Towing through Colorado Mountains?

[optx002]

i think the engine brake has 2 or 3 settings on it as well. pressing it one time is the highest braking setting i believe. I always have to hit mine to turn it on in tow mode...Was that way on my 19 f450 as well. The new 10 speeds tow like a champ...crazy that everything is built by ford now...not farmed out.

First press turns it on. It will basically start to engine brake as soon as you let off the throttle. Second press will turn it to auto mode. I think this senses the grade and adjusts accordingly. Third press turns it off.

 

[IndecisiveOne]

I have towed my 5er (Montana High Country) up many a mountain in western SC, NC, and eastern TN. They are smaller mountains than CO but can be fairly steep all the same. On open roads and interstates, I have literally done it with my cruise control on going up the mountian.

I did tow my 5er over a steep, narrow, twisty road (and I mean you can barely maintain a lane twisty) and got the transmission temp up pretty high. I was actually trying to see what the truck could do so I was getting on it pretty hard coming out of the switchbacks. It pulled like a boss and got a little workout in. If I backed off the throttle just a bit, the temp came down and was perfectly fine.

The reality is, going up aint the issue... its coming down where the biggest danger lies. Use your engine brake and take your time.

Which High Country did you get?