"Gary Hedlin" <ghedlin@theramp.net> wrote:
: <snip:> (Taking a vehicle with a 2,000lb tow rating and turning it
: into a dually, a platform whose sole purpose in life is basically to tow.)
: That's sick - I like it. ;-) <snip>
: I like the idea too....my mental sketchpad is working overtime!! But what
: would REALLY be sick is if you could rigg it up like a 4wd but have low and
: high gears just in the rear, and being able to change them at a flip of a
: switch.....high gears for highway driving, low for towing (or something like
: that)
I suppose you could stick a transfer case in there and just
neglect to hook up the front driveshaft. :-) Low range would
probably be too steep to tow at anything but slow speeds though.
(Then there is the issue of extended running in 4lo, not sure how
well the t-case would handle that.)
You could stick some 4.10s or 4.56s in the rear and add a
gear vendors overdrive though! (Or run 8.somethings and use
3-4 overdrives, that sounds inexpensive!) ;-)
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