It's funny how 95-97% of the European market demands a MANUAL transmission. Here it's the exact opposite. The so called lack of market here is probably more a reflection of dealer order tactics and pricing. When my Ranger was bought new it had to be special ordered in plain jane trim with no air, crank windows and a 5 speed.... and it cost more money than it would have cost to buy the same basic truck off the lot which had a slush box AND Air. I forget the dollar difference at this point. It wasn't much... but the manual transmission cost more money.
As far as the tow 'ratings' for the Dodge trucks go... all I can say is that there was a reason why the State of Nebraska charged UNL with operating a tractor test lab... because 'ratings' needed to be challenged at the time. I'd say they still do...............
Earthmoving equipment uses power shift, often with torque converters for the simple reason that most of this equipment needs the ability to go down to stall speed for agility while still maintaining some degree of pull which is not so easy to do (or perhaps not so healthy for) with a clutch. You'll find that most things that do not require that fine control like graders and nearly all ag tractors... that use full powershift transmissions... ALL are a direct drive arrangement.
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Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
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