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Message: [QUOTE="Peroni, post: 59824, member: 315"] This is about the truck in my sig. I use it to tow my 25" PJ gooseneck that weighs about ~6500lbs empty. Even with just the empty trailer my truck really seems to struggle with the weight. If I'm on the hwy and there's a hill coming up I need to have the revs at least 2K or higher or it just will not make it. Even on long hills and an engine speed of 2K+ the egts creep up and I have to back off the throttle. Sometime I'm forced to downshift to 3rd and while this helps keep the egt's in check I still have to back off the throttle. If I try to push the truck in 3rd I loose both HPO and lube oil pressure, if I don't back out of it this will set an icp over/under code. I expected better from this truck esp with the 4.10 gearing. It tows only marginally better than my old 96 F150 with the 5.0 gas motor! So are my expectations too high? I did haul 18K from MA to WI last summer and while the truck did the job I felt it struggled on anything but flat ground. Could it be a tuning thing or do I not have the right hardware combo or should I just get used to struggling on every grade? [/QUOTE]

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