What Gear To Pull in
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What Gear To Pull in
On my 3/4 Ton with the 4:10 gears and a healthy running 351M what gear would you guys pull in, Theres a pull comin up saturday and i am thinkin about pulling my truck for the first time.
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Whichever gear keeps the RPMs up high enough, doesn't spin the tires too much, and can pull the load.
Never pulled myself, just had to give a smart-alek comment
I'd think you'll be finding out which gear is best pretty soon ...
Never pulled myself, just had to give a smart-alek comment
I'd think you'll be finding out which gear is best pretty soon ...
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It's not pulling, but in deep mud (up to the tops of the 31x12" snow tires), with sand under about 30" of mud, I made it through, repeatedly, in 4LOW in 3rd gear (435NP) with a basically stock 360 plus headers and 750 Holley 4bbl on 2bbl-to-4bbl adapter - had to run it around 3500-4000RPM to keep going. In 2nd, it wasn't possible to
Got it stuck and had to dig it out once, but I stupidly let off the gas in the middle of it.
Sounds like with 350+cid '73-79 is good at either 2nd or 3rd in 4LOW depending on how much traction and torque you have.
Got it stuck and had to dig it out once, but I stupidly let off the gas in the middle of it.
Sounds like with 350+cid '73-79 is good at either 2nd or 3rd in 4LOW depending on how much traction and torque you have.
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when my dad pulled his 1976 F250 ranger, 4.10 gears, 31'' tires, np 435, 390 (2) holleys, he used 2nd gear low side. he said it pulled good and can still remember how it pulled even after 20years
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