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Old 05-12-2008, 01:08 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Re: Whats a good gear to in??

What I mean is that towing the 27 footer that I have around, the truck is never in "Drive". It's always in 4th. I don't "slap" the stick around. It's in 4th and stays there unless I hit the hills or if the trans. temp gauge starts to climb. If it does, then I'll manually downshift it to 3rd.

Less power in 5th, and more importantly, more stress on the drive train. 5th is an overdrive gear and not intended to be towed in.
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