Towing road trip

[Sage]

Heading to a black powder buffalo rifle shoot in MT. It took some will power, but since I was towing a 14' covered trailer, I kept it under 70 all the way. I don't usually!

Result was 1 mpg better mileage! This is I 90 from SE Washington to Forsyth MT. Virtually not a mile of it really flat. Highest pass was 6400' elevation.

Mileage has never been reset from the day it was new and I drove it home.

Target are on that far hill. Blow up the photo to find the black target with a white dot. Buffalo rifle, iron sights, no telescope, from 350-800 yds.

 

[bubbarob]

Congrats on the good mileage. You get better towing than I do with just normal driving

 

[Sage]

Noticed something: when pulling steep grades, it would eventually drop to 4th gear. When it hit 3000 rpm it got super smooth and quiet! Must be a perfect balance \ power point in this engine!

 

[mashtastic]

We had that discussion about lower gears and towing in another page. Just makes sense and helps with keeping things cool. I've been not letting the trans go past 4th in the stop and go traffic of Vegas heat....unless I go over 50 MPH

 

[Sage]

And then it rained....

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Nice pics, thanks for sharing!

 

[johnny0303]

dope