Rebuild old flatbed, or start from scratch?
I have a 18K GVRW truck with a 12 foot long Western flatbed on it, with a trashed wood deck. My plan is to drop my current short bed Six-Pac camper on it for a while, then replace it with a larger mo...
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Hi urbex - swapping in a diesel - your gearing will be out of whack due to the lower governed rpmof the diesel...
In the olden days gasoline trucks would normally be governed around 3500 rpm.
Depending what your truck's rpm is at what speed you want to cruise at now, you could be looking at a big gearing difference in order to cruise a small diesel around 2000 rpm...
Depending on how many miles a year you intend to travel you might want to apply Red Green's Principle of Leave'er...
In the olden days gasoline trucks would normally be governed around 3500 rpm.
Depending what your truck's rpm is at what speed you want to cruise at now, you could be looking at a big gearing difference in order to cruise a small diesel around 2000 rpm...
Depending on how many miles a year you intend to travel you might want to apply Red Green's Principle of Leave'er...
