Fishy's Demodding, make fun of him here.

[chevycrew]

well yeah, cant pull very well with 100hp!

[v7guy]

Your definitly going to need the winch and plate bumper on the trailblazer. if you had a plastic bumper it'd get messed up when the toyota rolls into you while you're pulling it out.

Nobody wants your 88 springs either, don't you know the new rage is 89s and replacing your boots every week?

[fishsticks]

well yeah, cant pull very well with 100hp!

You shoulda seen me pull this F250 out of a mudhole on Sunday. Double low, 3rd gear, stab the throttle and run out about 10-20 feet.

I realized I forgot to put my seatbelt on about the time that my head slammed into the A pillar.... but he popped right out.

[Trail X]

well yeah, cant pull very well with 100hp!

You shoulda seen me pull this F250 out of a mudhole on Sunday. Double low, 3rd gear, stab the throttle and run out about 10-20 feet.

I realized I forgot to put my seatbelt on about the time that my head slammed into the A pillar.... but he popped right out.

Pardon my ignorance, but why use double low + 3rd? Why not just use hi first? Or 1 low 1 hi first?

[fishsticks]

Pardon my ignorance, but why use double low + 3rd? Why not just use hi first? Or 1 low 1 hi first?

It's where my cases were at the time. I was trying out hill climbs with 2xLow 3rd and 2xLow 4th. I ran most of the day with the front case in Low and the rear case in 4Hi.

FWIW:

High + 1st = 3.954:1
Low + 1st = 9.015:1
2xLow + 3rd = 7.195:1
2xLow +1st = 20.554:1

I like shifting lots of levers.

[chevycrew]

2.28 rear case or 4.7?

[Trail X]

Gotcha Donny. But there's not really any benefit of running double low 3rd over low 1st... just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. I've never really dealt with double low boxes before.

Steve: 20.554 / 9.015 = 2.28

All this talk of gear ratios reminded me of this:

[dirty anton]

wonder if the truck will stop on its own also......when he slips under it one day

[fishsticks]

2.28 rear case or 4.7?

2.28. I may install 4.7s when I take the rear box down to twin stick it. I need to get it out and see if I really need a 4.7 box.

Gotcha Donny. But there's not really any benefit of running double low 3rd over low 1st... just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. I've never really dealt with double low boxes before.

Steve: 20.554 / 9.015 = 2.28

All this talk of gear ratios reminded me of this:

One of the first things I did when I got the Yota was pull it out on my street, let the clutch out in 2xLow 1st gear and get out. Makes those "Ghost Ride the Whip" videos easy.

[OregTrailBlazin]

wonder if the truck will stop on its own also......when he slips under it one day

For that man, the truck would stop and do a backflip just to avoid running him over.

[fishsticks]

wonder if the truck will stop on its own also......when he slips under it one day

For that man, the truck would stop and do a backflip just to avoid running him over.

Marlin's a legend.

[bgwolfpack]

His attitude is what this is all about.

[chevycrew]

My buddy I wheel with has the marlin ultimate setup (2.28 front, 4.7 rear) crawls great, but he rarely ever uses it. Most of his wheeling is just with the 4.7 case in low.

[fishsticks]

My buddy I wheel with has the marlin ultimate setup (2.28 front, 4.7 rear) crawls great, but he rarely ever uses it. Most of his wheeling is just with the 4.7 case in low.

That's kinda what I'm thinking... I can't see a time when 2.28 * 2.28 won't get me there. I'm on 37s and MAY go 39.5s someday, but that's it.

[chevycrew]

He had 4.7s first, then wanted the 2 low option and the 2.28 low range back. Thats why the duals were added in.