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Yep, 241C, my bad. I have a pair of 208's if I don't need the VSS.

Not going big time wheeling, no big tires, no lift, stock 235/85/16 tires (slightly less that 32"). Mostly after ground clearance for my trips down 'un-maintained" roads (anyone go out past Copper Harbor to High Rock Bay?) and when the snowplow doesn't make it down my Michigan road. Plus I want it for the time it's a little slick (once got my 99 extended cab 3/4 ton 2wd stuck, on wet grass, with the front tires in a 2" deep ditch. Embarrassed doesn't begin to describe it).

OK, I confess, I've always wanted one because they look cool. Issue now is Carmine Red with burgundy interior or dark sliver with black interior? Red looks great with the white wheels and dog dishes, but the silver / black is pretty nice. And 81 single, 91 single , 87 double, 90 Burb double mini front lights? Ah, decisions. The nice thing is I know I don't need PW/PL since I'm going to have a vinyl seat to slide across. ooh, I just happen to have a set of NOS manual door panels...

Full floater only is needed the 1 day a year I haul scrap - and that's what the trailer is for (this has a pretty good hitch, plus I have a Class 4 on one of my other trucks). If one fell out of the tree, cheap, I would use it, but they are getting pricey here. My 81 has a 9.5 with a gov-lock and worked 20 years on the farm, hauling some very heavy loads of hay and oak firewood. I once took its 8500 GVW across the scale at 11,400 lbs (old farm equipment scrap).. and the 9.5 and 3 speed have never grumped.

AS far as being a dog, I'm sure it will be. I'm not in any hurry, I've been told I drive like a little old lady (once I hit 35 I slowed down and stopped wrecking a vehicle a year). I actually hit 58mph towing this home on the trailer, on a 2 hour drive. Bypassed the expressway which probably cost me 1/2 hour on the round trip.

3.43 with the 700R4 is not bad, gets me to ~2.5 which is what is in my 1977 with the 250 and no OD. Probably will be just fine with the 6.2. With the 250, probably 4:11's, netting out around 3.0. My current backup driver is a 6.2 diesel powered 87 with 3.08 gears, which is pretty close. My 81 3/4 has 3.43's with no OD, and the L6 is howling at 70.

I grew on on 3/4 ton trucks with 250's in them, and I'm perfectly fine with the level of anti-performance available. I will spend most of my time in this truck well below highway speeds, but every now and then, the road trip will require 70mph, which is where the OD comes in. Nice thing is, either of my engine options is not likely to lead to powertrain demise (the whopping 190hp of the 6.2 is.. underwhelming. The 250's are more fun to drive).

Anyways, now that the last college tuition is paid, I needed somewhere else to spend my money. This looks like a good bet.