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Bill001
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Jul 07, 2015

Big Diesel with Heavy Modern TC - But Where Can U Drive?

Hi, Looking at the GVWs of late model 1-ton dually diesels, and the large slider TCs such as the high end Arctic Foxes, I wonder: What sort of forest service road can you actually drive up? Are...
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Kayteg1
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Jul 07, 2015
My dually is just RWD but I bet it will go into places that I don't want to go.
Than when it comes to steep grades it is all in gearing.
My manual F450 had low gear, that would pull a house on idle.
I am not big fan of gearing on automatic in my 2007 F350. The first 2 seconds it is like the engine is "thinking about it" but eventually it will pull

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