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Re: Trailer Towing!
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Posted by Bill From Ontario on July 19, 1999 at 16:29:11 from (206.172.191.221):
In Reply to: Trailer Towing! posted by Bill on July 19, 1999 at 15:34:44:
You don't say how heavy the trailer is. To give you an idea, I have a Chev 2500, with 6.5 turbo diesel, with 3.73 (?) rears. Week before last I pulled a trailer weighing 1800 lbs. with a 2000 lb. tractor from Virginia, 65-70 mph in overdrive. I put it in drive going up big hills, then shifted to OD on the downside, or on on-ramps. The only reason for the manual shift is to avoid stress on the drivetrain when the transmission hunts between D and OD at certain RPM's. Hope this helps, Bill.
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