Final Advice: Cost-Benefit and Expert Consultation

to bump up to a diesel let's say you're gotta do some a tri-axial gooseneck 32 feet long okay all on your skid steer all on your mini dozer you're pushing 22,000 paws yep yep that's when you're gonna step into a 1 tonne duty diesel Europe mr. and mrs. Smith she just retired you bought a 42-foot 5th wheel tri-axial camper with 17 slide outs 14 couches you're gonna have your 9 dogs in there and all your beer and coolers and waters you're gonna be pushing 23,000 pounds that's right if you want diesel guys need to make the right decision what am I doing with my job okay and then us the sales guy is not gonna be knuckleheads we need to make sure we pull the right specs on a truck so what we're selling you the right truck so you don't come to the manufacturer and say well this Rams a piece of crap I've blown three transmissions in it well no it's not a piece of crap we got the wrong truck or this Ford's a piece of crap I can't get the brakes last 120 thousand miles well the Forge might be scrapped you got the wrong color how do you get how do you when you hook up with somebody how do you know you're hooking up with the right person to help you make that decision because these guys will go I know what I'm gonna do with the truck but I don't know what gear ratio I need you know when do you so what are the gear right we've never did you never did answer what are the gear ratios the dodge offers cuz I know we don't do a321 gear or 392 gear 373 gear 410 gear 488 gear and it depends on the halftime 3/4 ton want on you know there's different trim levels there's so many factors that go into it I can ramble off technical information until we're blue in the face well I want something that these guys can that I'm trying to put my mind my head into the mind of a guy that really isn't a truck guy but he has to go out and work and he just want some guidelines what gear ratios should he look for and can you give us some typical applications and again guys this is going to vary so don't lock us in this is just a guideline to help you over if you say you want to start a small business for example and you got a limited budget we have a tradesmen package truck that you can do a regular cab which I recommend for plowing anyway yeah some guys wanted coot cab so they can haul their kids around or under the cabin or whatever which is fine but run a regular cab get a 410 rear gear get a 6 for gas you don't have all the maintenance the fuel cost the initial charge for a diesel engine…