Do people like the old truck manual transmissions?

[ManNamedJed]

Hate the gap between 3rd and 4th (or 2nd and 3rd depending on how you look at it). When you go up a long hill you are either lugging in top gear, or screaming in the next lowest gear. I was all excited to do a NV4500 until I looked at the ratios and saw the same gap. And if I'm lugging in a 1:1 gear now, there is no way its going to pull an overdrive.

I guess the solution is more horsepower!