Diesel more sluggish than gas?
New to the site, so hello to everyone. Will be moving into the motor home world soon. I had pretty much settled on DP or large super C, but I've read several posts here where some folks said some di...
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Mostovi wrote:darsben1 wrote:
Rather than consider the original question I have one for you. What are your plans with the rig? Lots. of miles? Stay stationary? Some other answer. Then we might be able to guideyou to a good decision.
I appreciate all of the info. I will be retiring soon and we plan to hit the road, with extended stays wherever we want to be. We plan on doing significant traveling. I had read some threads with comments that gas actually pulled hills and mountains better than diesel, which is what prompted the question.
We're on our 5th MH. The first 3 were gassers, the next 2 have been diesels. I don't see us owning another gasser - ever.
One thing I would caution, and this may be where your info came from, don't get a too small diesel. The number to look at with a diesel is torque. HP sells stuff, torque is what gets the job done. Bigger is always better.
For example, common Cummins engines are the ISB, ISC, ISL, and ISX.
10 years ago they offered an ISB that was 300HP, 600 # torque. They also offered the ISC as 300HP, 950# torque. With all else being equal which one do you think would be the better performer?
Our first diesel was 330HP, 720# torque and it did a wonderful job. Our current one is 400HP, 1200 # torque - it's a lot more fun to drive. :B
