Re: Dakota or Durango???

From: Jason Bleazard (dml@bleazard.net)
Date: Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:12:01 EST


Korey Atterberry wrote:
>
> I'll second that observation. When I was shopping for my latest Dak,
> the only trucks that had the 3.92 gears were the V6 4x4's (like my
> previous truck).

IIRC, the V6 comes standard with 3.92 gears and the V8 comes standard
with 3.55, but I'm not positive about that.

> If nothing else, on a 5000 trailer, you're going to want
> 500-750lbs of tongue weight, the dakota does squat quite a bit, for what
> it's worth.

I think the tongue weight on ours is about 600 lbs, but with the weight
distribution it works quite well. I wouldn't try it without that.

-- 
Jason Bleazard  http://drazaelb.blogspot.com  Burlington, Ontario
his:  '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black

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