[Christ]

Yeah, that'll happen when gearing doesn't match the torque curve... I keep telling people that my truck only really ever needed 3 gears... get going, keep going, and really go.

None of those gears would ever need to see any higher than 2400-2500 RPM.. Hell, I can run my I6 down to 700ish before it even feels like it's having any sort of difficulty moving the truck. I'd imagine that ~1,000 RPM would be the perfect cruise location for Gerald, which is why I still want to find a gear splitter for the rear axle. As it sits, I cruise at 2k ish @ 60 MPH... consequently, that's my torque peak... With a splitter, I could be in 5th(2) at 60-65 running ~1,000 RPM, and if I'm towing or need the extra torque, I could simply switch back to 5th(1) and be right back at my peak torque number, and it wouldn't affect my 4wd parts, either. I could run 4x4 with the splitter on (1), which is a simple 1:1 gear interface.