Tom57
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I had my used 2021 Warlock 4x4 base 3.6 V6 with the 3.21 axle for over a week and first time towing my loaded 7 X 12 enclosed trailer up and down a 7% grade mountain highway.
I was nervous going from a former F-150 3.5 Eco-Boost with heavy duty suspension to a base model Ram Warlock V6 if it could handle the loaded down trailer
It went better than expected, I pulled it up the highway in tow-haul mode on cruise control and it held 70 MPH, yea the engine screamed and geared down but it always held 70 MPH on the steepest parts of the 8 mile long uphill highway and I averaged 16 MPG
Going down the same highway it geared down on it's own in the tow-haul mode. The rear suspension didn't sag as much as expected, suspension never bottomed out.
The weight of the stuff I had in the trailer not sure but I had it full of junk from a storage shed clean out including lumber stacked high on both sides and at least 40 containers of 5 gal paint with lots of heavy metal car parts, the dry weight of my trailer is 1825 lbs - if I could guess it was easy 5000 lbs cause if the paint and lumber.
I tend to think the deciding part was the rear suspension handling it, in my experience in towing the suspension is a bigger part of towing than the power of the truck.
My friends that judge the size of their di*k on how powerful their truck is told me I made a big mistake with a 3.6 V6 when I do a lot of towing and it will never tow as good as their truck - but those guys never tow anything ! these guys have super duty trucks -never haul and tow!
I was worried and maybe believed them but after my first towing I am very happy, yea the engine screams at high RPM pulling a steep mountain but it goes the speed limit.
BTW: I paid $300 for the storage unit clean out and made $240 selling the stuff not included is how much I spent for gas on the 80 mile round trip and the 3 hours of hard labor cleaning out the storage unit, but I lose some and win some, in the past I sometimes find something valuable and that's the gamble I take. This time I lost, but it was fun. No complaints !
I was nervous going from a former F-150 3.5 Eco-Boost with heavy duty suspension to a base model Ram Warlock V6 if it could handle the loaded down trailer
It went better than expected, I pulled it up the highway in tow-haul mode on cruise control and it held 70 MPH, yea the engine screamed and geared down but it always held 70 MPH on the steepest parts of the 8 mile long uphill highway and I averaged 16 MPG
Going down the same highway it geared down on it's own in the tow-haul mode. The rear suspension didn't sag as much as expected, suspension never bottomed out.
The weight of the stuff I had in the trailer not sure but I had it full of junk from a storage shed clean out including lumber stacked high on both sides and at least 40 containers of 5 gal paint with lots of heavy metal car parts, the dry weight of my trailer is 1825 lbs - if I could guess it was easy 5000 lbs cause if the paint and lumber.
I tend to think the deciding part was the rear suspension handling it, in my experience in towing the suspension is a bigger part of towing than the power of the truck.
My friends that judge the size of their di*k on how powerful their truck is told me I made a big mistake with a 3.6 V6 when I do a lot of towing and it will never tow as good as their truck - but those guys never tow anything ! these guys have super duty trucks -never haul and tow!
I was worried and maybe believed them but after my first towing I am very happy, yea the engine screams at high RPM pulling a steep mountain but it goes the speed limit.
BTW: I paid $300 for the storage unit clean out and made $240 selling the stuff not included is how much I spent for gas on the 80 mile round trip and the 3 hours of hard labor cleaning out the storage unit, but I lose some and win some, in the past I sometimes find something valuable and that's the gamble I take. This time I lost, but it was fun. No complaints !
