towing with a stock diameter OFE?

towing with a stock diameter OFE?

01-11-2004, 02:20 AM

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Forrest Nearing

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towing with a stock diameter OFE?

the previous owner of my truck rarely hauled anything more that ~8-10k lbs, and not very often and not very fast... so he went with the 12.25 OFE... can't say that I blame him as the price was right and it should be plenty of clutch for the truck with little load.

but, I'm looking at starting to haul trailers for my buddy's dad... he builds custom trailers of all sorts, and I'm looking at hauling ~20k lbs 1,000 miles at a time.

what should I do? put a valet switch on the truck and tow in "neutered mode"? keep the boost below a certain level? I don't care about being able to do 75mph the whole way, I just care about getting there without hurting the clutch center!!!

obviously the larger diameter clutch would be ideal, but there just isn't room in the budget right now.

Peter? anyone?

TIA,

Forrest

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