Getting High-Powered Heavy Duty Pickup Using Synthetic Gear Lube
The present heavy-duty pickups are increasingly becoming high-powered to pull more loads. The availability of powerful V-10 engines and turbo-diesel has helped the modern pickup in pulling greater number of loads than what it used to be previously. The American-made pickups like the heavy trailer have seen its horsepower rise by 93% since 1981. In the last decade itself, the average horsepower has risen by 34% that was the result of intense competition among manufacturers and consumer demands for lucrative truck sales. This has led to pickups like the Ford F-350 Super Duty to tow quite heavy loads with a fifth wheel package. The torque, extreme loads and horsepower of the pickups passing through the differentials has led to the need for improved gear lubes. Different tests undertaken have shown the presence of industry-wide problems related to heavy duty differentials with the kind of lubricants that are used. In one test, a heavy duty pickup that towed up a ...