Class C motorhome towing with ford V10???

[Ray H]

The 5.4 is indestructible if you keep the oil changed.

Thats what Ive heard.

 

[MTNTECH]

I have 2002 25ft Jayco class C that I flat tow my XJ behind. Average about 7.5 to 8.0 mpg in the hills of Utah and Idaho. No problem towing my Jeep and it does good up hills. The size is what you really need to consider. To tow my Jeep to the places I go if I traded it would be for a even smaller Class C or Class B MH. With a 31ft Class C you would always be at the maximum GVW and a trailered XJ would put you over the towing capacity of the 31ft MH empty. You would also be stuck camping only in RV parks because there is just no FS campgrounds or State campgrounds that a 31ft will fit in. I would re-think the size to 27 maximum in a Class C for towing IMO. If you have to have that much room the only way to go is Class A for anything 28ft on up.

 

[DrMoab]

I have 2002 25ft Jayco class C that I flat tow my XJ behind. Average about 7.5 to 8.0 mpg in the hills of Utah and Idaho. No problem towing my Jeep and it does good up hills. The size is what you really need to consider. To tow my Jeep to the places I go if I traded it would be for a even smaller Class C or Class B MH. With a 31ft Class C you would always be at the maximum GVW and a trailered XJ would put you over the towing capacity of the 31ft MH empty. You would also be stuck camping only in RV parks because there is just no FS campgrounds or State campgrounds that a 31ft will fit in. I would re-think the size to 27 maximum in a Class C for towing IMO. If you have to have that much room the only way to go is Class A for anything 28ft on up.

Is that with a V10?

Wow, my dad has a 35 Ft Class A and when I have towed my jeep in a huge enclosed trailer I got about 9 MPG. Thats with a vortec 454.

 

[Gerr]

planing on using a trailer.... so i'll be close to the 5000lb mark.

dude go weigh your jeep and then weigh it on the trailer I bet you go over 5000# my YJ with my car trailer is almost 6000# and at 6k if its holding my gear and food and all the normal spare parts

 

[Gerr]

Do the other Triton engines have the sparkplug issue?
Ive been considering buying a couple year old F150 and I want the 5.4.

I have first hand experience with the v-10 the 5.4 and the 4.6 all blowing spark plugs out the head. and in all 6 or 7 cases the threads were totally destroyed in the head. In my opinon the heads do not have enough threads to deal with the constant hot cold cycles or over torquing of the plugs. (all these vehicles were dealer maintained so dont bother saying it was maintenance issues or a un-informed person installing plugs, In all but one case the plugs were the ones installed by the factory at time of mishap anyways).

 

[MTNTECH]

Is that with a V10?

Wow, my dad has a 35 Ft Class A and when I have towed my jeep in a huge enclosed trailer I got about 9 MPG. Thats with a vortec 454.

It's the V10 and it will go 75 up I80 through WY at 7.5 mpg. Might get 9 if calmed down to 65. Thing sucks gas but pulls Jeep no problem.

 

[mattyj]

Thanks for the input boys.... im going to reconsider the length of the coach we looked at & look for a coach with a little more room to the GVW.

 

[DrMoab]

It's the V10 and it will go 75 up I80 through WY at 7.5 mpg. Might get 9 if calmed down to 65. Thing sucks gas but pulls Jeep no problem.

My dad did put a GearVendors overdrive in his. It would probably get less without it. Also, you don't go much over 65 and expect to get that.

 

[seanR]

I was just looking throug here, I have to chime in.

Most of you know me, I have been to the fall fling four or five times.

I tow my XJ behind a Ford. The first was an '04 F-350.
Truck and trailer combined weighed 23,000#, everyone remembers that fith wheeler we had.
That truck had a (gasp) 6.0l in it, never missed a beat in 90,000 miles.
Ford did have problems with the very early 6.0l but they fixed evey single one of them as needed.

Now back to the question at hand,
We now tow with an '04 class A with the V-10. We put the XJ on a trailer and haul it that way. We travel through Colorado to get to Moab, so we have all sorts of mountainous driving.
The MH pulls fine, it wont pull like the F-350, but it is fine.
A few places we slowed to 50 mph, but it was just short streches.

If you chose to go with the MH, PLEASE, have electric brakes on all of the axles on the trailer!!!!!!!
Most dual axle car haulers come with brakes only on one axle. You can esily add a set of drums and backing plates.
When it comes to pulling a trailer, stopping is much more important than going!

 

[HaleYes]

I was just looking throug here, I have to chime in.

Most of you know me, I have been to the fall fling four or five times.

I tow my XJ behind a Ford. The first was an '04 F-350.
Truck and trailer combined weighed 23,000#, everyone remembers that fith wheeler we had.
That truck had a (gasp) 6.0l in it, never missed a beat in 90,000 miles.
Ford did have problems with the very early 6.0l but they fixed evey single one of them as needed.

Now back to the question at hand,
We now tow with an '04 class A with the V-10. We put the XJ on a trailer and haul it that way. We travel through Colorado to get to Moab, so we have all sorts of mountainous driving.
The MH pulls fine, it wont pull like the F-350, but it is fine.
A few places we slowed to 50 mph, but it was just short streches.

If you chose to go with the MH, PLEASE, have electric brakes on all of the axles on the trailer!!!!!!!
Most dual axle car haulers come with brakes only on one axle. You can esily add a set of drums and backing plates.
When it comes to pulling a trailer, stopping is much more important than going!

You should add.....

Properly securing the Jeep to the trailer is also an important point.

 

[seanR]

Blow me mike

 

[BlueCuda]

Is there story to properly securing a jeep? kind of sounds like it lol

 

[seanR]

Use chain, not strap

 

[BlueCuda]

Something scuff your strap up?

 

[DrMoab]

Use chain, not strap

Looked at any modern Auto Transport truck?

They have completely gone away from chains and now use straps.

Most of the European and German cars don't even have a place to chain them down.

The best thing is just to know how to tie them down in the first place.

 

[seanR]

I s'pose, because it was the first time I EVER hauled anything on a trailer.

 

[Ghost]

Use chain, not strap

Chain or strap does not matter. Just have to make sure you tie it down right and DON'T USE WORN STRAPS! I have 5 straps on my jeep when I tow. Two front and two rear with a safety over both axles. If I really wanted to be over kill I'd put on on each axle and have 6 straps on it. I plan on putting some winches on in the feature with chain and use the straps for the safety's. I use a F150 with the 5.4 by the way and the last few years and 125K have been without a hitch. The only thing I replaced was a heater core.

 

[DrMoab]

Chain or strap does not matter. Just have to make sure you tie it down right and DON'T USE WORN STRAPS! I have 5 straps on my jeep when I tow. Two front and two rear with a safety over both axles. If I really wanted to be over kill I'd put on on each axle and have 6 straps on it. I plan on putting some winches on in the feature with chain and use the straps for the safety's. I use a F150 with the 5.4 by the way and the last few years and 125K have been without a hitch. The only thing I replaced was a heater core.

Thats way over kill.

Two straps run correctly is all you ever need. You are right about the warn straps comment though.

 

[Ghost]

Thats way over kill.

Two straps run correctly is all you ever need. You are right about the warn straps comment though.

It may be overkill but I have had a strap break and the jeep stayed put! :wierd:

 

[UNCC_99XJ]

This (link) is why I didn't buy a GM product.

We've got an 04 Silverado with the 5.3, and while i've not heard much piston slap at all (surprisingly), the fact that it's got 114K (all highway), was bought brand new, and is extremely babied....yet still burns about 3-4 quarts of oil every 3K, as well as drinks a gallon of coolant in less than a month....is enough for me not to trust GM.

Damn thing isn't even paid off yet and we're already lookin at a droppin a new engine in it, as now I can't keep the oil pressure up.