3.31 gears at 40,000 lbs gross.
Just to give a bit of a feel for how different gear ratios would behave while towing I locked out 10 then 10th and 9th then added them back again while travelling on a straight stretch of road w...
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RoyJ wrote:Grit dog wrote:
I'm gettin confused....now I need a show of hands...
Whos team 4x and whos team Shiner?
Lets go boys!
Obviously physics change when you cross the 49th parallel :B
Down south transmissions combust when hooked up to 3.31 gears :p
I never said combust. I just said that their lifespan were diminished in our fleet trucks that were used for towing/hauling on a regular basis, especially when combined with larger/heavier tires, versus our shorter geared trucks. This often negated any fuel savings gained from taller gears and we just stuck with shorter gear setups in these applications. Also, most of the burnt/grenaded clutches (after 100k+ miles) that we have seen in our nine Ford dealerships, were in trucks with taller gears.
