Gear Vendors for Excursion V-10 4.30 rear

jspringator wrote:
I have a 2001 Excursion with a V-10 and 4.30's. I tow a 33 foot high profile TT that has a gross weight of 9,000 pounds. I found a great tune, 5-star 87 performance, that made a big difference.

I was wondering if anyone has tried a Gear Vendors OD in this application. It would be useful to have a gear between OD and OD out. I suppose that is what they call "gear splitting". $3,000 sounds like a lot, but another truck (or lighter trailer) would cost a lot more. It does have 190,000 miles on it now, but runs great, and is in great condition. I expect another 100,000 miles of use.

I am looking for ease of towing, and I understand that any mileage increase wouldn't pay for the unit.

When I was looking at these ten or twelve years ago the Gear Vendor OD units were not rated for reverse torque. In other words, they were supposed to be shut off if you were in reverse or using engine braking on a downgrade. The US Gear units were rated for full torque in either direction. I don't know if GV has changed their system to allow use on downhills or not. I think US Gear is completely out of business...