Towing with landcruiser 300 series

[Henry and Dianne Smeets]

Have recently bought a 300 series landcruiser. Was towing a 2 tonne van with a prado before this. In the Prado manual it was stipulated that you have to lock the transmission in 4th gear to stop transmission from hunting through overdrive gears 5 and 6. I haven't found any information about this with regard to the 300 series. Does anyone have any information on this?

[larry200]

Good practice to tow in 4th. Lots of information on the now defunct LCCOL forum

but everyone was in agreement about towing in 4th. I have done this towing a 3.5t

rated van. Fuel consumption is so similar it is not an issue. It is more about getting 

the engine spinning. New diesel like to spin as opposed to chug along like the old

style ones. Proof for me was when I had the ECU remapped and installed a lockup

kit. Whilst the car was happy to hold 5th and 6th - extra power and locked - the

EGTs were telling a different story. Towing in 4ht at a GPS 90 - 95 kph turned out

to be the best combination for forward progress and fuel consumption.