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jimh406
Explorer III
Nov 16, 2016

Remembered why I got a F450 with 4.30 gears ... observation.

During the past few days, I drove my daughter's families stuff up from El Paso in a 36 ft Penske truck. We were 23,400 according to the Cat Scale. We made it ... a little brutally slow at times. We ...
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jimh406
Explorer III
Nov 23, 2016
Kayteg1 wrote:
I used to own small pickups that require downshifting with head wind, so I know what over or undergearing is.


Me, too, but my S-10 was a V6 with a 3.73 gears. :) No doubt you know what overgearing is to you, but we don't all have the same expectations on what gearing is best.

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