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    towing with an expeditor ?

    not those ones, no it does make sense, we do it now with regular straight trucks, regular trailers and cube vans, just wouldn't work with like those RVs you see or those toters you see with belly lockers inches off the ground. i didn't say off roading, I said gravel roads, of which there are...
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    towing with an expeditor ?

    well, thats pretty much what we are doing to be more specific: need a minimum of 22' box space weight isn't a big issue, but generally we need to take a 10-12k payload in the truck need a minimum of two berths in a legal sleeper need to be able to negotiate some gravel roads (needs diff...
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    towing with an expeditor ?

    what do you mean whats the purpose ? because we need to :cool: We've been doing what we've been doing for 10 years. The box truck needs to travel coast to coast at least 8 times per year. As fast as possible. We use a team of drivers (two, sometimes 3) to get it there as fast as possible. We...
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    towing with an expeditor ?

    we aren't into expediting, but we need an expeditor style truck for what we need to do (need a sleeper, need a 20-24 ft. box, prefer single axle), however we also need to tow a car trailer (approx 24ft long, not too heavy) although many expeditors have lift gates, we've modded a few that...
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    M2 /w ISC + 3200 - 3.90 too tall ?

    my thinking is we will probably end up in 4th though on the big passes... and/or overheat the trans ?? i guess not if its locked, didn't know when it would/wouldn't lock
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    M2 /w ISC + 3200 - 3.90 too tall ?

    Hi I've been looking at a "new" (used) M2 with the ISC and an Allsion 3200 (6spd w/ two overdrive gears). Only prob is it's spec'd with 3.90 rear end... running low pro 22.5s (255/70/22.5). We're in the mountains pulling 18-20,000 lbs trailer... just cars. will it be too low ? By my calcs...
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