What gear for towing?

[Z71-K9]

Recently purchased a '12 1500 with 6.2/6spd/3.73s. I will be towing my camper (5500lbs) to Indy on Memorial Day. What gear should I use?

 

I am coming from a 07 1500 6.0/4spd/4.10s. Towed the same camper in 3 gear with TH on.

[SouthCo]

Put it in drive with the tow button pushed.

[BlackZ71Silverado]

Put it in drive with the tow button pushed.

 

Yup, that will work.....with or without T/H pressed.

 

 

 

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[becker87]

5500 pounds for that setup is nothing. Like stated above, let the truck do the thinking for you. The 6.2/6 speed combo will make your life easy.

[gmtech4]

t/h botton

[Big Whiskey]

I agree that you'll be fine just putting it in Drive, turning on the Tow/Haul mode, and letting that big dog eat. However, if you find that it's having trouble holding 6th gear, then just put it in M5. That's what I do with mine to keep it from jumping back and forth from 5th to 6th.

[Z71-K9]

That 6.2/6spd going to make that much difference? I am kind of excited to see what is going to do now. In my old 4spd, it always hunted between 3 and 4. Tranny temps increased when using 4, so I started using 3 with TH. I saw much lower tranny temps. It went up hill easier but with higher rpms.

[iamtron]

You aren't going to know until you try. But like most other said, start with Drive and TowHaul mode. If it shifts around too much, then knock it down a gear. I pull my 5000LB camper with my 2011 5.3/6spd/3.42 all across Western NY. The only time I manually shift is when I am climbing a long hill. Otherwise for all the rolling stuff, just let drive do its thing. No problems or concerns so far.

[Doug_Scott]

The 6 speed alone will make a large difference.

[SLT for me]

Just towed my boat (~5000lb) for the first time with my new 6.2 NHT. 65-70mph in on fairly level hwy in drive without tow button and it held 6th fine the whole time. Trans temp steady a 120f, dropped it to manual 5th for a long gradual uphill as I neared my town and trans temp topped at 126. This truck rocks!

[Big Whiskey]

That 6.2/6spd going to make that much difference? I am kind of excited to see what is going to do now. In my old 4spd, it always hunted between 3 and 4. Tranny temps increased when using 4, so I started using 3 with TH. I saw much lower tranny temps. It went up hill easier but with higher rpms.

 

 

Yes, the 6-speed is a glorious piece of mechanical artwork. I went from an '07 1500 6.0/4 speed/3:73 to my current '09 1500 6.0/6 speed/3:42. The difference is like night and day...and that's with the same engine. You're also getting a nice bump in power too....so I think you'll enjoy the heck out of towing with that new rig!