(03-26-2018, 08:56 PM)Jake Wrote: Glad it all worked out for you! A couple things to note:
1. Use Tow/Haul mode. Not only does it delay upshifts to help keep you in the powerband when accelerating, it will automatically downshift to help engine brake the rig if you are on the brakes OR if the truck detects you are pointed downhill and maintaining a steady speed (i.e. not accelerating). That will help you with...
2. Setting up your trailer brakes! The proper way to set trailer brake gain on electric brakes is to get into a parking lot where you've got some room, get up to about 25 mph with an empty trailer, and pull the trailer brake slider to full brakes. You want to just be able to lock up the trailer brakes. Get it to that point and then back it off by 0.5, load up the car and see how it is loaded. It may be fine, it may need a little extra juice.
3. The truck should say "Trailer Connected" and "Trailer Disconnected" when you plug in the 7-pin connector. It verifies this by connecting to the electric brakes. Keep that in mind if you start seeing the Connected/Disconnected message flashing rapidly - that happened with my gray truck and it turned out the trailer wiring harness (on the trailer side, not the Ford side) was starting to kink and not fully connect. I replaced it before I had no connection and thus no brakes. Trailers are largely built like shit, so keep an eye on things.
Manual says to not use Tow/Haul Mode unless you are are towing heavy loads/at the tow limit. I manually downshifted if needed.
I for sure understand how to set the trailer brakes. I read into it a bit before coming back with the trailer from Scott's That's how I set them up back from Scott's. The only thing I forgot when I left to the track. Didn't feel a difference with normal braking on the street or I would have done it before hand. Just totally blew over my mind. 10 is the max and is good right there.
I'll for sure keep that in mind. Thank you. Haven't had an issue yet with the 7-pin, but may be useful later.
(03-26-2018, 09:00 PM)JPolen01 Wrote: Glad you had a good almost uneventful tow! That Miata looks so good on RPF1s.
Thank you and yes, for some reason RPF1's look really good on NC's
Forgot to add that over Saturday night we started to get hammered with snow. Before driving back to the hotel Maeng and Matt dared me to send the truck and go ice fishing. Well we drove to south paddock and found a lot of fish. Couldn't believe how fun it was. We then drove through some pretty damn treacherous conditions back to the hotel. I set the truck in 4 auto and we got back to the hotel on 3 inches of completely uncleared roads the entire way to the hotel in Danville. I think we did 30-40mph the entire time. It was about as sketchy as the trail riding, but we had no issues. This truck can for sure make it through some sketchy things if needed.