Re: Manual vs automatic tranny

Posted by the tractor vet on June 14, 2007 at 11:30:35 from (75.19.125.193):

In Reply to: Re: Manual vs automatic tranny posted by Luke S on June 14, 2007 at 09:30:39:

Well don't know how old ya are but i have been around for a long time and i don't care what the slush box is in other then the direct drive powershift that Deere had in there 450-650 deere dozer and it will still fail . when Cat brought out the power shift i was but a lad and working for a vary large contractor not only did i run the stuff but i also repaired the stuff and he even sent me to the Cat school to learn the new fangeled stuff well that was way tomany years ago and i have since been thru the tech prograhms of Ford and Chrysler built many of C-6's and Torque Flites for racing and pullen . I have even seen Big Cats come up against something hard and stall the coverter and the only way around that is MAKE MORE PONY POWER then the trans will fail . The main reason for the newer standards to fail is that people do not read there owner's manual ya know the PART THAT STATES DO NOT TOW IN OVER DRIVE. I ran my 88 Ford f350 4x4 for 287000 miles dragen a 28 foot gooseneck and never ever hauled more then i could get on the trailer and never drove any faster then the truck would run FLAT OUT , Now i did have a cursh spacer fail in the rearend but we solved that by removing the crush spacer and maken up spacers to get the rolling preload set the OLD FASHIONED way and at times that old ford was haulen half of what a semi would haul like 41-42000 lbs gross and never had a problem with the transmission but others that hauled with there ford 5 speeds and used OD ate trannys . Plowed snow for 19 years and over that time the 73 ford ate one and the 78 ate 5 till i did a beef up on it and i can not tell ya how long it would have lasted as the truck got totaled . The 79 Ford was a stick and plowed snow and my only complant was rev. was to slow and that truck also went 274000 miles till it got totaled . Today they do not build pick ups to be used as a real work turn but are built and priced for the yuppy set . Getting pretty bad when a one ton pick up cost as much as i paid for a semi .

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