swimmer_spe wrote:
Thunderbolt wrote:
It doesn't matter if you are towing or not. You could be driving empty in the mountains and on steep inclines the same applies. The bottom line is if it is hunting for gears then select the lower gear and roll with it.
It is not that I am looking for a solution. It is i am looking for the cause.
The solution is to do what it takes for it to stop hunting. Whether that means slowing down or shifting down a gear, as long as it stops hunting, the transmission is saved.
My question is what is causing it. 12 pages later, I feel I know what is causing it and what my options are to stop it.
Allow me to simplify multiple posts that address the CAUSE of the "issue."
Not enough torque to maintain a certain gear ratio with the load applied. Period.
unless there's a problem which so far was not diagnosed and probably isn't a problem, that is the cause. Not sure why you feel it held a gear longer last year with a different trailer. Doesn't matter at this point. IMO, and I've driven recent models of all the big 3 half ton V8s, the 5.0 Fox motor is the hardest pulling of the 3. To the Hemi guys, I have not towed with a 8speed, just the 5 speed.