[Steamguy]

Originally Posted by Gilgamesh

Hey all, I ahave a queston about towing with my new Titan. No towing for 500 miles, I know that, and I probably will not until after 1200, but what is this no towing over 50mph for the first 500 miles of towing?

I am going to tow my G35 (3500 lbs) on a Uhaul trailer (1000-1500 lbs) This fits under the what the truck can tow (I have big tow) What I want to know is, do I really need a load leveling hitch? U-Haul says not to use one, and when I pulled one of these combos before, on an F350 PSD, I just had a hitch and pulled it...period...no mess. I think the Titan should be able to just fine without a weight dist. hitch, but I want to make sure...what do you all think?

Gilgamesh,

The no towing over 50 for 500 is because the rings haven't seated properly in the engine yet. It's to keep the heat loading down on the engine so that things don't get too hot in relation to each other. Heat = expansion, and if the rings haven't seated, the expanding pistons will force them to dig into (score) the cylinder walls, and presto: a Ford. The engine will use oil forever.

Case in point: when I was a Journeyman, the City had gotten this new '72 Caprice cop car. It wasn't broken in yet, was being used only in town until it hit its break-in miles. But the officer got involved in a high-speed chase and yup, he scored the cylinders. The engine did not ever make good power nor did it ever run really well due to all the bypass gas; plus it used oil at the same rate as the '69 Ford sedan they had. Of course the City just ran it that way until the wheels fell off; why rebuild a new engine...

On your towing, the truck will handle it well; make SURE you load the front of the trailer heavy and this will cause it to track much better. With that kind of value and weight on the trailer, you really want to have trailer brakes if you can get them.