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E. Long · 2005-06-14T22:17:11-06:00

I towed the largest load I've ever towed in my X this evening. A friend just bought a 26-1/2" Crown Line boat. It's somewhere in the 5,500-6,000 lb range w/ trailer. Towing was a breeze around town and on the highway. She runs like a dog with that much weight (I'm sure it's probably good compared to what other vehicles can do, but I don't tow much at all to be able to compare)! That said, when I was backing the boat/trailer into his driveway (slight incline...10-15% or so), I was taking it very slow being the first time getting the boat into his drive, etc. We weren't sure how it'd fit, if it was going to scrape, etc. It fit fine but when I had the front wheels up against the curb of the driveway, I naturally had to give it extra gas. The turbo really spooled up but it finally got the front wheels up over the curb and onto the driveway and that's when transmission fluid started spewing out from underneath the vehicle. Since I sat there for a bit in reverse trying to get it up the driveway, I'm sure it overheated. My concern is that it was really quite easy to do this, so I'm wondering if any of you towing masters have some tips/hints for what I may be doing wrong. I'll make more of a running start when reversing again, but considering my X is basically stock (other than exhaust), I was surprised this happened.

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Spewing trans fluid - towing question/help

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E. Long

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Posted:6/19/2005 08:42

I towed the boat again yesterday, this time with the X and boat loaded down with gear and 4 people. When I reversed the boat back into the driveway, I still managed to heat up the trans fluid but kept an eye on it this time and it only spewed a little bit. I think the 3rd time will be a charm when I tow again, as I've got the system down now. I finally got it into a position where I could use 4x4-LO and it just idled it up the driveway without breaking a sweat. Definitely the way to go for next time.

Now to go pop some ibuprofen for the sunburn...

-Eric

'67 Galaxie 500 - 390 FE, .030" over, FE to AOD adapter, disc brake conversion. The Daily Driver.
'00 Excursion - 7.3L PSD, LANDYOT Gen-II Radius Rods, Factory Tech Valve Body, 200K+ miles and going

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