Peteandsharon
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Hi all, I just completed my first major excursion pulling our BH 3055 with our '99 F250 Diesel. I pulled up and down the Black Hills (primarily hwy 16 south of Rapid City). There were some pretty long 6-7% grades and for whatever reason my transmission temp gauge chose this trip to stop working although the EGT gauge was fine. Anyway we made it up and down the hills but on the way home I was pulling out of an overnight stay in Winona MN up a very short but very steep grade. On the way up I had the sensation that my back wheels were slipping as if they were intermittently catching some gravel and slipping. What bothered me was that it seemed a little too regular to just be catching a few patches of loose road. It very briefly did a similar thing once more before we got home. So..... my question is this: Has anyone else had an issue with a transmission starting to slip like this maybe because it has been overloaded? Does this seem plausible that a transmission can start having this type of problem and if so, is it doomed to get worse? I have always known that the 7.3 diesel was almost bullet proof but the transmission in that model was the weak link if there was one. Any information would be appreciated. By the way, the truck seems to drive normally unloaded and I had no issues pulling the BH on more level ground. Thanks, Pete