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Originally Posted by Ross
Harvey, this has been my exact experience with the manual fords. They are so weak in the low RPMs, word got out, and they have all but quit selling/producing them. I would not own one. Duramax manuals weren't any better. Only the Cummins has enough off-idle torque to handle the manual tranny.
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Well, that's true. I had forgotten about that aspect. The company truck I drive for work is an F-550 7.3L with the 6-speed, but it has a 4.88 axle ratio, so that makes a big difference. I agree about the pathetic lack of low end torque with higher axle ratios. I remember when the Ford 6-speed first came out, the ranch I used to work at got one in an F-350 PSD, and the foreman was always killing it in the driveway because he was used to driving the ranch truck with the Cummins. Another rancher I talked to said his guys were always having to put them in 4-Low out in the pasture because they would stall out trying to cross ditches, etc.