Recent content by k9crawford

So far, the highest I have hit on the Allison during my climb is 185. I really don't like the truck overall, but I can drive my trailer without overheating the trans on my hill home. I'm not even that heavy, just over 9,800 lbs. I believe the slow speeds with high load lets the torque...

Just noted that I never updated on my issues. Corporate could never find a fix or even identify a specific fault. Just the symptom of the overheat and apparent slipping. Ram was working a buy back but the offer was looking about 8 to 9,000. less than purchase price. With used truck prices what...

Well, I've received the first email that acknowledges corporate want's to do a buy back on my truck. the dealer and field engineers had performed another test tow and another data check and have no idea why it continues to over heat the trans with the trailer. It will still be two weeks or so...

I wanted to ask the OP if he had experienced any noted transmission slip when this happened? Did the temp climb slowly or did it just jump up? I recently traded a 2017 1500 and bought a 2021 2500 CTD. When I tow my 9500 lbs toy hauler up the grade to my home it starts slipping in third gear...