Fightin words, best transmission, 150/1500 series?

Big Katuna wrote:
My 84 GMC 4 speed auto failed at 80K miles.

My 92 Chevy 1500 failed at 90K miles.

Both towed occasionally.

Those 700R4 transmissions weren't very good, they were a stop gap measure until the electronic 5 speeds came out. I had a 1992 K1500 pick up with a after market trans temperature gauge. It was frightening how towing my 18 foot boat three miles from the boat ramp and backing into the driveway would elevate the temp