transamz9 wrote:
Your truck don't weigh 11,000# either. I know you are going to say that most trucks don't weigh that and you are right but this is a "tow vehicle" thread and when you hook weight behind your gasser you can not hold a gear.
I know all about the multiplying of the torque. I think a real truck should be able to run at GVWR and do easily without all of the gear changes. I'm not asking it to tow something, hell it's not even at it GVWR and at interstate speeds it should be able to hold high gear. This truck has 4:10's with short 16" tires, it should not have to multiply torque to hold it.
The obsession with OD is that I get tired of hearing it run at 3500- 4000 RPM's just pulling it's own weight. With my sick-o , which is a 1000+ more pounds, cruise in OD at around 2250 and nothing but wind noise. Just a lot more comfortable atmosphere on an hour and a half ride to work at 6am or any time for that matter;)
I'm still not seeing a problem. Shifting is a normal function of our tow vehicles. How do you manage to drive around town? All that shifting must be torture. Surely you aren't going to tell me your truck stays in O/D all day. If it were as bad as you claim it to be, I would be in my 5th Cummins Ram by now. But that's just not the case. And why is your truck geared to run 2250 instead of at or below peak torque rpm? Seems like you're using an excessive amount of torque multiplication. I remember well the Cummins Humm. You might stop in at CVS and pick up some Q-tips.:p
