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Njmurvin
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Jun 25, 2020

Anyone pulling over 12K with new Ford 7.3 Gasser?

I currently own a 2004.5 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9 Diesel and I'm in the market for a truck. My Arctic Fox is a nice trailer but it's a beast (12K+ lbs). My truck is bone stock and has 325hp and 600lb-ft of ...
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Njmurvin
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Sep 16, 2020
JRscooby wrote:

What I have never seen is to like sized engines, same load, same gears, same grade, compare the whoa.

The guys on TFL Truck on youtube have run many tests of comparably equipped trucks and how they perform towing the same load up and DOWN the Eisenhower Pass in Colorado. Going up, they measure the time. Coming DOWN (assuming that's what you are referring to by "whoa"), they measure the number of times they have to touch the brakes to maintain the set speed of descent.

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