Heavy half pickup
We are going to retire in 8-10 months and become fivers and would like to know if the half ton/ lite series 5th wheel with gvwr's of around 10,000 are truly towable by a half ton pickup? D...
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Slownsy wrote:
I must admit that my 6.2 gasser pulling my 8000lbs TT screamed along at almost 2000rpm doing 65mph in mainly 6 or 5 going op som inclines and on some steap hills doing 4000rpm overtaking the slow coaches for maybe a minut or so getting 10mpg, it must be worn out by now.
Frank.
As stated, the Ford 6.2L has the power although low end torque is weak compared to a diesel. How is it starting out from a stop on a 6% grade pulling 8,000+ lbs? Low gearing may overcome the lack of torque? Main issue for me is justifying the $3500 option on top of an already expensive top tier model truck in order to get it. Furthermore, I rarely see any gasser still on the road after 300,000-500,000 miles or more. Have seen numerous diesels with very high mileage still cranking just fine. I agree with you that RPM's aren't the reason why diesels outlive gassers.
