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We just picked up a new 6' X 12' enclosed trailer this morning. The trailer weights just over 1,000 & under 1,500 lbs empty. All the tires are new & serviced to 50 psi & the axel is greased. The trailer does not have brakes.
This dumb truck would barely pull it! Winds were slightly to the side & rear, so not a big factor. The road was wide open & flat as a board. Our prized ED would not leave 6th gear at first struggling to do 60 mph. After about 20 miles at 10 mpg it started bouncing up to 7th & 8 gear, but the slightest grade change of more than a few feet would cause it to kick down. I tried the Tow/Haul button & that made it worse. This thing struggled to maintain 65 mph with an EMPTY trailer trailer & averaged 13 mph for the 225 mile trip back!
The truck appeared to regenerate on the way down & again on the way back (according to the scan gauge exhaust temp). I thought this truck was supposed to tow like a champ? It tows like a VW Beetle! What could possibly be wrong now? There are no messages or lights showing a problem. We are ready to run this pile off a [email protected][HTML][PHP][QUOTE][/QUOTE][/PHP][/HTML];
This dumb truck would barely pull it! Winds were slightly to the side & rear, so not a big factor. The road was wide open & flat as a board. Our prized ED would not leave 6th gear at first struggling to do 60 mph. After about 20 miles at 10 mpg it started bouncing up to 7th & 8 gear, but the slightest grade change of more than a few feet would cause it to kick down. I tried the Tow/Haul button & that made it worse. This thing struggled to maintain 65 mph with an EMPTY trailer trailer & averaged 13 mph for the 225 mile trip back!
The truck appeared to regenerate on the way down & again on the way back (according to the scan gauge exhaust temp). I thought this truck was supposed to tow like a champ? It tows like a VW Beetle! What could possibly be wrong now? There are no messages or lights showing a problem. We are ready to run this pile off a [email protected][HTML][PHP][QUOTE][/QUOTE][/PHP][/HTML];
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