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Old 10-22-2009, 12:07 PM
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Plus the fact that the automatic doesn't downshift automatically.
So you shift it manually.

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Old 10-24-2009, 12:24 AM
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So you shift it manually.
"You shift it manually..."

How many people even know what 2 or 1 is....

It shouldn't be on there... It should just be PRND... screw 2 and 1...
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Old 10-24-2009, 09:37 PM
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I pull a tractor with mine all the time , a horse trailer , 6 big heavy round bales of hay and my milleage is still around 16-18 and pulls it better than any new v-8 I have ever owned . My truck is an 01 ext cab with 4.2 v6 with well over 200,000 miles and only truck I have had to pull better was my Powerstroke I had ....
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You should be able to pull that no problem. I have pulled a large trailer loaded down on a three hour drive and i have a 5-speed with 3.08 gears and i had no problem, and i really didn't use that much gas. My old truck had the 5.4 and it would have really gulped the fuel pulling that same load...
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