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Re: [GMCnet] Power Drive [message #327271 is a reply to message #327269] |
Mon, 18 December 2017 22:24 |
NextGenGMC
Messages: 146 Registered: December 2017 Location: Washington State
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I'm really glad I posted this question here. All your replies and personal experiences have significantly calmed my anxiety about running the engine at what I perceived were high RPMs. I've read some additional threads on the forum with people towing fairly heavy trailers with the same setup as I have and traveling at highway speed limits without any issue for the engine and transmission. I feel much better now. Thank you all
Here is a follow up question (let me know if I need to start a new thread for this):
from the point of view of transmission, what is the best way to tackle hills on the road? In the area where I live, we have significant grades on nearly all our roads. We've got multiple grades of 3-4% in any direction we get going and some very steep grades of 6-7%. I've read that its best to slow down and downshift to "S" gear for tackling the grades. Should this be done on all climbs or just on those very hard 6-7% grades? What about driving in town (again lots of hills, but driving at 25-35 MPH)?
Carl S. wrote on Mon, 18 December 2017 17:38Vadim,
I have a 3.70 final drive in my '75 26 footer and I normally drive between 62 and 65 MPH with no problems. Most 3/4 ton pickups of the same era had 4.10 rear end gears and most 1-Ton pickups were equipped with 4.56 gears, with essentially the same size tires as our GMCs.
The main difference between then and now is the overdrive transmissions on the newer cars. Prior to that, trucks, motorhomes, etc ran at higher RPMs than they do now. Of course, we were lucky to get much more than 100,000 miles out of those older vehicles, but that is only one of the reasons the newer ones last longer.
Vadim Jitkov
'76 Glenbrook 26'
Pullman, WA
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