to what I read about shifting from 4th to 2nd on downshifts, mine seemed to like third very well and would shift down from 4th to third and hold 65 at about 3300 rpms up the long hills at about 1/2 throttle.
So issues.. None during the drive, however upon arriving at the campground, I did several shut down and starts within a few minutes of one another as I was trying to maneuver and level the camper. One of those restarts resulted in a very brief puff of smoke, and a lifter tick for about 2 seconds.
I had gotten a puff of smoke at home too under the same circumstances.. Pulled the camper upt he driveway with a little throttle to get up the hill, immediatly shut it off, and then restarted it about 5 minutes later to get it back down, and got a puff of smoke. has not don it at any other time.. just assuming the quick shut off left some ickiness in the cylinder as it was under load and then burned it off when restarted.
Tow Haul mode worked great, however after arriving, I took it out of tow haul mode about an hour later to go drive around and check out the area and it stuttered and hickupped a bit at low rpms..Makes me wander about the EGR valve TSB that going on in another thread . Never did it again, or prior.
I have the first oil change scheduled Saturday,should have about 1900 miles on it, then Ill see if they have any tsbs out that need performed.
Have had a Very faint whine since new, cant tell if its rear diff or stock tires..starts around 50, can hear it either on the gas or coasting, it makes no difference .
IN short, truck did extremely well, and I imagine going to the beach in 2 weeks, the mileage to be significantly better since it will be mostly flat. I really enjoyed the tow compared to the ford, I could have driven 500 miles easy in the Big Hemi.. was very much non-stressful!
Pulling out of the house..
"][/URL]Pipestem WV
Happy Campers!
