Oh, but they make this awesome little chip thingy that my sister got for
her Chevy 1 ton diesel that makes it less work, better fuel mileage and it runs
like a BIG DOG...she got it at the auto shop and it is supposed to be available
pretty much everywhere...well, possibly not CA. Unfortunately, I'm still
driving my Dodge til I can get the housing situation completed (woohoo, have a
lead on 13 acres with a barn on it!!) and then I'll trade it in on something
that will actually haul me and my horse and not have the freaking AC go off
every time you hit the gas ...in 100 degree temps in S. Texas it's no
fun!
If I were making a switch from stick shift to automatic, I
would get one with the Allison Transmission (I have one myself and can
recommend it, I would RATHER have had a stick shift, but that option is not
available in California with the Diesel engine). That means Chevy or
GMC. You don't have to ride the brakes going down hill, even with the
trailer on the back, loaded.
My 2500 HD is plenty of truck for
pulling my 16' gn stock trailer fully loaded (GVWR 14,000 lbs). It is
a regular cab w/ a utility bed on the back (i.e. not a "girly" truck, but
you could leave off the utility bed and maybe achieve what you
want:)).
My only complaints about the Allison transmission are that it
doesn't shift UP at the same time I would in all situations, and it
downshifts going down some hills if I don't give the truck any gas (I don't
want to accelerate, but I don't want it to downshift either), also it is
less responsive in traffic, and it pisses me off that I HAD to pay a huge
sum of money for it, only for it to cost me in gas mileage as
well.
In 2003 when I bought it, neither the Ford nor the Dodge
automatic transmissions could hold a candle to the Allison
transmission. I don't know what they have out
now.
kat Orange County,
Calif.
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