SRW or dually.
I'm thinking of a life change. Come March of next year, I'll have 40 years at the company I work for. I don't plan to retire completely but sort of semi-retire. I'm looking at RV trailer transport. I ...
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FishOnOne wrote:mkirsch wrote:ol' grouch wrote:
Automatic transmission are a weak link for pulling loads. RV's will be lighter than I normally work with but I've seen automatics fail under medium towing. Add in the lack of a dip stick anymore and failures are becoming more frequent.
Do you have data to back up this assertion?
You've been in the business for 40+ years so you've seen automatic transmissions in heavy hauling go from being a joke to nearly universal. GM hasn't put a manual in a pickup truck in 10 years. It's been 8 years for Ford.
If these transmission failures were "more frequent" how come we hardly ever hear of them on this forum?
Really, I think you're basing this bias of yours on pre-2000 automatics, mostly the feeble early attempts of the '70s and '80s.
I believe the only reason Ram has kept their manual transmission is because they don't have a really good automatic and most of the hot shotters know it.
If that's the case then what's a guy supposed to do? I just think Fords are fugly and it's hard to get a good deal on GM trucks cause they don't sell as many 2500-3500's as Ram and Ford so the price is hard to negotiate. I just can't bring my self to drive a fugly Ford so Ram seems like the best alternative. Any suggestions? I really want the auto. Done with manuals.
