Tow Vehicle

[larry_arizona]

Do you have the Coyote or the EB?

EB3.5

The 3.5 with 3.55 did great in the hills in Kentucky and Tennessee.

The development we stayed in had some insane hills. I missed the driveway of the Airbnb we rented and had to turn around and go up a 16% (went back after the fact and measured with truck inclinometer)grade winding subdivision street. Honestly who on earth would even make a 16% grade road ever. The steepest grade I have ever witnessed.

Fully loaded bed,3 adults and a dog, plus SA with full tank and 600# lead. I had the accelerator matted and maybe got 10 mph coming up that 16% grade.

If I did that hill again, manual shift to 1 and make sure the turbos spooled.

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[Holdmybeer]

Sounds like we stayed at the same development....hahahaha.
Luckily found a gravel maintenance road after launching the boat that made it so we didn't have to pull the grade. So glad transom straps were the first upgrade when I bought the boat.

[larry_arizona]

It was called rock harbor. It was between cedar grove and straight creek marinas.


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[Holdmybeer]

I was in Lone Mountain. Between Straight Creek and Jimmy's but closer to Jimmy's.
We spent most of our time past the Railroad bridge just right of Lone Mountain dock.....Glass for miles.

[TXSurf4]

EB3.5

The 3.5 with 3.55 did great in the hills in Kentucky and Tennessee.

The development we stayed in had some insane hills. I missed the driveway of the Airbnb we rented and had to turn around and go up a 16% (went back after the fact and measured with truck inclinometer)grade winding subdivision street. Honestly who on earth would even make a 16% grade road ever. The steepest grade I have ever witnessed.

Fully loaded bed,3 adults and a dog, plus SA with full tank and 600# lead. I had the accelerator matted and maybe got 10 mph coming up that 16% grade.

If I did that hill again, manual shift to 1 and make sure the turbos spooled.

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Good to know!

[2in2out]

Larry, have you done anything to your f150 to accommodate the squaring ? I have a 19 F150 5.0 with max tow package. I still get some squatting in the back. Was thinking about air bags or timbren bump stops. The 5.0 has no issue pulling the bait , just wanting to be as safe as I can with the f150.

The Timbrens won’t do anything for squatting other than make rough terrain more tolerable. I put them on my Tundra, and I haven’t bottomed out yet, but they did nothing for ride height.


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[larry_arizona]

Air bags will make your truck look level but it doesn’t add the weight back to the front axle.

Only a weight distributing hitch will add weight back to front axle and add weight to the trailer axels and reduce weight from rear axle.


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[Holdmybeer]

Our Yukon has air shocks coupled with the max tow package springs. It helps a lot to keep everything level and load secure. But as far as weight distribution, there is none. We still had a pin weight of ~600 plus gear overtop the rear axle. Tow rating is ~8,000lbs and hitch is rated for 1K pin and 10K pull.

I bought a Curt Rebellion cushioned hitch for the trip and future towing needs I can swap between wife's rig and my truck. It worked great over bumps/dividers in the highway, it also reduced banging when going up and down the mountain roads. It is rated at 10K with 2" and 15K with 2-5/16". I got the turnover style so I have both for each trailer setup.

[MJHSupra]

It was called rock harbor. It was between cedar grove and straight creek marinas.


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One year we rented a house close to the parking lot and dock in that sub division. Lower section.

Everyday someone would drop-off and pick-up everyone at the dock. Nobody wanted to walk the hills.

I still keep my permit b/c my buddy keeps his Supra there. We still head up 1-2x/month for day trips.




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[MJHSupra]

I was in Lone Mountain. Between Straight Creek and Jimmy's but closer to Jimmy's.
We spent most of our time past the Railroad bridge just right of Lone Mountain dock.....Glass for miles.

It’s a big venture just driving in that sub division. My friends just put their house on the market in there. Roads just keep going and going.

Love that side of the lake.


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