BigDave12768

I am looking at picking up a second truck. I plow and I plan on picking up accounts and salting next year. Nice old 2nd gen Cummins are a bit out of my budget. But the V10's are in price range. Do the V10's eat up the 47re like the Cummins do? My old 94 would eat a tranny up in 90-100k mileage and that was with no real mods and drving it nice. Do the V10's eat them up just as fast?

badme

yup, wait until you plow with one.

Ron E

The torque is similar, the transmission is the same, so I'd expect about the same transmission life unless you measure it in gallons of fuel consumed in which case you might want to hold out for a Cummins. Either way, I'm afraid you're going to pay for one.

justme-

Have a good trans shop upgrade your stock tranny- I had my shop add plates, steels and upgrade the sprags. It was essentially a 48re minus the input shaft, then a shift kit in the VB. 70K miles on it, plowing every winter until this year the remanned TC (stock replacement not HD) bit the dust (lockup failed and caused a mess) which the TC rebuilder ate- cost me $250 for a new HD TC (What a difference on lockup!).
Shop said I'm good for a mild HP boost (I only wanna go to around 225hp,. 600ft/lbs)

Opacity

I plow with my 47rh, and I pull metal chunks out of the pan every once in a while when I do trans services.

Keep up on fluid, watch trans temp, and adjust the bands it will hold up, mine has.