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Wanting upgraded 48re

08-21-2008, 05:35 AM

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WMoroni

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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northeast Louisiana Posts: 329

Wanting upgraded 48re

With only 20,000 miles on my 07 I think my auto is dying. Dang smarty. Any way I have 35s with 3.73s. I know this is not ideal but it's what I've got. Currently the only power mod is a smarty. Truck stays full of tools air compressor ect. weighs out at around 8000lbs give or take a couple hundred depending on whats in it. About 40% of the time I have my big trailer hooked up with a tractor or backhoe on it weighs in between 14500 and 32500. I have a very bad habit of having the smarty set to play and not setting it back to tow. I never drag race, sled pull, ect. but do work the truck on a farm where some times I need to get somewhere really fast or free a stuck truck or drag a fallen tree. I'm not abusive just demanding. When I had my 05 it was camed, twin turboed, big injectors, etc. If I had enough tranny I might would play again.

All that to ask what do I need for tranny upgrades? I would want to do it once and be done. If I need the thing rebuilt does anybody have complete trannys as I don't know or trust any of my local tranny shops? If I go this route do I need to worry about getting a 100,000 mile core vs my 20,000 mile core. No tranny wars but who do you like dislike etc

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2011 3500 4x4 Laramie 6.7HO, auto 3.73s everything but a sunroof.
04.5 2500 QC 4x4 5.9 auto, smarty, 50hp injectors, dynatrac free spins/dynalocs, dynatrac balljoints.
A couple old 49 Power Wagons and a M37 thrown in for good measure.
Gone to a new home. 2011 3500 C&C, 07.5, 07, 05, 04

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