Why do you Cummins guys want more gears

Grit dog wrote:
Shiner, this inane argument with 4x will continue until he finally isn’t bored any longer....but you already know that. Your answer is correct and he is already chewing on the best leading,passive antagonistic responses he can muster

Must still have cabin fever up there in Alberta.....no ice off yet?

Or to 4x, I’ll answer a question with a question. Why do you care? And why did you just buy a 10 speed? Lol

As far as I know Shiner and I are on the same side of the argument regarding the Cummins and more gears. I considered buying a Ram and the 6 speed was certainly not something that I saw as a deterrent. I could see an 8 speed possibly being a slight improvement over the current Aisin 6 speed but I would rather have 6 gears behind the Cummins than 10. The Powerstroke doesn't have the same torque rise that the Cummins has so in order for it to make use of its 475 HP it needs more gears. I already stated what I like about the ten speed in my response to Shiner's Post:

"There is some things I like about the 10 speed. In my Ford with 3.31 final and 1st gear ratio of 4.62 my truck can put more torque to the rear axle in 1st gear than could a 2019 F450 with 4.30 gears. So getting going from a stop is incredibly easy. On the top end of the scale I like having the ability to lock out 1 or 2 over drive gears depending on what I am towing. If I'm bucking a wind I might lock out 10th; windy and hills I can lock out 10th and 9th. With the 6 speed there were times you didn't know whether to lock out 6th or not."