Pulling a 5th wheel on level highway
I have a 30' 5th wheel and pull it with my Dodge diesel truck. The rear end gearing is 4:10 and the trans is an automatic which has been rebuilt for heavy towing. I was told recently by an experienc...
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Those early Dodge automatics were not well respected. Same with the Ford automatic behind the diesel in the same time period. And in OD you are hitting the trans pretty hard. But on level ground, without too much wind, one would think any trans should hold up.
Not a Dodge expert here, but you have a truck with a rebuilt and beefed up automatic. So at some point, either you or a PO had to rebuild that trans, and felt it needed improvement over stock. How many miles on it when it failed? Was it you or a PO that had it upgraded? The fact that it failed and needed upgrading might tell us something. Based on that I would probably give my trans a break when convenient to do so.
Not a Dodge expert here, but you have a truck with a rebuilt and beefed up automatic. So at some point, either you or a PO had to rebuild that trans, and felt it needed improvement over stock. How many miles on it when it failed? Was it you or a PO that had it upgraded? The fact that it failed and needed upgrading might tell us something. Based on that I would probably give my trans a break when convenient to do so.
