LL8ExplorerMay 26, 20223.42 gears for TCHello, Just looking for some thoughts on pulling hills with 3.42 gears. I'm going back to a pop-up TC @ 1800 lbs dry weight. The trucks I'm looking at are the Chevy and GMC 3500's SRW 4x4...Show More
trail-explorerExplorerJun 02, 2022Don't overthink it.It's a Duramax. It will be fine. If it wasn't fine, then the factory wouldn't offer only one gear ratio.Duramax trucks used to have 3.73 as the only gearing, but that may have changed when the 10 speed was introduced.
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