Question To those who tow constantly

[Habbibie]

And I mean the guys & gals here that tow very frequently not just a camper for 1 or 2 weeks of the year but when you seem to have a trailer loaded behind you at least once or so a week.

With towing as much as you do, do you increase the intervals for oil changes and preventative maintenance such as fluid changes on transmission, coolant, spark plugs and maybe even brakes or do you still follow the recommended intervals set by the manufacturer on the basis that whether you tow or not it doesn't matter?

Just curious how you guys go about it, I'm not sure if I should reduce the time & milage for maintenance on my work van... I constantly tow a trailer that out weights the entire van itself 3-5 days a week every week.

 

[1955moose]

I would. Your description is severe duty, and then some. Extra weight, extra heat, why play with fire, pardon the pun. At the very least I bump the schedules by 30 percent.

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[1997SCEBFEX]

++ on severe duty schedule.
no computer or prepaid maintenance on this GEN1.
additionally, with addition of the S/C back in 12/98 oil changes are every 3K for warranty, albeit now out, still follow it.
Trans filter & fluid every 25K etc.
oil analysis might be you're entering argument into changing IMHO.