D100 Pickup question for you:

All good comments and thank you!
Mine is a short bed Utiline. It came off the line as work truck, for sure. This truck will have an easy life...the body is great and needs so very little. The only real work it will do, is hauling a cooler full of beer.

I'm really asking if anyone has had success with higher rear end gears, to require the use of 1st gear and resulting in increased speed in 4th.
NO- the point I made is you are not changing enough to achieve what you want./6 being a great engine is only one part of the equation. The miser trucks coupled a /6 with an overdrive transmission achieved the other side of the spectrum. It’s your money spend it however you want but it’s a system be honest with what you want and you won’t be disgusted with your results