>I also had to chuckle at your comment about newer trucks "idleing"
>through obstacles because in my experience, unless we're dealing with
>extreme climbs, it's the Series drivers who idle and finess their way
>through--the Coilers use gobs of wellie and brute force. Not saying
>either is necessarily wrong--just an observation.
But I suspect that it is an observation based mostly upon the difference
between 3.5 & 4.7 ring & pinions. With coiler gearing idling is way fast.
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