Upgraded from my 2500 Burb
Two years ago we bought a bigger boat. After one tandem pull, we decided that it was too big to pull behind the 5er, so I bought a 2003 2500 Burb with the 8.1. The idea was to use it to pull the boa...
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Dick_B wrote:
IMHO you will regret getting rid of the 8.1 even tho the new one smells nice. I made it to 60K miles on my `Burb' and it remains to be seen for how many miles the transmission will last. When towing your 6-speed transmission really only has 5 speeds.
We shall see. You are right, the Yukon spent most of our tow (probably around 350 miles round trip) in 5th. It shifted from 5 - 4 probably a similar amount of times that the 2500 shifted from 4 -3.
And, using cruise control (waiting for the tow experts to say I shouldn't), the 2500 would shift into 3rd, and I had to speed up a little and let off the gas to get it to go back to 4th.
I am of the opinion that transmissions are made to shift, so I doubt that will hurt reliability.
I did buy a 3/36 extended warranty, so I am good for a while.
