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oh ok cool, worst case I guess something fails while towing it, she pays to replace it, and I do what you did with the 6L swap :D

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snarkee
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Love towing with this thing   Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk

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I towed our TT for the first time with the new 3/4 this weekend. I have to say on interstate and two lane the bigger truck does so much better. The big three push the half ton esp with the max tow

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Who pays? You yould need to do the AFM L76, or a LS2. Who pays for it? For my engine and install I paid $3000

 

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oh whoops my bad, that's my step moms boat, last time I towed it the truck smelt like death and I don't know about you but i don't like going up a hill at 4k RPM to try and keep at about 50 MPH, so she said if it breaks while I'm towing her boat she's covering the damages...

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I had that happen with the travel trailer. A one time tow for my uncle. 10,500 lbs, a 6% uphill grade, 30 MPH at 5k RPM. That was with the 4.8L engine. It made it fine. But I had him drive. That way any damages to truck or trailer was on him. His Dodge 2500 ate a transfer case so It was on my truck

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No. take it easy like you have been and you will be fine. These engines love to rev high.

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My normal tow is a 16 ft horse trailer with 2 steers. about 5000 lbs loaded up

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Wow you towed that with a 4.8? Man I've underestimated my truck... I'll fix the few leaks it has and give it another shot I suppose.

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It was a one time thing, I will not tow it again unless I beef up the tranny, do a gear swap, add air bags, and electric fans. The tranny, gear swap, and electric fans are all on the to do list

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I'm thinking about what to do, I thought about air bags, but it loos like if I do the WD hitch it might help with the suspension being soft, I already have electric fans, I have the 3.73 gears which it looks like are pretty good, and I'll beef up the tranny when it goes, and then I might look into doin a 6.2 swap with some sort of charger, havent figured that out yet. Though that's just a pipe dream and I doubt it'll ever happen.

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The 6.0 swap was a pipe dream. I had 3k and made it happen

 

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I can do a rear mount setup and be emissions legal, but I'm going the supercharger route. I'm hunting for about 525-550 RWHP. I don't know how it will do towing after that.

 

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What's a rear mount setup? I don't think it'll hurt it's towing abilities, at least I hope not since I'd never need to go full throttle towing. I'd baby it still if I had a load on the back.

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