ok so i spent some time looking at the gear vendor page tonight seems pretty kool is less of a job to install got to remember the 5000 mile fluid change on it an all then i got tot the price WOW !!! ...........thats alot for that small a unit isnt it ????................
also i am wondering if anyone can figure out what the RPM's would be if i did the RTO6610 with my 410 rear at say 60 mph running a 19.5" rim size ....currently my truck runs 2300 RPM at 60mph ...........so what would it be with the 10 speed ??? .....Im really looking at all options as i try an make a decision about the project ...i know i ask alot of questions but knowledge is power an when i set to doing this i want to do it correct not half ass it
If you do any kind of heavy towing, bear in mind that the original Laycock Overdrive unit that Gearvendors used that GV claimed a 16k GCVW , was designed for a triumph 2 seater, and the one that they currently use was designed for a Volvo 740 passenger car ( although the ones in the Volvos actually have a stronger cone clutch in them due to current manufacturing restrictions that no longer allow them to produce that cone clutch )
I used to have a shop specializing in those vehicles, and I personally have had to rebuild more of those things than I can count, and they are not as strong as people would like to think. THey do fabulous in their original application , generally going about 200k before hydrahlic rebuild and a tad linger before anything mechanical, but if someone times a shift wrong or leaves them engaged when they shouldnt, its all over. Mind you , this is on a 3300 pound vehicle. Do the math. THen search the internet for horror stories from retiries who have had brand new GV units under warranty fold on them away from home and have had to pay insane amounts of money to be towed to the nearest GV authorized repair center many states away, while ma waits in the 5th wheel stuck in one state and pa sits in a motel racking up bills waiting on parts to be shipped in. There are tons of these, more than you can count.
There is a very good reason I went with a Brownie, it wasnt just to be cool, I wanted something I could depend on, and even then being captain overkill, I never trust anything, so I left the original center support bearing crossmember in place, and I carry my factory driveshafts when travelling, and I installed my brownie in a way that if it EVER somehow failed ( how I could blow a box designed to pull 43, 280 pounds +*( EDIT make that 73, 280 pounds, dang wobbly fingers
, I'm not sure , but, still, I like to be prepared) I installed it to where we could be towed into ANY idiots shop out on the road and I could point to what needs to be done and in a maximum of 2 hours labour for the biggest idiot in the world, the brownie could be removed and thrown in the bed, and the factory driveshaft could be popped back in its original location and we'd be back on the road
Luck favours the prepared
. Definitely didn't get bored with that one. 
I would still love to drive one of those old girls. 
