Tow/Haul

[turkeybird56]

I was just playing with that last night. Both Gear and Battery are not there but I do have 2 separate selections referring to the trailer brake. Maybe those 2 took the place of gear/voltage? I dunno.
I could access all 4 corners of the display but nothing about gear or volts was available as I scrolled through the choices.

trailer brake info be displayed center of evic if u have TT controls installed and enabled. Volts do u mean battery status displayed and gear as in wat gear truck in? I have to get on my pc and pdf files to guide u right now on phone

 

[turkeybird56]

2021 1500 Hemi 4x4. I will be hauling a 6'x12' U-Haul trailer from Northern Colorado to Somerset, KY. Almost all of the trip is Interstate Highway.
My truck came with the class IV receiver hitch, Electronic Roll-Mitigation and Stability-Control, Trailer Sway Damping and Trailer Brake-Controller. Is the tow/haul feature something I should use on the highway?

Depending upon weight loaded,. Needs to be weighed, and CAT scaled to insure proper distribution weight on axles and tongue weight. If running under 3K, flat road, U can be ok, BUT I personally would run TOW HAUL. Any hilly terrain, higher load, definitely TOW HAUL.

 

[turkeybird56]

My 2014 doesn't have that display and doesn't have that capability.

Looking at 2014 Manual and customer selectable displays: Your 2014 not as advanced as say My 5th Gen. So you do not have all the choices PPL with 5th Gen trucks have. Your trailer info should still show up in EVIC if you go to to that screen:


Below 5th Gen selectables:


_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

MY 2019: 5th Gen:

Lower Right – If Equipped
• None
• Compass
• Outside Temp
• Time
• Range
• Average Fuel Economy
• Current Fuel Economy
• Trip A Distance
• Trip B Distance
• Trailer Trip
• Trailer Brake
• Oil Pressure (default setting)
• Coolant Temperature
• Oil Temperature
• Battery Voltage
• Transmission Temperature
• Oil Life

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2014 selectables:

 

[Curmudgeon]

trailer brake info be displayed center of evic if u have TT controls installed and enabled. Volts do u mean battery status displayed and gear as in wat gear truck in? I have to get on my pc and pdf files to guide u right now on phone

I have the factory electric/electronic brake controller, EVIC gives the the option of displaying 2 of the status when it is in operation, I think. I've never used it.

Yes, I've ready that I can get the battery voltage displayed on one of the 4 corners of the center of the EVIC, as well as whatever gear the trans is in, even when the +/- buttons are not being used.

I have the basic battery gauge which really doesn't seem to tell me anything useful. I've had the battery fail twice while this gauge seems to be sleeping.

Right now the 4 corners are showing: Avg MPG, Current MPG, Compass, and outside temp. I have the center showing MPH, easier for my old eyes to read at a quick glance than the dial.

 

[Curmudgeon]

I could just look back a page or so in this thread but I think it was @Wild one who said he had it set that way in his 4th Gen, but couldn't recall how he found it.

 

[turkeybird56]

I could just look back a page or so in this thread but I think it was @Wild one who said he had it set that way in his 4th Gen, but couldn't recall how he found it.

Pasted what I read out of 2014 manual I just downloaded. Seems also I read some features dependent upon which U Connect.. But alas best I can do.

 

[turkeybird56]

I could just look back a page or so in this thread but I think it was @Wild one who said he had it set that way in his 4th Gen, but couldn't recall how he found it.

I do also have the Big battery Page in EVIC besides small battery gauge displayed in lower left of my evic:

 

[Curmudgeon]

Yeah, my gauge cluster and EVIC look nothing like that in my 2014 Laramie.
I don't have any pics at hand, maybe I'll get a chance to grab some and post them up in this thread tomorrow. We've scheduled ourselves for a big day in the yard, so we'll see how things pan out.
Thanks for your pics and responses!

 

[markabby]

My stepson is the executive chef at a new restaurant in Somerset (Urban Stillhouse). He bought some land in Eubank that has a house in much need of repair. Wife and I are going to do some remodeling on his house the week of 10/28

looks like a nice restaurant, told my wife we will have to check it out. I hope he does well in someset, we need classy places to dine....way too many fast food places.

 

[1500Hoosier]

The restaurant is doing very well. They are in the process of building a distillery also. If you go ask to speak to my stepson, his name is Jake, tell him how we met!
Jim