Do I really need a Dually?
I'm seriously considering an Artic Fox 990 (has 1 slide) and I will be towing with 400-500 lbs of tongue weight. The high volume dealer I'm talking to says 80%+ of the 990's they sell go on SRW tr...
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mike mck wrote:Stefonius wrote:
I don't know if I'll ever be happy with 12.5. If money was no object, I'd change the 4.88 gears to 4.30 just to save a few RPM.
Of course, if money was no object, I wouldn't care how much I spent on fuel either...
To change gearing will cost you $4K. For the Dana 135 you have to change gears and carrier. Want to go the the Gear vendors overdrive? $3K plus labor. Return on investment just isn't there.
Truckasaurus has a Dana 80, not a 135. It still wouldn't make economic sense to change gears, but it would sure be nice to run a lower RPM on the highway.
