transamz9 wrote:
4xMike wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
OP,
A very impressive task...
Having said that we had a 05 RAM with a manual tranny that was used to pull large fertilizer tanks in the fields and large gooseneck cattle trailers in the pastures. This was our first manual tranny equiped truck for this application and although we didn't have problems with the tranny itself, it was our opinion the clutch wasn't going to live a long life. Now having said that getting heavy loads moving on pavement is a lot easier than soft plowed field or wet/soft pastures and you simply could not "let out the clutch".
I've heard the stock clutches, especially the dual-mass flywheel ones are junk. That is why I went ahead and put in the lightly used Southbend dual-disk clutch from the guy I traded with. Thing's rated for 750hp, so it's barely stretching with my almost stock truck. The clutch should live a long time in my application..... once I get used to the grabby-ness of the ceramic half of it :-)
Chances are it won't last any longer. Depending on the clutch and what it's designed for. If you have the same one I had, you won't get use to it. HAHA!! It is designed to rev and dump. :W
If and when the clutch goes bad, keep the Dual Disk and change to organic driven disk. Mine works great and I daily drive on all kinds of traffic. I still read and accelerate.
