MrTunaCat
Junior Member
I have a 5.9 cummins. I tow an 4 ton chipper up a fairly steep hill and also sometimes have a load of wood chips in my bed.
I have an automatic which I heard is weak and only has 4 gears.
In the past I always try to go up in 4th gear but when it gets too steep i drop into 3rd. Is 3rd gear an acceptable gear to be towing uphill? I don’t want to be damaging my transmission. Is there an rpm I should stay in? I usually try to keep it in the 2-2.5k rpm. Sometimes 3k.
I have an automatic which I heard is weak and only has 4 gears.
In the past I always try to go up in 4th gear but when it gets too steep i drop into 3rd. Is 3rd gear an acceptable gear to be towing uphill? I don’t want to be damaging my transmission. Is there an rpm I should stay in? I usually try to keep it in the 2-2.5k rpm. Sometimes 3k.