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Old 10-07-2015, 08:53 AM   #8
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Re: '60-'62 front axle vs later years--interchange?

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Originally Posted by Brad54 View Post
Why was freeway driving "unnerving?" What'd the truck do that made it a white-knuckle ride?

-Brad
Hey Brad, My 283 and 3.90 gearing wasn't terrible but it did take a while to get up to speed merging with cars diving 85 MPH while texting. It was probably just me, I tend to baby my truck but the RPM's and transfer case whine at 70 felt like I pushing it. I found myself driving in the right hand lane behind the tractor trailers, which is never a good thing "driving behind a billboard" as we say in the UPS world. At 70 I'm wondering how the truck would handle in a panic stop.
A panic stop pulling a boat? I'm sure I'd be the lead story on the 6 o'clock news.
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