DP vs Gas on Pulling
Help me understand something. If a DP has 300hp and a 6 speed transmission will it out pull a Gas A with 362hp and a 5 speed tranny if both were pulling the same amount of weight? I asked this bec...
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RayChez wrote:1BryNelson wrote:
RayChez says a dp is better in a crosswind than a gasser. You are a nut. And how do you justify a statement like that!
I can tell you do not know anything between a gasoline coach and a diesel pusher. I do not want to start a big argument about which is bothered by cross winds and which is not. All I will say is test drive both on windy days and you will see that it is like day and night in the difference. You can ask anybody that has had both and they will tell you the same thing.
I used to love the floor plan of my 36'gasoline coach, but driving back from Utah going through the Virgin River gorge it was so windy and I could barely keep the coach on my side of the two lane road. Now with this 38' diesel pusher I hardly notice any wind buffing. It would have to be very strong winds to notice. I say the weight difference between the coaches. My gasoline coach weight 19K lbs, the diesel pusher weighs 39K lbs. That is a difference of 20K lbs. Plus the diesel pusher has bigger and better sway bars, airbags that adjust automatic.
He's not wrong in that. The DP weighs a lot more foot for foot compared to a gasser. It stands to reason based on that alone that the DP will be better in extreme wind situations.
That being said, I would personally still rather have to slow down a bit in a gasser in heavy wind than own a DP (Notice I didn't say drive a DP).
