So ends an era....

[Roert42]

Drive it like you're mad at it, they'll almost redline before shifting if you try hard enough

It certainly doesn’t have an issue accelerating.
Problem is when I’m trying to hold 45 driving up a 13% grade and the thing what’s to be at 1000rpm. I’m either at idle or accelerating.

Third option is to be constantly be fiddling with the buttons on the shift stalk to over ride the computer.

 

[don4331]

I know my daughter had the same issue with the truck she was driving at the coal mine in Sparwood. I'll try to find out if they came up with a solution (besides turning the hubs in).

 

[ZMan]

i like my 6.2L. I hate my 6spd, dang thing is in 6th before I can crest 20mph.

Seems like a lot of money for pickup truck….
I payed 4500 for ‘11.

that 1-2 shift is god aweful when a trailer is hooked to it. My Dad bought a 2019 6.2 a few years ago, a tune helped with the trans, but man it would be cool if they put a 10 speed behind it.

 

[scotts90ranger]

My V10 truck doesn't have a red line or danger zone on the tach so I figure there is absolutely nothing I can do that will hurt it. It won't let me.

That's how my friends with V10 motorhomes drive, they seem to just take it... I think they say they run like 5k running mountain passes if I remember right...

 

[rusty ol ranger]

That's how my friends with V10 motorhomes drive, they seem to just take it... I think they say they run like 5k running mountain passes if I remember right...

I was watching a video of a guy towing 15k (gross truck and trailer) pulling a 6% grade with a 2015 6.2L and he allowed it to spin 5500 the whole way.

Thats 500 away from redline....absolutly no way i would do that. Id back out and run up slower.

 

[19Walt93]

My V10 truck doesn't have a red line or danger zone on the tach so I figure there is absolutely nothing I can do that will hurt it. It won't let me.

It doesn't have a redline on the tach but it does have a rev limiter built into the PCM.

 

[scotts90ranger]

I was watching a video of a guy towing 15k (gross truck and trailer) pulling a 6% grade with a 2015 6.2L and he allowed it to spin 5500 the whole way.

Thats 500 away from redline....absolutly no way i would do that. Id back out and run up slower.

My friends with motorhomes are usually pulling a suburban on a trailer over the pass... I think they're over 20k pounds... I know I'm pushing 18k with my Ranger in tow... This modern stuff you really don't have to worry as much about melting down, with all the emissions testing and everything if you're able to do it then it can handle it, assuming stock... just up the oil change intervals when doing that kinda thing...

 

[Snoranger]

I was watching a video of a guy towing 15k (gross truck and trailer) pulling a 6% grade with a 2015 6.2L and he allowed it to spin 5500 the whole way.

Thats 500 away from redline....absolutly no way i would do that. Id back out and run up slower.

I can tell you that your speed limiter is set at 96 MPH… I can’t tell you how I know that.

 

[Rick W]

My ‘96 F250 7.3, auto trans, is completely happy around 65 miles an hour with any load I could put on it, or 70 or maybe 75 when it’s empty. The motion is effortless.

One time I pushed it towing a car on a trailer up to New York for my kids, and bringing an old car back. It was a bigger equipment trailer, not a not a light car trailer, and the Mercedes were both maybe 4000 pounds. I was pushing it like 75 or 80 most of the trip. And let me say it was always meticulously maintained.

This was when I had about 75,000 miles on it. After that trip, it wouldn’t shift right. after going to the regular Mechanic guys, I finally went to a transmission shop that oneWhat of them recommended. Apparently when you push them like that, there is a little pin that has to do with the shifting pressures and actions, and the pressure on that pin will hollow out the hole it’s in. So my clutches, etc. we’re all fine in the transmission, but I had to have the transmission rebuilt because you can’t replace the piece that has that little hole. A hard lesson to learn.

One of the nicest things about retirement, is I don’t have to be in a hurry to go anywhere. I drive fast, but not as fast as I used to. I don’t nurse the vehicles, but I no longer push them either.

Just an FYI for anybody. A lot of times, any kind of equipment works fine if you keep it under 90% of its max performance. Once you start going up in that range, they just ain’t gonna last too long!

 

[Rick W]

Backing up to the beginning, a thought on old rusty Ranger. Just get some naval jelly and pour it all over the thing, and then just sell the drivetrain. It’ll save a lot of time.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

My friends with motorhomes are usually pulling a suburban on a trailer over the pass... I think they're over 20k pounds... I know I'm pushing 18k with my Ranger in tow... This modern stuff you really don't have to worry as much about melting down, with all the emissions testing and everything if you're able to do it then it can handle it, assuming stock... just up the oil change intervals when doing that kinda thing...

Still makes me nervous lol. That was one thing that bothered me about my 460. Towing my old camper id have to run 3rd and even at 62-65ish it sounded like it was scootin to the moon. Let alone if it had to kick down.

My ‘96 F250 7.3, auto trans, is completely happy around 65 miles an hour with any load I could put on it, or 70 or maybe 75 when it’s empty. The motion is effortless.

One time I pushed it towing a car on a trailer up to New York for my kids, and bringing an old car back. It was a bigger equipment trailer, not a not a light car trailer, and the Mercedes were both maybe 4000 pounds. I was pushing it like 75 or 80 most of the trip. And let me say it was always meticulously maintained.

This was when I had about 75,000 miles on it. After that trip, it wouldn’t shift right. after going to the regular Mechanic guys, I finally went to a transmission shop that oneWhat of them recommended. Apparently when you push them like that, there is a little pin that has to do with the shifting pressures and actions, and the pressure on that pin will hollow out the hole it’s in. So my clutches, etc. we’re all fine in the transmission, but I had to have the transmission rebuilt because you can’t replace the piece that has that little hole. A hard lesson to learn.

One of the nicest things about retirement, is I don’t have to be in a hurry to go anywhere. I drive fast, but not as fast as I used to. I don’t nurse the vehicles, but I no longer push them either.

Just an FYI for anybody. A lot of times, any kind of equipment works fine if you keep it under 90% of its max performance. Once you start going up in that range, they just ain’t gonna last too long!

I towed a 5000lb jeep liberty 1.5hrs on my 2500lb trailer with my 97. Ran 70-75 whole way home down 94. About half way through i stopped for dinner because the manifolds were getting so hot coming through the floor it was getting uncomfortable on my feet. Never had that happen before...but i usually dont tow that fast.

Luckly nothing happend like what happend to you.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I can tell you that your speed limiter is set at 96 MPH… I can’t tell you how I know that.

I had it up to a blazing 70mph on the freeway comin back from toledo the other night lol.

Its funny on the 55mph roads it rides and drives about like an older 1/2 ton. When i hit the freeway its 3/4ton-ish showed through. Lol

 

[scotts90ranger]

What's really fun is when I'm towing heavy in high heat in my F350 up a mountain pass where it's really gotten to the point of the intake temps getting to hot to make any power and everything is hot and I get to the point where I have to run that poor 7.3L at 2500rpm in 3rd gear to hold the blazing speed of 35mph up hill for like 6 miles? Santiam pass is kinda annoying, I think it's 6% grade for that long each way and that's after you've been driving up a slight incline for 30 miles so everything is already heat soaked... lets just say things are hot enough I can smell ATF in my manual transmission with the window down... I really need to do injectors and intercooler... If I gained like 75hp with the stage one injectors and an intercooler I think I could hold 4th gear at 50mph which would be frigging fantastic...

Most of my problems can be solved with time and money... I can afford the $$ part of the upgrade but not the time part right now, too deep into other projects...

 

[rusty ol ranger]

What's really fun is when I'm towing heavy in high heat in my F350 up a mountain pass where it's really gotten to the point of the intake temps getting to hot to make any power and everything is hot and I get to the point where I have to run that poor 7.3L at 2500rpm in 3rd gear to hold the blazing speed of 35mph up hill for like 6 miles? Santiam pass is kinda annoying, I think it's 6% grade for that long each way and that's after you've been driving up a slight incline for 30 miles so everything is already heat soaked... lets just say things are hot enough I can smell ATF in my manual transmission with the window down... I really need to do injectors and intercooler... If I gained like 75hp with the stage one injectors and an intercooler I think I could hold 4th gear at 50mph which would be frigging fantastic...

Most of my problems can be solved with time and money... I can afford the $$ part of the upgrade but not the time part right now, too deep into other projects...

That sounds pretty bad lol. Ive gotten my 460 so hot a time or two (athough according to the gauge its still well in normal) the exhaust melts the back two plug wires. Hell i even sleeved them and had it happen. Then they arc out and cause a missfire.

It got to the point i started carrying spare wires. It usually happend when i was towing 6000+ in hot temps (85+)

 

[rusty ol ranger]

While we are on the towing topic....what size camper do yall think this superduty can comfortably handle?

I doubt itll see mountains...or not many. So not a big issue there.

Being a shortbox im thinking in the 30ft range and 7500-8500lbs? Or am i undershooting it? Kinda going based off what ida been comfortable with on the 97. i have never towed heavy with the superduty platform. Its got 3.73's.

I know its rated for 12,600. But campers pull hard. Or atleast my old one did. Payload is around 3300 (i think 3252 or something to be exact) so i dont think thatll be an issue.