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Old 12-14-2010, 12:19 AM
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I have a 2008 ford f250 5.4 litre (gas) 4x4 truck. It pulls my 23 SC fairly well. I pulled the 23 SC for a few years with my previous truck, a 2001 1500 series Dodge Ram. My transmission went. I am not sure if the transmission failure was a direct result of towing the 23 or not...However, the transmission did begin to fail at the boat ramp and I barely made it home from the ramp on this one day.....I decided to step up to the F250 and it has been a good decision... My next truck will be one of those weenie-mobiles though.
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Old 12-14-2010, 11:25 AM
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I pulled the 23 SC for a few years with my previous truck, a 2001 1500 series Dodge Ram. My transmission went. I am not sure if the transmission failure was a direct result of towing the 23 or not.
I would tend to think the tranny failed due to the crap trannies that Chrysler puts it most of its vehicles. If you had a V6, perhaps that version wouldn't have been enough for a 23, but that truck with even the base V8 would be more than adequate.
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Old 12-14-2010, 02:56 PM
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My 2007 Tundra Double Cab with the 5.7 liter engine has a towing capacity of 10,600 lbs and it pulls my 25 footer very well, it even accelerates on hills to pass slower trucks. Yeah, the gas mileage drops to about 10 mpg when towing but that's OK, I don't tow that far anymore.
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