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I have a 1998.5 Dodge 3500 dually with a 4:10 rear end and an automatic tranny. In 2002 I pulled a 33' Wilderness 5th wheel 20K miles over a four month trip from Fla. to Alaska and back. I had installed a Pac Brake before we left and it is still on. I now pull an 07 3475RL. My red noisy Dodge now has 165k on it. I had heard that the trans would go at 100+ miles . We were going on a long trip to Az, so I put in a performance trans at 123K. The garage checked my old one and asked why I wanted to replace it because it was OK. I serviced it religiously and drove it smartly. I replaced it with a Jasper that had a billet torque converter,beefed up clutches, heavy duty valve body and other goodies.
Love the truck as noisy as it is. I had thought of trading for a newer model, but I feel that would negate the reason I bought a diesel in the first place. I hope to put at least 300k on it.
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