getting a lot of mixed reviews and opinions about this topic and when I had my 05 Dakota I always set the "Tow/Haul" button as the truck was just a V6 and a smaller vehicle.
Two days ago I bought a new 2012 Ram 1500 4.7 v8 and the manual says that the max towing is 7600lbs. of course friends and family and co-works all come out and check out the truck (which is fine cuz I'm really happy about it.) but everybody now has a new opinion about what we need to do to tow our boat.
some are saying since our boat is only 2900lbs (give or take) that we probably don't even need to set it and others are saying "oh no keep it set all the time when towing" etc...
I'm not mechanic and the one person I trust when it comes to boating says he just makes it a habit to enable the tow/haul whenever he is pulling something so he won't burn out his transmission.
so my question is (bout time! LOL):
what actually happens to the engine when you are towing something that you should engage the tow/haul mode?
and
I'm in FL and we are headed to the Key's in June and will take our boat with us and we'll be driving down the turn pike which is pretty much flat so what happens to the engine on a flat road vs a hilly road?
Thanks
here's a photo of my truck

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Two days ago I bought a new 2012 Ram 1500 4.7 v8 and the manual says that the max towing is 7600lbs. of course friends and family and co-works all come out and check out the truck (which is fine cuz I'm really happy about it.) but everybody now has a new opinion about what we need to do to tow our boat.
some are saying since our boat is only 2900lbs (give or take) that we probably don't even need to set it and others are saying "oh no keep it set all the time when towing" etc...
I'm not mechanic and the one person I trust when it comes to boating says he just makes it a habit to enable the tow/haul whenever he is pulling something so he won't burn out his transmission.
so my question is (bout time! LOL):
what actually happens to the engine when you are towing something that you should engage the tow/haul mode?
and
I'm in FL and we are headed to the Key's in June and will take our boat with us and we'll be driving down the turn pike which is pretty much flat so what happens to the engine on a flat road vs a hilly road?
Thanks
here's a photo of my truck


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