"Troy" <no@spam.please> wrote in message

> I'll be complaining about the heat here in florida though soon.

Yep, forest fire season is right around the corner.
-Brian

 

"Troy" <no@spam.please> wrote in message

> I'll be complaining about the heat here in florida though soon.

Yep, forest fire season is right around the corner.
-Brian

 

"Troy" <no@spam.please> wrote in message

> I'll be complaining about the heat here in florida though soon.

Yep, forest fire season is right around the corner.
-Brian

 

I have 3.31 gears and my preferred off road gear is 3rd low. I can purr
along or up a sand pit wall at 400 rpm without a stall and it keeps me
limited to about 10-12 mph so I don't get caught on a blind corner or
hill going to fast.

It is a really torque strong gear for me. If I get into slop, I have
power fast without having to shift. Shifting once into deep do do can
be fatal to clutches and forward motion if the shift works and you spin.

I almost got into big crap by being in 1st 4x4 high when crossing a
beaver washed out trail last summer. It was 100' + long and at the top
of my 33's and I slipped the **** end off so had to give it. I was only
doing something like 375 rpm or so and my wife was saying 'more gas,
more gas' when I told her it was to the floor. It chugged through, but
we both had visions of getting very wet.

3rd low has the reduction torque and would have felt stronger at the
pedal with a chance at more rpm.

Mike

Troy wrote:
>
> Ah now I remember what I was wanting to know! You mentioned running in 4 lo
> in 3rd gear? How does that work out? I've only used 4lo here to pull
> people out or to climb up root strewn inclines, and just crawl in 1st gear.
> Sometimes if I'm in what they call sugar sand, and stop, if you try to go
> again in 4hi and 1st gear you'll just dig yourself in a hole. I'll creep
> out in 4lo to a more firm spot and then switch back to hi.

 

I have 3.31 gears and my preferred off road gear is 3rd low. I can purr
along or up a sand pit wall at 400 rpm without a stall and it keeps me
limited to about 10-12 mph so I don't get caught on a blind corner or
hill going to fast.

It is a really torque strong gear for me. If I get into slop, I have
power fast without having to shift. Shifting once into deep do do can
be fatal to clutches and forward motion if the shift works and you spin.

I almost got into big crap by being in 1st 4x4 high when crossing a
beaver washed out trail last summer. It was 100' + long and at the top
of my 33's and I slipped the **** end off so had to give it. I was only
doing something like 375 rpm or so and my wife was saying 'more gas,
more gas' when I told her it was to the floor. It chugged through, but
we both had visions of getting very wet.

3rd low has the reduction torque and would have felt stronger at the
pedal with a chance at more rpm.

Mike

Troy wrote:
>
> Ah now I remember what I was wanting to know! You mentioned running in 4 lo
> in 3rd gear? How does that work out? I've only used 4lo here to pull
> people out or to climb up root strewn inclines, and just crawl in 1st gear.
> Sometimes if I'm in what they call sugar sand, and stop, if you try to go
> again in 4hi and 1st gear you'll just dig yourself in a hole. I'll creep
> out in 4lo to a more firm spot and then switch back to hi.

 

I have 3.31 gears and my preferred off road gear is 3rd low. I can purr
along or up a sand pit wall at 400 rpm without a stall and it keeps me
limited to about 10-12 mph so I don't get caught on a blind corner or
hill going to fast.

It is a really torque strong gear for me. If I get into slop, I have
power fast without having to shift. Shifting once into deep do do can
be fatal to clutches and forward motion if the shift works and you spin.

I almost got into big crap by being in 1st 4x4 high when crossing a
beaver washed out trail last summer. It was 100' + long and at the top
of my 33's and I slipped the **** end off so had to give it. I was only
doing something like 375 rpm or so and my wife was saying 'more gas,
more gas' when I told her it was to the floor. It chugged through, but
we both had visions of getting very wet.

3rd low has the reduction torque and would have felt stronger at the
pedal with a chance at more rpm.

Mike

Troy wrote:
>
> Ah now I remember what I was wanting to know! You mentioned running in 4 lo
> in 3rd gear? How does that work out? I've only used 4lo here to pull
> people out or to climb up root strewn inclines, and just crawl in 1st gear.
> Sometimes if I'm in what they call sugar sand, and stop, if you try to go
> again in 4hi and 1st gear you'll just dig yourself in a hole. I'll creep
> out in 4lo to a more firm spot and then switch back to hi.