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<blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 262352" data-attributes="member: 412"><p>Rear end ratio not nearly as big of a deal as it used to be. Your old GMC w/350 and 3.73's had 3 or 4 forward gears in the transmission. 1/2 ton pickups now have 6-10 gears in the transmission and a manual mode to allow you to choose the gear you want or at a minimum, lock out the gears you know you don't want.</p><p></p><p>IMO/IME most towing troubles self-inflicted. Poorly maintained tires/bearings being the biggest culprit. Saw a Crestliner on the side of Hwy 2 yesterday about half-way between Devils and Forks. Port-side wheel was GONE and axle had dug into the gravel on the shoulder. I've been in a very similar situation myself, and in my case, it was bearing neglect and cost me 2wks and a new axle. Take a look at the tires on just about any trailer and you'll see poor wear patterns suggesting under/over inflation or poor load leveling. You'll see plenty of them w/less than 25% tread left too, sometimes w/steel belting cord starting to show through, and people pull these things 70-80MPH.</p><p></p><p>Hitch, hubs, brakes, lights, pretty much in that order. Then use that squishy stuff between your ears and behind your eyes to keep yourself from looking for trouble. Do everything you can do to ensure safe and reasonably stress-free towing, then you just have to worry about the other guy.................</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SDMF, post: 262352, member: 412"] Rear end ratio not nearly as big of a deal as it used to be. Your old GMC w/350 and 3.73's had 3 or 4 forward gears in the transmission. 1/2 ton pickups now have 6-10 gears in the transmission and a manual mode to allow you to choose the gear you want or at a minimum, lock out the gears you know you don't want. IMO/IME most towing troubles self-inflicted. Poorly maintained tires/bearings being the biggest culprit. Saw a Crestliner on the side of Hwy 2 yesterday about half-way between Devils and Forks. Port-side wheel was GONE and axle had dug into the gravel on the shoulder. I've been in a very similar situation myself, and in my case, it was bearing neglect and cost me 2wks and a new axle. Take a look at the tires on just about any trailer and you'll see poor wear patterns suggesting under/over inflation or poor load leveling. You'll see plenty of them w/less than 25% tread left too, sometimes w/steel belting cord starting to show through, and people pull these things 70-80MPH. Hitch, hubs, brakes, lights, pretty much in that order. Then use that squishy stuff between your ears and behind your eyes to keep yourself from looking for trouble. Do everything you can do to ensure safe and reasonably stress-free towing, then you just have to worry about the other guy................. [/QUOTE]
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