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Sep 13, 2004 | 10:23 PM

mooch

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Need advice on gearing

Hello, I am new to this site.

I am planning on getting a F250 CC 4x4 6.0 PSD. I will mainly use it for daily driving, but occassionally I pull a trailer with a car or my tractor (total weight around 6-8,000 pounds). Which gears would be best for this?

thanks,
joe

Sep 13, 2004 | 10:44 PM

daimon1054

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Get the tallest gearing you can! If you tow a lot then the low gearing is a good thing but for around town driving and on the HWY the 3:73's will keep the RPM's down and same a good bit on fuel. My CC V10 had 3:73's and towing an 11,000 pound camper was no problem, I could tow in OD to about 65 mph so the 6.0 will have no problem with an 8,000 lb trailer with little frontal area if you have the 3:73's.

Sep 14, 2004 | 04:08 AM

V10man

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You can only get the 3.73's in an F250 with PSD.

Sep 14, 2004 | 09:04 AM

basstardo

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Originally Posted by V10man

You can only get the 3.73's in an F250 with PSD.

You can get the 3.73 in a 250 or 350. The only thing different with the 350 is you can get a 4.10 with the dually. This is prior to the 2005's. The 2005's you can get a 4.10 ro 3.73 with the SRW 350 and I believe you can also get the 205 with 4.10's now.