Anyone tow a car with their gen 2 using a U-haul trailer?

[tooloud10]

There's a mode selector on the shifter?

My '19 sure doesn't have a tow/haul button on the shifter.

 

[jabroni619]

There's a mode selector on the shifter?

It’s specific to tow/haul mode

 

[DINOZR]

I confess I'm lost. I can change modes using my steering wheel controls and the dash display.

The only button on my shifter is a +/- selector where I can limit transmission gear upshifts. There is a button behind my shifter for lane keep assist disable.

But there is no button my shifter for tow/haul mode on my 19 802A Raptor.

 

[jabroni619]

Here it is on my 2018 802A

 

[MudLovingFJ]

2019 and up don’t have the tow/haul button on the shifter anymore. The different modes can be activated via the steering wheel controls.

also, don’t use sport mode while towing.

 

[goblues38]

There's a mode selector on the shifter?

in 2017 and 2018's

2019 and 2020 moved it to the wheel as an "extra" drive mode

 

[TopElement]

Truck should tow the load just fine, but you'll realize what garbage the U-Haul trailers are!

 

[Mister Pinky]

Truck should tow the load just fine, but you'll realize what garbage the U-Haul trailers are!

They aren’t all garbage if you do a proper pre-trip. Take a good air gauge with you, check all the lights, check the tires for tread/cracks/leaks, check the suspension, etc.

Be advised though, in the fine print, this is all on you and if something happens, too bad. Last time I rented one to pull home my Mustang GT, it was a disaster. Booked weeks ahead of time, ******* girl on the phone booked a trailer too narrow. (the car is a wide cow) They send me to another U-Haul that tried to send me out with a flat tire. And of course I can’t just swap a tire off another trailer they had there. They send me down the street to another UHaul and told me it was free. The place down the street gave me attitude and tried to send me out with two trailer tires 20 lbs low. I find out later that the brakes on the trailer were adjusted like shit and the surge brakes barely worked.

All in all, I hope U-Haul collectively gets a case of burning gonorrhea. The equipment can be ok, but they push it on people who generally have no clue what they’re doing. That’s the problem.

 

[Traffic22]

I actually have almost no towing experience at all. Towed with the Raptor 245 miles this weekend with my buddy as my co-pilot. (He has tons of experience towing.)

1500 lb trailer, 3500 lb race car. Suspension complained a little, but that’s primarily because it is not a weight distribution trailer. Hard to tell in the photo, but it dropped the rear a good 4-6” With those light weight U-Haul trailers it won’t be an issue.

The motor and trans are so good you hardly know it’s there. I agree with what the others have said, sport mode makes the tranny react better, and throttle a little easier to modulate.





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[JefferyGT]

Is Tow Haul mode part of the Trailer control assist option thingy?