1500 mile tow on brand new truck?

[Guest6749]

Diesel break in...

Not concerned about motor. Rings will seat pretty quick in a diesel. Just a few heat cycles, 2-3. Compression is so high. Get some vacuum on it also. I would heat cycle it a bit. Will likely have ~2 heat cycles on it when you pick it up.

Gas motor needs 4-5 heat cycles on the rings. 1-2 is just drive gentle. 2-3 start to get more aggressive. Force trans into higher gear via manual shift and do some WOT pulls(not to redliine) and then let vacuum pull it back down. 4-5 get more aggressive take it to redline and then vacuum to pull it back down. If rings arent seated after ~5 heat cycles they are fucked. Was taught this by a guy who has been building engines for ~40 years.

Differential needs a few heat cycles to do some lapping. 4-5 30 mile loops, no WOT, nothing over ~55mph. Gets the gears lapped, gets them up to temp, then on the cool down the steel will absorb some oil. Was taught this by a guy who owns a shop setting gears. They set easily 3k sets of gears a year. The thing I have learned about gears is they are either noisy from the get go(shit setup) or they are good forever(or until a bearing lets go and tolerances go to shit LOL).


And LOL at Ford tracking trailer towing vs. not during break in...

I have a buddy with a big landscaping company buys a lot of trucks. Tows with them immediately. EVERY truck he has tows from day 1. Never an issue.


Go get your trailer. Work the truck a little on the 200 mile drive. Maybe drive 50 miles, stop for an hour for lunch, drive another 50, etc... but even at that, meh... dont be dumb with the trailer hooked up.

 

[Tucson Tremor]

Diesel break in...

Not concerned about motor. Rings will seat pretty quick in a diesel. Just a few heat cycles, 2-3. Compression is so high. Get some vacuum on it also. I would heat cycle it a bit. Will likely have ~2 heat cycles on it when you pick it up.

Gas motor needs 4-5 heat cycles on the rings. 1-2 is just drive gentle. 2-3 start to get more aggressive. Force trans into higher gear via manual shift and do some WOT pulls(not to redliine) and then let vacuum pull it back down. 4-5 get more aggressive take it to redline and then vacuum to pull it back down. If rings arent seated after ~5 heat cycles they are fucked. Was taught this by a guy who has been building engines for ~40 years.

Differential needs a few heat cycles to do some lapping. 4-5 30 mile loops, no WOT, nothing over ~55mph. Gets the gears lapped, gets them up to temp, then on the cool down the steel will absorb some oil. Was taught this by a guy who owns a shop setting gears. They set easily 3k sets of gears a year. The thing I have learned about gears is they are either noisy from the get go(shit setup) or they are good forever(or until a bearing lets go and tolerances go to shit LOL).


And LOL at Ford tracking trailer towing vs. not during break in...

I have a buddy with a big landscaping company buys a lot of trucks. Tows with them immediately. EVERY truck he has tows from day 1. Never an issue.


Go get your trailer. Work the truck a little on the 200 mile drive. Maybe drive 50 miles, stop for an hour for lunch, drive another 50, etc... but even at that, meh... dont be dumb with the trailer hooked up.

I’m glad you and your guys have your break in procedures figured out. I’m also glad you found my post helping the OP out and giving him my opinion funny. I’ll keep the rest of my comments to myself and move on.

I agree that 99.9% of these trucks can be hooked up almost immediately to tow with no detrimental impact. My point here was that if he was the unlucky one to get a flawed engine, trans or rear from the factory and Ford knew that he was towing before the REQUIRED break in was completed, I could see issues. I’m not saying Ford goes out of their way to track this information, but I doubt that they would look the other way if he took his truck in with 1700 miles on the odometer and 1500 trailer tow miles to get something major looked at. Far fetched? yes. Absolutely it is. But why risk it? Just put your 1000 on and go have at it. I guess for me, it’s peace of mind.

 

[DwnSth]

Hoping to pick up my new 6.7 tremor next month.

In the mean time I found the exact camper I want just up the road from Granger (where I ordered the truck from). 9k lb bumper pull. I can buy it now and they agreed to hold on to it for me.

Question for the crowd, it’s only a 200 mile drive from picking up the truck, to picking up the trailer, then a 1500 mile drive home. Not exactly a lot of break in before the haul, especially the rear end. Any hesitation or concerns to be had here?

Yea….no way. I wouldn’t do it. I would at least let the truck break in for 1,000 miles. The 10 speed tranny is a different feel if you are not use to it.

 

[Truck]

Personally wish I had a light camper to tow from day 1 to break the engine in under load, that’s how I break in all my cars and motorcycles. Steady load with alternating RPMs in different gears

 

[Guest6749]

I’m glad you and your guys have your break in procedures figured out. I’m also glad you found my post helping the OP out and giving him my opinion funny. I’ll keep the rest of my comments to myself and move on.

I agree that 99.9% of these trucks can be hooked up almost immediately to tow with no detrimental impact. My point here was that if he was the unlucky one to get a flawed engine, trans or rear from the factory and Ford knew that he was towing before the REQUIRED break in was completed, I could see issues. I’m not saying Ford goes out of their way to track this information, but I doubt that they would look the other way if he took his truck in with 1700 miles on the odometer and 1500 trailer tow miles to get something major looked at. Far fetched? yes. Absolutely it is. But why risk it? Just put your 1000 on and go have at it. I guess for me, it’s peace of mind.

I just find it FAR FETCHED that Ford has the capability or desire to track when/if you have a trailer hooked up and use that as a means to deny warranty coverage. I mean, how many guys are posting on Youtube that they have towed WELL over weight with their trucks. Is it known that Ford denies any warranty coverage for them? Never seen that either and to me thats a far better reason to deny warranty coverage.

I have literally NEVER read that anywhere posted on any forum that this is even a thing. Lots of "supposition" that it is a thing, but never read anybody that was actually denied service because they towed before 1k miles.

I'm always down for a good conspiracy theory, but i just dont think this is a thing.

 

[CM1995]

Well each to their own but I will be putting 1,000 break in miles on my future 22 Tremor (if I ever get it ) just like I've broken in all the various Superduty's I've purchased over the last 23 years.

Had a trans crap the bed at 6K miles in a '03 F250 6.0 I bought new. Dealer replaced with new unit from Ford and the failed trans was shipped to Michigan. No questions asked about towing or break in.

Just my $.03 adjusted for inflation - YMMV.

 

[Supercup]

200 miles from Ford dealer to trailer dealer - 400 mile detour out - 75 mph - 5 hours +/- find a nice place to stay - 400 miles back to trailer dealership and wala - 1,000 miles and achieved break in for your new rig - cost 53 +/- gallons of fuel and a hotel room! And you will be smiling the entire ride enjoying your new truck!

Sometimes you just have to slow down and enjoy life - it is short - so enjoy every Moment!

 

[Truck]

Anyone read this? I broke in my last car hard and had high-normal fuel economy and no issues throughout 5 years

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