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All things considered, if you don't mind shifting gears manually I believe the SM465 would be the way to go.
If you look at the gear ratios for the manual, they are much better than the autos and when you factor in the Ranger overdrive it would rival the NV4500.
Ratios for the SM465:
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Good looking truck. Welcome to the 5 ton club. Lets hear the particulars on it. I just sold my latest one last Saturday, so I am on the hunt for another one myself.
I just talked with one of the govplanet reps anout mine on Monday and was quoted 4 to 6 weeks, but with the holidays I would expect it could be longer than that.
Where I work we used to have several older 1 ton flat bed trucks with the 6.2 and sm465 transmissions.
They were worked hard, but held up and they drove fine with that engine and tranny combo. Normal driving is done using 2nd, 3rd and 4th gears. When loaded heavy you would use the granny low...
Contact a service rep asap. I had the same issue just a couple months ago with a truck that was incorrectly listed. All it took was a phone call. I was given the option of a full refund or applying all money towards another truck in the next auction. Bid on and won a truck in the next auction...
ript, decent looking truck to start with. It looks like you have most, if not all, of the tractor stuff out back as well if you decide to keep it as a tractor. If not, that stuff should bring you a good bit of coin. Mine didn't have of any of that stuff as the it was converted to a brush truck...