[jack65]

Very interesting info/posts about the TOW/HAUL mode. I am newbie to towing trailers as I've always tent camped the past 55+ years. I remember my Dad constantly shifting to keep the RPM's up while towing trailers when I was a kid. And that was with the 1960's Toyota Cruiser with the six cylinder engine too. Going up the down the mountains was slow going. Sometimes they would trailer camp, but most of the time tent camped so they could take the river boat for fishing, so it was still towing something. I tent camp all the time when I was on my own since then, until two years ago when we got a popup trailer and now a 20 footer.

I was manually shifting around 2500-3500 rpms the last two times I towed the trailer. Now I want to try the TOW/HAUL feature. Once in the mountains I still intend to watch the rpms and will manually shift to keep the RPM's in the 2500-3500 range. Does anyone else do that? What shift points do you use in the mountains while towing?

Cheers