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rjstractor
Feb 04, 2017Nomad
IIRC most of the older 350s like you mentioned had 4.10 rear ends. I wouldn't hesitate to tow a CRV with one as long as it was a V10 and not the 5.4 V8 which some smaller rigs had. I used to have an E450 based C, a 1998 with "only" 265 horsepower. I towed different cars up to 3200 lbs all over the Northwest and could always maintain 45-50 on hills, even running over the North Cascades highway at close to 17,000 lbs combined. It would even outclimb some of the diesel boys of the same vintage running similar weights. 4.10s might even be a little better since you can run faster in 2nd gear. With my 4.63s (yes, that's accurate) 2nd gear was good for about 55 max.
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