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Thanks, a lot of good input from everyone. One question about the Aisin.....I've heard a lot of folks are having issues with the dead pedal. When does it come into play? 1/2 throttle? 3/4 throttle? Only when you're on-off-on the pedal? I can sort of understand why the torque management...

We had a 2001 Cummins 2500 with the auto trans that always felt like it wanted to push through the stop sign/light when coming to a stop, so I would always shift to neutral whenever I came up on one. That got to be a pain after a while. Does the Aisin do the same? So the 'manual shift' buttons...

Thanks for the links. Completely agree on the T-case shifter. There's just something satisfying about feeling that 'clunk' when it moves into 4Hi or 4Low.

Thanks for the input. I spent a lot of time here from 96 to 2006 due to my previous trucks but can't find my login info so I had to re-register. I've always been impressed with the amount of knowledge and assistance TDR provides. Newsa: when you say the G56 is adequate....does that mean there...

I'm about to order a Tradesman 3500 SRW that will be used for a mix of unloaded daily driving (80%) and pulling a 40ft flatbed GN trailer (20%), often loaded to max trailer weight rating. The truck will not be raced or hotrodded. All 3 of my previous Cummins-equipped trucks have remained stock...