Why 4.1 axle?
I tow an 8000 pound trailer with a GMC 2500 with 6.0l engine, 4 speed transmission, and 4.1 axle ratio. I rarely need 3rd gear on the highway; only on steep hills. For my next truck, why not get si...
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Legend quotes Hank as saying "You can have your "T" any color you want as long as it is black"
Back in the early '60 the grade school classes would tours thru the local auto plants. (which ring of is your future?) A lot of time has passed, and a lot of that time I suffered (enjoyed?) smoke inhalation. But I still have a idea how a assembly line works. Parts coming in on trucks and trains from all over the world to meet in just the right place to roll off the line one every few seconds.
Knowing what I know, and adding what I can imagine I can see how if somebody ordered a different ratio it would not cost much to set up that gearset, but all the other changes needed could get pretty high. The cost to get it blended into the stream at just the right time might also be high. Then add the possible cost of say the special speedometer gears and and rearend wound up on separate vehicles???
time2roll wrote:
I am a real estate accountant. Nothing else. No relation to any manufacturing.
Back in the early '60 the grade school classes would tours thru the local auto plants. (which ring of is your future?) A lot of time has passed, and a lot of that time I suffered (enjoyed?) smoke inhalation. But I still have a idea how a assembly line works. Parts coming in on trucks and trains from all over the world to meet in just the right place to roll off the line one every few seconds.
time2roll wrote:
The good thing is that for about $1,000 per axle you can have about any ratio you want.
Just seems lower cost to have it built at the factory as you want it so as to not pay twice.
Knowing what I know, and adding what I can imagine I can see how if somebody ordered a different ratio it would not cost much to set up that gearset, but all the other changes needed could get pretty high. The cost to get it blended into the stream at just the right time might also be high. Then add the possible cost of say the special speedometer gears and and rearend wound up on separate vehicles???
