Newbie question about towing weights
Hi We're looking at 5ers and wondering how to figure pulling weights. Which numbers do you use to figure whether your truck is strong enough? (I know it's a basic question, but I'm really scratc...
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Turbo Turtle wrote:JIMNLIN wrote:
The '96 HD had the old 5.8 small block at around 210 hp. The 460 (7.5) big block gasser had around 245 hp. Much better towing engine.
So, mine can only be the 5.8? or can I tell if it's the larger one?
Hmmm.... I used the 460's in a couple of my F350 DRW trucks years back and its seems like the 460 had 7 bolts in the valve covers vs a lessor amount (5-6 ??)for the smaller 360 engine.
Both 460 I had were carbureted and were gazz hogs but pulled my 15k-18k GN trailers with no problems.
