Ford 7.3 engine users?
Looking to start a discussion with Ford 7.3 gas owners and how they like the truck. My next truck will be pulling a 14-15K 5th wheel and will be a long bed crew cab. The 7.3 looks to be a really coo...
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blt2ski wrote:
Who's worried about a typical steepest it can be 6% interstate grade?!?!? Not me. Be it a gaz or deezal!
There are some 15% grades in the NE corner of Yellowstone....that can be interesting.
Otherwise, I haven't had but one rig that would not hold me on a downhill. That was my 88 SW K3500 where the POS th400 lost the ability to shift to 2nd gear. So you went 60-70 mph down typical 4-6% interstate grades, or 25-30 no brakes in 1st. It would hold 15k lbs in 2nd before loosing that gear. My 89 R3500 did that too.
For what it's worth, my 14 4.3 V6 is every bit as good or better pulling my equipment trailer at 6500 as those to supposed mountain climbing 454's were.
As Grit points out, as long as your on a typical freeway grade, the new rigs be them gaz or deezal, will be fine.
Marty
It's always the same issue on a clear sunny day in light traffic everything is always fine.
But on a rainy, windy, day in heavy traffic or whenever conditions are not ideal having the optimum equipment makes a difference.
Pretending a gaz engine descends the mountain as well as a diesel is
misleading.
