Sticks Rule! (here we go again....) ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Fox <foxra@nad.adventist.org>
To: DML Moderator <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 9:38 PM
Subject: DML: Auto vs. 5 speed
> I was looking at new Dakota's about an hour ago and noticed that the 5
> speed has
> a towing capacity advantage of about 300 lbs. when equipped the same as
> an auto.
>
> Randy Fox
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:08:37 -0400
> From: Peter L Anthony <panthony@pcn.com>
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: Selling My R/T
>
> ok, so you are trying to tell me that an auto (flame suit on now)
> doesn't slip? I have pulled 30 ft fifth wheel travel trailers with both
> an
> 88' Dodge 350 Cummins auto and a 94 Dodge 3500 cummins 5spd and the
> clutch
> never slipped after 75,000 mi. on the other hand, The 88' only had
> 41,000 mi
> when the Trans went up like a grenade. ( Same trailer same engine).
> P.S.
> the 94' still tows the same trailer to date, some 30,000 mi later on
> the
> stock clutch.
> Like I stated before, properly geared and ponied, a 5spd will
> outperform an
> auto every time.
> (flame suit off)
> :)
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Crumley <mcrumley@airmail.net>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 1:38 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: Selling My R/T
>
>
> >At 09:20 AM 5/12/99 , you wrote:
> >>Not true, How many Big rigs have seen with an auto?????
> >> If the vehicle has the ponies and gears to pull it, a 5speed will
> >>outperform an auto everytime.
> >
> >>>Your better off having an automatic when towing....with a 5speed you
> will
> >>>kill your clutch in no time.
> >
> >Actually, there are autos made for Big Trucks (a "rig" is what they put
> in
> >the middle of an oil field :-) ). True, most 18-wheelers have manual
> >trannys. They also have anywhere from 10 to 20 forward gears. They also
> use
> >a different kind of clutch than is used in passenger vehicles. The
> clutch
> >in your Dak (assuming you didn't have the foresight to get an auto :-)
> )
> >was made to slip while being engaged. Clutches in 18-wheelers don't
> slip
> >but rather grab all at once when engaged. Also, you don't even use the
> >clutch to shift gears once you get going. Whether a manual will
> outperform
> >an auto is a holy war that I'm not even going to start. But towing is
> >certainly harder on a manual tranny (specifically the clutch) that it
> is on
> >an auto.
> >
> >Mike Crumley 97 V6 Auto
> >mail to: mcrumley@airmail.net
> >
> >I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case
> >I see a snake, which I also keep handy. -- W.C. Fields
>
>
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