Towing 5th Wheel Trailer

[Nick_Kent]

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my tranny started to heat up on my 02 the other day pulling a grade, had to stop when it reached 200,

I figure I will have to just back out of it in the future, and maybe select 2 gear instead of drive should take care of the problem. what percent was the grade and how long the duration.

edit: my 5ver weighs 9200 pounds with h20.

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From what I've read you don't want to run the tranny in second. When it is in second it is in second. So, if you start from a stop it will start in second which will create a lot of heat and be bad for tranny. If you hit the grade and then drop the tranny down into second, that might be another story.

[hhills]

thats what I was thinking too, down shifting to 2nd to help the motor out a bit.

But I bought the tru-cool as extra insurance should have it installed thursday. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/warmsmile.gif[/img]

[lheebie]

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I'm not kidding. However, I'm not sure the elevation of your location in Colorado, but I'm quite sure that it is higher than the 600' elevation where I live. The truck wouldn't work for you. It worked for me.

Thats the trouble with these message boards, you have so many people from so many places and backgrounds, everyone assumes others results will be the same as their own. I've been guilty of that myself.

However, I still say if he can't handle the load with a modern day turbo diesel, something is wrong with the truck.

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My elevation here is 5,460' but when I had the Chevy 350 I lived West of Omaha and I'm sure the elevation was only about 300' but I'm not sure. Also pretty flat there as compaired to here.