[AT] Now Trucks pulling tractors

[Wayne Snelling]

Actually the std tranny is not the option. It will require service 
before the auto. I am on my second auto diesel Ford and the reason I 
switched to the Ford was as much the tranny as the Int diesel engine. 
Got tired of limping home on the GM engine/tranny (not the newer IZ and 
Allison). I have had two of the Ford Int diesels 7.3 and the trannyof 
both never failed. Now if you pull something stupid and get the tranny 
hot-yep you have to call for a tow, but that actually applies to any 
including the lighter engines and trannys.
I have pulled multiple tractors many miles and never a failure with the 
Ford tranny. Now, I do have a friend that is on his second one but he 
abuses, get it hot and thinks he should be able to keep going.  He says 
when the auto goes in the Ford it sounds like a bomb went off underneath.
Now, my contention with the Ford is it rides like a wagon and you never 
know which direction the front end is going, even the new ones.
My pick would be the Allison tranny behind a Cummins in a GM heavy truck!

crawler wrote:

>Only trouble with Ford's is they don't have a tranny to go behind the motor
>unless it is standard.. 
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