Wild and Free

It is way more important to have a tranny temp gauge on any manual tranny that tows, when I worked at the gear shop it was truly amazing how many 5 and 6 speed trannies we got in behind the cummins that were literally melted down from input shafts and bearings on the 5 speeds to bearings and shafts and 6th gear totally melted on 6 speeds. We talked most into putting tranny temp gauges in the rigs that towed heavy a lot and several customers came back thanking us and were in total amazement at how hot they got and also at how fast and cool they stayed by dropping one gear while towing.

I can see it done with a rancher, more machine than my TRX 300, if I tried to hook up that trailer to my rig the seat would be dragging on the ground lol.

In the past when I worked at a gear shop we had mixed results with Yukon, the main issue we saw was they tended to have a howl to them that can't be adjusted out. Had several sets where the customer complained and we tried several different adjustments but the nature of how they make them is what causes it, doesn't mean they are poor quality just a minor inconveinience in some applications.

Yeah if you do not have the proper tools and know how a Dana is not the diff to learn on, best left to an experienced hand. Also check quad4x4.com for pricing. 1800-3200 labor included sounds about right depending on what is all coming apart on a LS unit. Maybe a bit high if the gear set is still good though. If replacing the entire rotating assembly would be over $1k at least plus labor of about 6 hours give or take.

What is the overfilling myth you are referring to? I can say from my own experience 2 times one on my 02 and on my old 95 over the years that overfilling can lead to oil blowing out the breather on the front axles when hot in hot weather and making a heck of a mess. I used to do the same thing you describe until that happened two separate times on two separate rigs, I now just fill level with bottom of fill hole and no more issues. I never had any issue with the rear diff but both times happened on the front. As far as the rear diff, overfilling could cause things to run hotter than normal, it needs air space to sling and help cool the oil, take up the space and the oil has less space to sling and cool, probably a non issue in the small automotive diffs but it makes a huge difference on large equipment.

On a 3rd gen my preference would be 4 at minimum if I were to do it. fuel rail pressure Pyro Boost fuel transfer pump pressure If towing heavy a lot then tranny temp gauge.

Had to move it anyhow to get the Cummins hooked up as I am headed to the water here shortly so got a better shot of the Kubota getting its workout for the day.

Figured I would throw in a pic of what my yard machine tow rig looks like in its usual routine of hauling wood scraps from wind storms and firewood believe it or not I heap this little trailer full and the Honda doesn't even grunt puling it around just need to plan ahead for the stops with a full load of unsplit wood , also have a 1979 full sized 1/2 ton chevy pickup box trailer that gets pulled around by my 1998 Honda TRX 300 just like this Mitsubishi mighty max box, can't fill the chevy trailer as full though as it pushes the Honda around too much and is hard to stop on the down hill direction. Rarely if ever ride the Honda leisurely it is always hooked to one trailer or another "Earning its keep as well". If you notice in the background half hidden by the blue spruce is my 24 HP B2150 Kubota hooked up to my 22 foot triple tube pontoon trailer, it too gets worked hard.

Forgot my camera at home today after uploading pics last night so didn't get any trailer shots of the load of wood today.

After getting back to the farm I swapped over to my 20' Keifer stock trailer to go get a load of downed cottonwood from a coworkers yard for this coming winter. This is how real men haul wood, non of those little boy trailers here. My rig earns its keep.

Well here is the 1970 John Deere 5020 going to a new home, 115 miles loaded one way gross was in the neighborhood of 31-32K lbs. pickup, trailer, supplies and me weigh in at around 15K lbs. and tractor is in neighborhood of 16-17K lbs. low 80's low breeze under 10 mph all day and high humidty. Ran with cruise set at 70 loaded and about 78 unloaded headed home, smarty level 2 did 9mpg overall running hard.

Most I have paid for a full ranch hand is 1200 and i have bought 3 of them, last one was for my 2010 1500 Hemi about 2 years ago.

Need to take it up with big man Mike who fired up "This topic" in the general section. Can't seperate things anymore these days as the overreaching big brother has pushed its way into every single aspect of everyones life these days and for some reason people refuse to want to do anything about it except put these topics in a back room and try and hide it. Nothing is or was getting out of hand in here anyhow that I see. Everyone was posting their opinion and everyone has the same thought and no arguements or disagreements or anything else to be concerned with in my book.

My 05 does way better mileage in hot weather and or in the mountains. Normally hangs in the 16 mpg range easy dd around here, last trip a few years ago to Phoenix and back 4500 miles in 10 days averaged 19.8 overall lots of hot weather and mountain driving that trip.

Your going with twins now?

Warning!!!

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True genius

Here is a special kind of stupid.

That was a short lived love affair................... O maybe a "Fling".

25 bucks postage prepaid, 17.50 no prepaid postage.

Yep full protection all the way across with the ranch hands, without would be worthless.

Yep Tom has a good point, I have seen news stories and police reports of more harm and damage from trying to avoid a collision and resulting in a bad crash instead. I like the $1K ranch hand bumper approach better than several deductibles over time and the inconvienience of being without my ride while in a body shop ect. I can't count how much money the ranch hands have saved me over the years in comparison to the initial cost of the bumpers.