Just how powerful are they?
Sorry I didn't capture a picture, but I didn't want to mess with my phone while on the highway. While driving to a campground recently, I was passed by a Class A towing a long bed Chevy Silverado 2...
Forum Discussion
GordonThree wrote:Well, you know the truckdrivers who pull two short, flatbed, trailers with all those axles and tires, hauling steel coils in your fine state? Some of the diesel pusher motorhomes are running the very same engines these days! Over a thousand foot pounds of torque! Now that is power, cause we were hauling those same trailers with lots less power way back in the 1970s!
Illegal or not, the power was impressive.
I don't know if it was gas or diesel, I'm not educated on how to spot the difference at a glace.
Here in NW Michigan, I see double-tows all the time, most of the time Class A's but sometimes a big truck towing a 5th wheel and a boat. Usually the A's are towing a matching enclosed trailer (toy hauler?) and a small car behind that.
