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Well as promised I am reporting back after our trip.
I was pulling my 25' travel trailer from the central valley over to Morro Bay, CA.
It's about a 165 mile trip each way with several mountain ranges and some nice flat farm country.
My trailer weighs in at 6,200 lbs and like most travel trailers is as aeordynamic as a box can be.
The truck performed very well. There are a couple of 6% grades and it went up them at 60mph with no trouble at all. I left the tranny in "D" and was in Tow/Haul mode the entire time.
I was burning Chevron regular unleaded (87 octane)
WHAT I LIKED:
The transmission moved from 6th through 4th very smoothly up the hills.
The only hint it was downshifting was the tachometer. Very very smooth.
The transmission braking feature was nice. It startled me a few times as I had forgotten we had that feature. Just a tap of the brakes while going down a steep hill and viola...the tranny down shifted to 4th.
There is plenty of power here folks. I had to watch my speed carefully as the Tundra likes 75 MPH and our posted speed for trailering in 55mph here.
(I stayed as close to 60 as possible) :devil:
The tow mirrors worked great! No vibration at all.
I got a ton of looks at the RV park and even some questions.
Our spot was right off the main entrance.
A couple of the die hard diesel dudes even came by for a stealthy peek.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
I was expecting better gas mileage. 9.5 mpg was not much better that my 05 Tundra. Maybe after she breaks in the mileage will go up.
I checked it both ways and it was the same. I was actually better on the throttle coming home but got the same results.
Toyota dropped the ball when they designed the gas tank. I would like a minimum of 35 gallons.
Well there it is fella's.
Bill
I was pulling my 25' travel trailer from the central valley over to Morro Bay, CA.
It's about a 165 mile trip each way with several mountain ranges and some nice flat farm country.
My trailer weighs in at 6,200 lbs and like most travel trailers is as aeordynamic as a box can be.
The truck performed very well. There are a couple of 6% grades and it went up them at 60mph with no trouble at all. I left the tranny in "D" and was in Tow/Haul mode the entire time.
I was burning Chevron regular unleaded (87 octane)
WHAT I LIKED:
The transmission moved from 6th through 4th very smoothly up the hills.
The only hint it was downshifting was the tachometer. Very very smooth.
The transmission braking feature was nice. It startled me a few times as I had forgotten we had that feature. Just a tap of the brakes while going down a steep hill and viola...the tranny down shifted to 4th.
There is plenty of power here folks. I had to watch my speed carefully as the Tundra likes 75 MPH and our posted speed for trailering in 55mph here.
(I stayed as close to 60 as possible) :devil:
The tow mirrors worked great! No vibration at all.
I got a ton of looks at the RV park and even some questions.
Our spot was right off the main entrance.
A couple of the die hard diesel dudes even came by for a stealthy peek.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
I was expecting better gas mileage. 9.5 mpg was not much better that my 05 Tundra. Maybe after she breaks in the mileage will go up.
I checked it both ways and it was the same. I was actually better on the throttle coming home but got the same results.
Toyota dropped the ball when they designed the gas tank. I would like a minimum of 35 gallons.
Well there it is fella's.
Bill