I believe the trans hot warning comes on at 250, but that is time to stop immediately. 180-200 is pretty much normal during towing especially in traffic where air flow is limited or going over hills. I wouldn't worry too much about 200 or even 210. If you start gettin above that for any length of time change the fluid as it will start to degrade. If you add a deeper pan with cooling fins add higher fluid capacity it helps. As for in traffic, you want to keep airflow going through the cooler an eliminate starts as much as possible, starting from a dead stop generates a lot of heat.
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Brent
2013 Alpine 3500RE
2019 Silverado 2500HD Duramax
U.S. Air Force Retired (25 yrs)
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