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Old 11-04-2015, 02:29 PM   #41
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Congrats on the new moho LVRVLVR. I expect you to enjoy many weeks using it!
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Old 11-05-2015, 10:46 AM   #42
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Have you done the 6% grade yet to test out the new tranny?
hooked up the trailer and ran up the grade today...pulling the triple axel trailer up the 6%+ grade it ran just over 60mph...it down shifted to 3 rd...


that was with the 245-70-19.5's.... i'll be changing to the 265-70-19.5's tomorrow....


also:... I have a proof video loading
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Old 11-05-2015, 10:48 AM   #43
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hooked up the trailer and ran up the grade today...pulling the triple axel trailer up the 6%+ grade it ran just over 60mph...it down shifted to 3 rd...


that was with the 245-70-19.5's.... i'll be changing to the 265-70-19.5's tomorrow....


also:... I have a proof video loading
The video will be fun to watch!
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Old 11-05-2015, 11:10 AM   #44
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heres the 33 excursion....35 mph
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Old 11-05-2015, 11:14 AM   #45
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34' journey cat c7 350 hp
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Old 11-05-2015, 11:16 AM   #46
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2015 tribute...v-10 5 speed.....50 mph loaded trailer..
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Old 11-05-2015, 11:58 AM   #47
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same grade with my new dodge eco diesel....


I bought it cause its blue

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Old 11-06-2015, 04:25 AM   #48
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this video is on a 45 mph side street....
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Old 11-06-2015, 04:28 AM   #49
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same grade with my new dodge eco diesel....


I bought it cause its blue
it matches my wifes blue boat
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Old 11-06-2015, 07:25 AM   #50
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this video is on a 45 mph side street....
Very nice videos. That new 6-speed shifts very nicely. It's smooth and shifts nice and firm. I think you've got a winner there.
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Old 11-06-2015, 08:01 AM   #51
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heres the 6% grade towing
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Old 11-06-2015, 08:05 AM   #52
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Very nice videos. That new 6-speed shifts very nicely. It's smooth and shifts nice and firm. I think you've got a winner there.
thanks...ford did a good job here
on that video it's up hill...you can pretty much put it in "D" and leave it
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Old 12-06-2015, 06:41 PM   #53
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well,... did the sumo's and the coach just wasn't right...thought that I would try the rear panhard bar (track bar) i also did the bilstien shocks.....

I had to run down to havasu today... 160 miles.... seems that I was wrestling the coach the whole way....I've owned a yard full of these things,... this one just wasn't responding to any thing I did....soooooo.... stop'd in the wall mart parking lot... got out a tape measure and checked alignment..... towed out 5/8"


holey wheep'n jesus......... no wonder set it at 1/8" toe in....

wife had to listen to me all the way home....." look no hands, straight as an arrow"
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Old 12-07-2015, 01:30 PM   #54
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up grading my hitch to 10,000 lbs...
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Old 12-08-2015, 08:59 AM   #55
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up grading my hitch to 10,000 lbs...
Please look carefully at what the hitch is mounted to. Often gasser chassis have an extension fabricated and added to the chassis rails to which the hitch is then bolted. This extension may become your "weakest link".
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Old 12-09-2015, 12:25 AM   #56
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heres the 6% grade towing
Thank you VERY much for taking the time to record those videos and post them. I was very much interested in the hill-climbing performance of the V10 w/ the new 6 speed and your excellent comparison put aside any concerns I had regarding it's ability to handle it. The new transmission seems to keep the revs a bit lower which cuts down on the noise too.

I've always been of the impression that in order to pull bigger grades in a 30,000lb +/- rig you needed a diesel pusher, but clearly your video shows that's not the case at all.
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Old 12-10-2015, 08:36 PM   #57
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Thank you VERY much for taking the time to record those videos and post them. I was very much interested in the hill-climbing performance of the V10 w/ the new 6 speed and your excellent comparison put aside any concerns I had regarding it's ability to handle it. The new transmission seems to keep the revs a bit lower which cuts down on the noise too.

I've always been of the impression that in order to pull bigger grades in a 30,000lb +/- rig you needed a diesel pusher, but clearly your video shows that's not the case at all.
thanks for the kind words.. so it looks like right out of the box the new ford v-10 6 speed is king of the hill..

who would think it was 23 mph faster pulling the same trailer than the journey with the cat 350hp
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Old 02-07-2016, 02:54 PM   #58
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Is there a support group for compulsive motor home buyers?
what motorhome do you have now???
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Please look carefully at what the hitch is mounted to. Often gasser chassis have an extension fabricated and added to the chassis rails to which the hitch is then bolted. This extension may become your "weakest link".
I own a fab/ hitch shop....thanks...
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update.... moved the chf back to stock...It made the ride too harsh...

also added a magna flow muffler... too loud, so I added another one..
so now there are two in line....

changed out the stock radio for a gps/dvd/ cd.... plays movies going down the road now
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