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Old 11-29-2012, 10:34 PM   #26
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Re: anybody used this trans?

If your gross vehicle weight is over 25,000lbs in a 1 ton or smaller truck,the last thing I would worry about is the ranger unit.If your hauling that much weight,better look at a lot bigger towing truck first!! Like something in a single axle highway truck.See it lots up here too,sure that diesel 3/4 ton- 1 ton will pull that big flatbed,but controlling it is another thing sometimes.....
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Old 11-30-2012, 11:16 AM   #27
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Re: anybody used this trans?

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On top of that the fine print says it can haul 25000 pounds yet you gotta put in the extra wieght of the vehicle. c10 3750 pounds, with two persons, 4000, add the trailor car hauler, 1000-3000 (3000 closed dual axles) and the extra car and tools, 5000, your sm465s already done did it probably a million times, but is still in your truck... Hmm a big waste of $1500 if thats all it can hold..
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Yep, and that's the other drawback to this setup that I didn't mention. It doesn't work in front of a 400 turbo And I'm not an SM465 fan at all anyway, that would be a downgrade swap in my case, not interested.

Another reason I liked the gear vendor, darn things are rated for a ridiculous amount of HP and TQ, something like 1,500 or 2,000. I'll never have to worry about the thing quitting on me no matter what I hook to the back of the truck.
It's a damn near bullet proof setup, and I like bullet proof. Nothing wrong with overkill
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Old 11-30-2012, 12:43 PM   #28
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Re: anybody used this trans?

only bad thing that i have heard of on the gv is the elc controls like to quit if you set it up with there stuff to auto maticly shift in

any truth to that?
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