Terryallan wrote:
Redwoodcamper wrote:
I don't agree that anything will slow down on hills. A mildly tuned newer diesel will pull anything up to 10k lbs up 95percent of hills in the country at 65mph. With 5-6k lbs behind it my mostly stock truck will pull some of the biggest hills on the west coast as 70. With 35in tires. And it has almost 280k miles.
I guess what I meant. Is that if you are pulling a load. Any TV will slow down on hills. That truck is WAAAAY over kill for the light TT you have behind it. Load it like it was designed to be loaded and see if it don't slow down, and downshift on hills. 6K behind a cummins is like a popup behind a F150. Find a friend with a heavy trailer, say 12000lb and try it.
Our trailertruck would go up the hill a lot better with 4000lb of potato chips, than it would with 40,000lb of produce.
I regularly load it with a gooseneck and backhoe grossing 25k+. It obviously slows down on the hills. But what's wrong with having a bigger truck? Even if I only had a small trailer, I would have no use for a gasoline truck. I'd buy a used Cummins for 15-25k(cheaper than most pay for their toy f150s, get decent mileage, have extra power, extra ability for emergencies, and never worry. I blow past the silly half ton trucks swaying or struggling. And in an emergency panic stop or avoidance my family is safer. It's a no brainer.
