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Guys..I know this isn't really fountain related but I was just wondering what everyone pulling a 35' fountian Lightning is using. I am looking at a new Chevy 6.0 with 4.10 gears and I will put a lift on it but I am concerned about the tranny holding up. I will only be pulling the boat maybe 3 or 4 times a year a couple hundred miles each trip. I wan't for sure if there is anyone else out there using the same setup and how they like it. If this is not adequate I will go with the duraMAX and allison tranny. Any advice will be appreciated and thanks in advance.

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You should be fine. May not set any speed records.
I pull my 32 with a 250 SD with the small 5.4 V-8 and 3.73 axles. No problem and could run 80 w/o a struggle.

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Since you are not using the truck that much you should be fine even with larger tires. Make sure you have a trans cooler. I am pulling with a 2500HD with the Duramax/Allison and love it. It's a great package.
Dan

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Should be good to go! :D

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I pulled my 35 with 97 Ram 2500 285/16 ..4.10 gears (bigger tires reduce to about 3.90's) and 360 motor.

You'll be fine as stated above, I never tow in Overdrive. Did rear end last summer, that was needed.

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and the idiot pulls his 42 now too. moron.

actually it is not too bad. You know it's back there and just putts along.

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you will be fine

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I used to pull my 27 with a f 250 powerstroke with 37" tires. It was fine with that, the 35 loaded with fuel was to hard on the tranny. I installed a hypermax programmer and it shifted better, but the tranny would peg at times even with the cooler. The truck only had 10000 on it

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I agree with the crowd, you should be fine. Silly us bought a 35 Lightning last year and thought we would go through the summer with our Suburban....1500, next week got the 2500 HD Dura/Allison setup gotta make sure we can put a 42 some day :)

Tow it and have a great summer

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Go with the Diesel!