Well you guys were right.We left the Smokey Mountains today and the old 2005 Dodge 2500 diesel came down the mountain fine, no problem.The tow/haul mode worked fine pulling or holding back a 6500# load.Feel much better about pulling in the mountains with the old Dodge.

You must have a manual trans. The auto's of those days didn't do much to hold things back - other than heat up the trans fluid. They got a lot better in 06.

ScottG wrote:You must have a manual trans. The auto's of those days didn't do much to hold things back - other than heat up the trans fluid. They got a lot better in 06.This is where you are wrong sir.;)

transamz9 wrote:ScottG wrote:You must have a manual trans. The auto's of those days didn't do much to hold things back - other than heat up the trans fluid. They got a lot better in 06.This is where you are wrong sir.;)Really? Thats a surprise!Be careful, it's easy to get the trans hot when the TC isn't locked and descending a hill in 2nd or 1st gear.

Have an 05 auto and never had a problem heat or otherwise and its a real powerhouse.

maxwell11 wrote:Well you guys were right.We left the Smokey Mountains today and the old 2005 Dodge 2500 diesel came down the mountain fine, no problem.The tow/haul mode worked fine pulling or holding back a 6500# load.Feel much better about pulling in the mountains with the old Dodge.Congrats on stress free ride. Yep, that 5.9 cummins isn't even breaking a sweat with a 6,500# load and the tow haul mode on the 04.5 and up works pretty well. (just as a point of reference I have 06 5.9 cummins that routinely pulls 18k# in the NC mountains, 3500 dually though)

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Camreal
Explorer
Oct 23, 2013
Have an 05 auto and never had a problem heat or otherwise and its a real powerhouse.
ScottG
Nomad
Oct 23, 2013
transamz9 wrote:
ScottG wrote:
You must have a manual trans. The auto's of those days didn't do much to hold things back - other than heat up the trans fluid. They got a lot better in 06.

This is where you are wrong sir.;)

Really? Thats a surprise!
Be careful, it's easy to get the trans hot when the TC isn't locked and descending a hill in 2nd or 1st gear.
transamz9
Explorer
Oct 23, 2013
ScottG wrote:
You must have a manual trans. The auto's of those days didn't do much to hold things back - other than heat up the trans fluid. They got a lot better in 06.

This is where you are wrong sir.;)
ScottG
Nomad
Oct 23, 2013
You must have a manual trans. The auto's of those days didn't do much to hold things back - other than heat up the trans fluid. They got a lot better in 06.

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