Tow Vehicle for 22,000 Pounds Plus
Is anyone towing 22,000 lbs. plus? If so, what are you towing with? Which rear end, what kind of mileage do you get? Do you have any tips? Have you pulled in the mountains, any problems? Thanks s...
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transamz9 wrote:
No sir, I tow at 28,000 combined. I completely understand all the pluses and minuses of the gears. With my set-up I lock it in 5th and have vary few downshifts @ interstate speeds. I'm not telling the OP to get 3.42's I'm saying 3.73's would be fine.
Which is precisely my point. When towing, you effectively don't have a 6 speed transmission. You have a 5 speed transmission with a taller 1st gear as compared to a truck with 4.10s. If you like to operate that way, that's fine - your money and your choice. Is the truck capacity optimized operating that way? No.
Since the 3.73s fall between the 3.42s and 4.10s, here's the problem. If we all agree (as we seem to) that 1750 RPM @ 65 MPH is a sweet spot for towing on the interstate, with 3.73s 5th gear will be too low and 6th gear will be too high.
There's a reason why Ram GCWR ratings increase so markedly as axle ratios step from 3.42 to 3.73 to 4.10.
Rusty
