I think their idea of high tractive effort is pulling a 500 ton set of railway cars from a standing start. That's what they designed the optional torque converter to do.
Which range are you referring to ? The super low gear set is completely worthless for driving - even over the roughest terrain. It's so low you hardly even move the vehicle - it's something like 4000:1. I think I remember someone telling me the super lows are worm gears and would break with excessive torque.
Now the intermediate set is great. 1st gear at 1000 RPM is about quarter walking speed. Even in nasty rocks I hardly ever use 1st. 2nd or 3rd is fine for most situations. Unless you're climbing ledges on slickrock, fully loaded to max vehicle weight and towing a loaded trailer, I don't think you can break that part of the transmission.
Which range are you referring to ? The super low gear set is completely worthless for driving - even over the roughest terrain. It's so low you hardly even move the vehicle - it's something like 4000:1. I think I remember someone telling me the super lows are worm gears and would break with excessive torque.
Now the intermediate set is great. 1st gear at 1000 RPM is about quarter walking speed. Even in nasty rocks I hardly ever use 1st. 2nd or 3rd is fine for most situations. Unless you're climbing ledges on slickrock, fully loaded to max vehicle weight and towing a loaded trailer, I don't think you can break that part of the transmission.