AllegroD wrote:
JumboJet wrote:
I owned a 2000 Hurricane 29D. I don't remember passing any DPs (never drove in the Rockies with it), but I do remember the 6,000RPM screaming V-10 climbing the hills in the Ozarks. I never towed with it either.
Again, We have 2013 Allegro 36LA. Actual length is 36' 11". We tow about 4400. It is V10, 5 Star Tune, 24K Chassis, 5 speed with Tow/Haul.
We have passed many DP and on extreme grades been passed by some.
And I bet you never heard the V10 screaming at you with 6000 RPM.
I have a similar setup, but my motorhome is barely 31 feet long and I do not have any slide outs, which means, my unit has way less weight than yours. And this reduced weight might be the reason that DP's don't pass me. The speed for climbing up a hill is always a relation of weight to available power. And I bet many of those 500 hp + diesel pusher have more than double the weight of my unit, and their higher HP's are offset by their higher weight, and they might have quite a few HP's less per pound than my motorhome has.
and that difference of HP/lb might be enough that they do not even have an advantage over my unit in very high elevations.
And yes, I feel that the thread starter should not have any problem to climb the western mountains with a V10 propelled motorhome.
