Gearing and Crawl Ratio's

[johnpaulgolf]

JP, I would go with lower axle gears. My rule has always been with 33" = 410 or lower, 35"=456 or lower and 38" and up 513 gears. I would not rely on trans and t-case just to make the ratio.
Just my 2c.
Broncomatt

Matt thanks for the input...I will be getting 4.56 gear when Chuck get his new D-60's I am going to buy his old axles with disk brakes and 4.56 gears. Right now a good start and better "crawl" can be acheived quick with just a new tranny. Make since?

I started out with the NP435, a T shift case, 4.56's, and 35" tires. With the original 302, I could let the engine idle(800 rpm) in low gear low range, and it was hard to stall the engine with manual brakes. I had several stumps in the yard I used to play on by letting it idle up and across them.

Aaron, thanks for all you advice I hope to be in that same situation you described shortly. But again don't you think the NP435 alone with my T-case will give me alot better crawl now? The numbers say so, I hope that will be a good start anyway.