Most people who say the automatic transmission is trash either have little experience with the auto or simply don't know what they are talking about. The Dodge automatic is a good transmission as long as you do your part and and don't abuse it and are pulling light loads. Having said that the Stick is best suited for your intentions unless you have your heart set on the automatic. In this case there are solutions that will give you a bullet proof transmission. You will need to change out the torque converter and valve body as well as something to increase line pressure and keep the converter locked up. BD, TST, Dunrite (spelling) and several other companies can do all this for you but there is a hefty price tag of around $1,500 when all is said and done. Go to the TDR web site and do a search on automatic transmissions and you will get a wealth of information. As you go through the posts you will see many people doing just what you want to do with a automatic transmission and well over 100,000 with no problems. Also do a search on posts from Bill Kondoly while your there for some good information on what can be done with the automatic transmission.
Think of it this way. With the manual tranny, you can pull the trailer in 5th or 6th gear, depending on which manual tranny option you pick. With the automatic, you CANNOT pull that heavy of a trailer in OD and expect it to live. This has to due with the way they are lubricated, and the Cummins puts quite a bit of additional stress over the gasoline engines due to the low RPM torque that it has. Staying away from the automatic tranny behind the Cummins specs out alot of potential trouble.
I pull a 26 ft fifth wheel camper with a 98 1-ton Quad Cab 4x4 dually with the cummins. Have no problems at all. Get what you want. Or get the stick and spend the extra money on "the list" this group says you need.
Don wrote: > If a company can't build an auto tranny worth a flip, how better do you > think their vehicles are?
> Brian wrote:
> > I will be pulling a 12k pound fithwheel. I would like an automatic, Any > > horror stories? Or good stories? > > Thanks > > Brian
Brian, See what we in aadt have started to call "Stupid Fucks", they are usually trolls, usually previous or current dodge owners who had a bad experiance with a dodge, and think everything dodge makes is shit.
This particular one is a Ford Lover now, he blindly swears up and down on his Ford Powerstroke, bragging its the best machine ever built.
There are a few others in our group who (by the list of what went wrong) probably abused their vehicles, and/or did not follow the correct guidelines on use. Like you shant tow in Overdrive for instance.
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Matt Jensen wrote: > You're our resident Ford guy. You should have the answer for that.
> Don wrote:
> > If a company can't build an auto tranny worth a flip, how better do you > > think their vehicles are?
> -- > Matt Jensen (my email address is "moc.noivbo@nesnejm" backwards) > '98 Ram 1500 QC 4x4 5.9L, '01 ZR 800, '01 ZR 600 EFI > '00 Checkmate Pulsare 2100 w/ Mercury Pro Max 225
Damn...Don't encourage him.....:-)
He's like a damn liberal spouting all their shit. Its always the same things over and over again, there is always a large amount of it, and for the amount spewed very little is said.
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"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
I pull a 26 footer also, have a 99 Quad, Cummins, and automatic, haven't had any trouble pulling it...but it's kinda flat where I live...I never kick it out of overdrive...
Larry Thompson wrote: > I pull a 26 ft fifth wheel camper with a 98 1-ton Quad Cab 4x4 dually with > the cummins. Have no problems at all. Get what you want. Or get the stick > and spend the extra money on "the list" this group says you need.
> Brian wrote:
> > I will be pulling a 12k pound fithwheel. I would like an automatic, Any > > horror stories? Or good stories? > > Thanks > > Brian
> I pull a 26 ft fifth wheel camper with a 98 1-ton Quad Cab 4x4 dually with > the cummins. Have no problems at all. Get what you want. Or get the stick > and spend the extra money on "the list" this group says you need.
> Brian wrote:
> > I will be pulling a 12k pound fithwheel. I would like an automatic, Any > > horror stories? Or good stories? > > Thanks > > Brian
> > If a company can't build an auto tranny worth a flip, how better do you > > think their vehicles are?
> > Brian wrote:
> > > I will be pulling a 12k pound fithwheel. I would like an automatic, Any > > > horror stories? Or good stories? > > > Thanks > > > Brian
> Brian, See what we in aadt have started to call "Stupid Fucks", they are > usually trolls, usually previous or current dodge owners who had a bad > experiance with a dodge, and think everything dodge makes is shit.
> This particular one is a Ford Lover now, he blindly swears up and down on his > Ford Powerstroke, bragging its the best machine ever built.
> There are a few others in our group who (by the list of what went wrong) > probably abused their vehicles, and/or did not follow the correct guidelines > on use. Like you shant tow in Overdrive for instance.
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> ~~Lee~~
> "It is better to be feared than loved, > if you cannot be both."
Ohh yeah, don't get me wrong, I admire dodges creativeness in their engineering dept., it shows a lot of promise. I also like the cummins diesel. So there you have it Mr DMX'er, I showed no partiality. I bet you're one impressed customer huh :)
> > If a company can't build an auto tranny worth a flip, how better do you > > think their vehicles are?
> > Brian wrote:
> > > I will be pulling a 12k pound fithwheel. I would like an automatic, Any > > > horror stories? Or good stories? > > > Thanks > > > Brian
> Brian, See what we in aadt have started to call "Stupid Fucks", they are > usually trolls, usually previous or current dodge owners who had a bad > experiance with a dodge, and think everything dodge makes is shit.
> This particular one is a Ford Lover now, he blindly swears up and down on his > Ford Powerstroke, bragging its the best machine ever built.
> There are a few others in our group who (by the list of what went wrong) > probably abused their vehicles, and/or did not follow the correct guidelines > on use. Like you shant tow in Overdrive for instance.
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> ~~Lee~~
> "It is better to be feared than loved, > if you cannot be both."
> > > If a company can't build an auto tranny worth a flip, how better do you > > > think their vehicles are?
> > > Brian wrote:
> > > > I will be pulling a 12k pound fithwheel. I would like an automatic, Any > > > > horror stories? Or good stories? > > > > Thanks > > > > Brian
> > Brian, See what we in aadt have started to call "Stupid Fucks", they are > > usually trolls, usually previous or current dodge owners who had a bad > > experiance with a dodge, and think everything dodge makes is shit.
> > This particular one is a Ford Lover now, he blindly swears up and down on his > > Ford Powerstroke, bragging its the best machine ever built.
> > There are a few others in our group who (by the list of what went wrong) > > probably abused their vehicles, and/or did not follow the correct guidelines > > on use. Like you shant tow in Overdrive for instance.
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> > ~~Lee~~
> > "It is better to be feared than loved, > > if you cannot be both."
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Don wrote: > Ohh yeah, don't get me wrong, I admire dodges creativeness in their engineering > dept., it shows a lot of promise. I also like the cummins diesel. So there you > have it Mr DMX'er, I showed no partiality. I bet you're one impressed customer > huh :)
> > > If a company can't build an auto tranny worth a flip, how better do you > > > think their vehicles are?
> > > Brian wrote:
> > > > I will be pulling a 12k pound fithwheel. I would like an automatic, Any > > > > horror stories? Or good stories? > > > > Thanks > > > > Brian
> > Brian, See what we in aadt have started to call "Stupid Fucks", they are > > usually trolls, usually previous or current dodge owners who had a bad > > experiance with a dodge, and think everything dodge makes is shit.
> > This particular one is a Ford Lover now, he blindly swears up and down on his > > Ford Powerstroke, bragging its the best machine ever built.
> > There are a few others in our group who (by the list of what went wrong) > > probably abused their vehicles, and/or did not follow the correct guidelines > > on use. Like you shant tow in Overdrive for instance.
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> > ~~Lee~~
> > "It is better to be feared than loved, > > if you cannot be both."
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"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
