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2001 Ford F150 Crew Cab w/5.4 litre 2wd...tow my v20 from SC to FL, NC, TN and anywhere else Ive ever taken the boat WITH OD on...no problem...
 Seems to me a 2500 HD should tow a V20 in OD w/no sweat at all...the only problem I see in yer posts is when ya got Cruise Control on...that's something I would NOT expect to work well and wouldn't do w/my truck...
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07-12-2013, 09:13 AM
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My Land Rover tows with OD on, but there's a "sport" button I'm supposed to push that does just like Ferm said... moves the shift points a little higher and keeps it locked a little longer. Never had a problem with it yet. (crosses fingers). You can tell it's in sport mode though just listening to the engine.. it winds out longer before the tranny shifts.
My previous tow vehicle (1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a 4.0L engine) says to tow in 3rd gear.. but I always towed in OD with zero problems except for when I was in really hilly areas.. and several of those tows were to Fla and back hauling my V20. up and down Interstate 95. That Jeep has 177,000 miles on it now and needs a new head gasket, but other than that it's in great shape.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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07-12-2013, 10:30 AM
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- The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but obtainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Lucky Jack - .......The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine seaboat: weatherly, stiff and fast, very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime. 85' Wellcraft 20 Fisherman "Guale Girl" 1979 Alumnacraft 14 - STILL got holes in it 2006 WS Tarpon160f - "Mudd Butt"
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07-12-2013, 01:45 PM
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pretty much the only thing that will help that is slowing down.... I had a suburban back in the day with 3.73 gears and 38" ground hawgs... it got about 11 mpg.... The auto O/D trans went bad on me and I drove it to work and back for a few weeks with only 1st and second... I drove it at 55 mph in 2nd gear and got 11 mpg ..... didn't matter if it was running 4000 rpm or 1600 rpm... same mileage
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07-12-2013, 01:53 PM
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07-13-2013, 01:15 PM
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Yea but Im driving to the Keys!!!! Not the In-Laws.....Who wants to drive slow for that?!?!?!?
I noticed an increase in Econ when I dropped to 60mph but the weigh out isnt there. I was saving about 10gals but also adding another hour to the trip. Like I said, its The Keys, Im sittin on go brotha!!!! Thanks everyone for the pointers!!!
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- The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but obtainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Lucky Jack - .......The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine seaboat: weatherly, stiff and fast, very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime. 85' Wellcraft 20 Fisherman "Guale Girl" 1979 Alumnacraft 14 - STILL got holes in it 2006 WS Tarpon160f - "Mudd Butt"
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07-13-2013, 01:26 PM
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I never tow in OD, Always in 3rd, no more than 55 and with the AC off.
 Went to down Marathon and back to North Georgia once like that in an '83 Chevy conversion van with a 305 and shag carpet towing a 17 footer on a single axle. It had way too much tongue weight so that it would fit in my Dad's garage.  I thought self inflicted torture was part of the boating lifestyle?...... Dam...... think of all the money I could have saved just paying a dominatrix to whip me with a riding crop. 
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07-14-2013, 10:54 AM
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no AC and 55??????
Boy Howdy that sounds like fun!!! You dont happen to listen to Neil Diamond the whole way do ya???? 
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- The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but obtainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Lucky Jack - .......The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine seaboat: weatherly, stiff and fast, very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime. 85' Wellcraft 20 Fisherman "Guale Girl" 1979 Alumnacraft 14 - STILL got holes in it 2006 WS Tarpon160f - "Mudd Butt"
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