Help Needed Tune setting help

[mike.germann]

Hello everyone! I have the DP F5 tuner in my 99 SD 4x4.

In the event I need to pull someone out of mud/snow (etc), does it matter what tune i should use?

-I'm new to the whole 'tuning' bit. It's my third week with a insanely beefed up truck and I'm not about to mess anything up. I figured that it probably wouldn't matter how I have it tuned, as long as I keep an eye on my EGT pyro gauge. Then again, I'm a nube. If anyone has any recommendations, that'd be great.

Thanks everyone.

 

[JLDickmon]

stock or tow
to control wheelspin

 

[rammertide07]

stock or tow
to control wheelspin

x2...you can still mess up the transmission. Not even a gauge can keep you from messing that up.

 

[mike.germann]

Alright, thanks fellas. I'll use either of those tunes. As far as the actual pulling process goes, what is the best way to pull someone out of mud/snow?

Reason I'm asking is because I have the biggest truck around, and I guarantee I'm going to get the "come get me, I'm stuck" phone call, at some point.
I want to know the best way to use all the equipmet I have.

*Is it best to hook up and roll out slowly to avoid tire spin?
*Should I tug on them?

I also have a 12,000 pound winch.

*Is it best to just try that first?

 

[DaveBen]

Use the winch and NEVER pull them in REVERSE. You could destroy your front end! Always pull going forward.

Dave

 

[DaveBen]

My above post may be confusing. What I meant was to never use the truck, and not the winch, to pull them out in reverse. That is never hook onto someone and BACK them out of a hole. The front end will not take that much sudden power in reverse. The spider gears will explode.

Dave