I was finally able to pick up my travel trailer today. Travelled from SE Mass/RI to Albany NY. Weather was not the greatest with rain and snow showers and windy conditions.
First, when the tech unwrapped my hitch, it was not the Reese SC that I ordered. It was a regular round bar WDH. On the phone to my salesman, who use to work on the railroad with me. Worked it out and got the more expensive dual cam hitch for $100. I overhead the manager in the back room saying they were going to be eating some cost and labor.
On my way home, the wind was pushing me around a bit. But the liberty towed great for her size. Much better than my trip with the rental this past summer. The EcoFT was great, pulling most of the hills in 3rd between 55 and 60. The trans tune worked superbly.
I noticed a few things, mostly with the trans tune. When you lock out the OD and keep your foot to the floor while pulling a hill, it pulls 2650 RPMs at 60 and the pyro goes to 1200 pre turbo. Put it in OD and get to a hill, and she kicks down and unlocks the TC and pulls like 3500 RPMs and the pro jumps over 1350 degrees. Ended that experiment quickly. All hills were taken with OD off.
My TC is definitely on its way out. She did not like OD on the Mass Pike with its hilly terrain. On the flats south of Providence, no issues in OD (4th gear)
I am still experimenting with the 2nd to 3rd shift. When it shifts, it immediately locks the TC into 3rd. So far, I like to manually shift into 2nd and then into 3rd at a higher speed so that the RPMs don't drop so drastically and you're lugging it.
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