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2005 Silverado re-gear question
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<blockquote data-quote="ridered3" data-source="post: 740691" data-attributes="member: 1371"><p>In my limited experience yes on the tall mesh tailgate. Drug an empty 6x12 with a gate (very similiar to yours) two hours of interstate driving away to pickup a zero turn for wife's work. Truck (06 Tacoma with V6 and automatic) hated that trip and was constantly hunting for gears and acting like you mentioned at the beginning. Honestly wondered if the tranmission was going out.</p><p></p><p>Picked up the zero turn and folded the rear gate all the way down into the trailer floor. Drove two hours back home and truck was just fine and showed none of the problems of the empty trip down. So while I added weight to the trailer, by folding down the air dam/tailgate on the trailer and everything acted better/happier.</p><p></p><p>You probably don't notice the wind resistence with the lawn mower since I assume you aren't driving extended periods of time at interstate speeds with that setup. If you have the room on the trailer (and the trailer/tailgate allows), load the bike and then flip the tailgate down into the trailer floor. See if that makes a difference since it's a cheap fix.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ridered3, post: 740691, member: 1371"] In my limited experience yes on the tall mesh tailgate. Drug an empty 6x12 with a gate (very similiar to yours) two hours of interstate driving away to pickup a zero turn for wife's work. Truck (06 Tacoma with V6 and automatic) hated that trip and was constantly hunting for gears and acting like you mentioned at the beginning. Honestly wondered if the tranmission was going out. Picked up the zero turn and folded the rear gate all the way down into the trailer floor. Drove two hours back home and truck was just fine and showed none of the problems of the empty trip down. So while I added weight to the trailer, by folding down the air dam/tailgate on the trailer and everything acted better/happier. You probably don't notice the wind resistence with the lawn mower since I assume you aren't driving extended periods of time at interstate speeds with that setup. If you have the room on the trailer (and the trailer/tailgate allows), load the bike and then flip the tailgate down into the trailer floor. See if that makes a difference since it's a cheap fix. [/QUOTE]
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