Rpm range?

[Brock]

(03-14-2017 )Waterloo Wrote:  871, 3.36 gears 18spd, I find the sweet spot right around 1350 - 1400. I haul very light, normally just a few skids in a 53' dry box, and rarely leave Michigan. When I am heavy, I try to keep the rpm's up, she does not like to be lugged, especially with those lousy gears I am cursed with. And yes, I do use the cruise control, and I do have an occasional pull here in Michigan on a few roads I frequent. I will drop out of that and downshift to keep the rpm's up at that 1400 mark. Oh, I don't know how to double clutch, I have forgotten how to do that. ;-)

I love my 3:36 gears in my pete. I haul 140k with them but I have tall 11r24.5 rubber too. At 65mph I am at 1250rpm in top gear or 1500rpm in 17th. I like this gearing because 17th has more grunt to it due to it being a direct gear so I slow down on hills way less! So I always run in 17th, 18th is my "gettin home" gear. At 62mph I'm at 1400rpm which is a decent spot to be at with my cat.