First Camping Trip with Our New Diesel
Just got back from taking our new toy hauler and '16 Ram 3500 SRW 6.7 68RFE camping for the first time. An 800 mile roundtrip to the Colorado River that included a number of steep grades and 107-115 ...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:transamz9 wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:coolbreeze01 wrote:
Downshifting and backing out of the throttle will help your engine/transmission run cooler. No need for high revs but you don't want to lug it either.
Computer will do the job shifting when needed, just hold it to the floor. Aisin trans stays cool in any conditions. Pic is pulling long 7 percent grade west of Golden Colorado, 32,950# per Cat Scales.
Most of us don't need to hold it to the floor to pull our units up grade. With the torque in these trucks I can often pull grades at 15-1700 RPM. If I left the computer do it then that's where it stays. It's easier on the trans to lock it down in 5th and let'er cool.
Sure 5th with 33K combined NOT to the floor, whatever.
I didn't say you don't. I say most of us don't. Don't twist my words. There are a lot of times my truck will pull my 28,000 combined up a grade at 15-1700 RPMs if I let the computer run things. All I was saying is that if the grade is very long I will lock it down a great so it will turn more RPM and keep things cooler.;) You have to keep in mind that me running in 5th is like you running in 6th.
