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Jul 10, 2001 | 07:31 AM

tiwood

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I have a 99 powerstroke with auto transmition and need to know if I should use overdrive to tow a 32 ft. camper. it is about
7000 lb. Please respond asap as we are leaving Wednesday morning.

Jul 10, 2001 | 10:45 AM

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If it's not hunting for gears then I wouldn't worry about it. If it is then I would take it out of OD.

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Jul 10, 2001 | 12:03 PM

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If your out in the middle of nowehere(like me:-)) with no trees/hills/curves/whatever for miles, then use OD. If your around mountains, then I'd suggest not using OD.

Jul 10, 2001 | 05:01 PM

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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 10-Jul-01 AT 06:02 PM (EST)[/font][p]I tow a 29' 5th wheel Wilderness, unloaded weight in the 6500# range. I live in central Pa and when I get out on the Interstate I just let in OD and cruise. I have had no problems with this on the hills. On secondary roads I have seen my tranny hunt and then just simply take it out of OD and run it in 3rd. On the bigger hills, longer and steeper grade, I have found that when my 5th is fully loaded I need to drop it into 3rd to pull these grades.

Hope this helps

Jul 10, 2001 | 09:41 PM

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Thanks a lot, I will be on flat land in Texas so overdrive will work fine. This is a great forum.

Jul 18, 2001 | 02:04 PM

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I regularly tow a 12,000# fire truck on a 4,000# trailer all over the midwest. (The fire truck is a classic 1926 Ariens Fox pumper truck.) I only shut off the overdrive when I am climbing a relatively steep hill. Even then, the trans shifts before I get the thought to turn it off manually.