Second that motion!!!!
Robert Howe
'95 V6 4x4 5-Spd
Bone Stock. :(
-----Original Message-----
From: Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@texas.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 8:44 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Auto vs. 5 speed
>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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