Getting ready for a long haul with my bed loaded down with stuff my question is. I would say I have about 1000 pounds of stuff in my bed should I turn od off with this much weight

 

Not much different than having five or six people in the cab I should think. O/D should be ok... do you have a trans temp gauge?

 

nope no trans temp gauge. I do have the factory cooler and fresh fluid and filter...

 

Having a gauge wouldn't be a bad plan, but, I think you will be ok.

 

you'll be fine with OD on.
i might see you on the road. i'm driving to Iowa on Friday and Saturday.

 

As long as it stays in OD and isnt switching back and forth, you will be fine, I put my ATC in the back all time and never have a problem

 

I've always wondered if I should turn the od off when I haul my 4 wheeler.

 

A ATV doesn't weigh that much there would be no need to have OD off unless its always switching in and out my Raptor weights bout 550 and a utility is like around 700 I believe. I cant even tell my ATV is on the back, I had a Yamaha Viper a couple years ago that was a tank drove it Iowa once had to have OD off that was a expensive trip.

 

yeah i am on my second trip from southern il to southern florida. in byron ga now made it through the mountians no problem i had 1125 pound in the bed gotta love trucker scales lol...And i still got 14.2 mpgs

 

In my owners manual they suggest for city driving you have the od off button pushed on if that makes sense any opinions on that theory.