I put 300,000 miles on my '96 F-250 Powerstroke with the 5-speed manual. I bet I clutched and pulled it out of 5th to shift into 6th a couple thousand times! I test drove the first Super-Duty I could find with the 6-speed manual, SuperCab F-250 diesel. For lots of heavy towing it was the combination to have, but for all the light load running around I did my 5-speed with 3.55 gears ran right up to speed just fine. Even when I towed just short of 20,000# I was surprised how my stock truck with such long gears would climb hills and gain speed.
Unless you buy a Kenworth, Peterbilt, Navistar, FreightShaker, or some imported Hino or something, you can not get a manual transmission in a pickup anymore. Half, 3/4, or one ton, all brands, Chevy, GMC, Ford, and Ram, all only automatic as of start of 2018 model year. Ram was the last to offer a manual in 2017. After over 40 years of driving manual trans pickups, I bought my first automatic trans pickup yesterday. The salesperson even made doubly sure that I couldn't order a special option code and still get a manual. Nothing doing.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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