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Grit_dog
Feb 19, 2020Navigator II
^What he said.
Unfortunately, I don’t think that’s enough truck for the camper and tongue weight and I wouldn’t trust a 24year old 6.5 doing that duty headed west to Glamis much less East or North to the mountains for wheelin.
Just my opinion, but I think you answered your own question anyways.
I know enough about the 6.5s to not trust them.
They make good runaround engines if you know how to keep em running, but they’ve got to be the most awful conglomerate of “technology” of that decade.
I’d actually feel a bit better about your idea if it was an older mechanical injection engine.
Unfortunately, I don’t think that’s enough truck for the camper and tongue weight and I wouldn’t trust a 24year old 6.5 doing that duty headed west to Glamis much less East or North to the mountains for wheelin.
Just my opinion, but I think you answered your own question anyways.
I know enough about the 6.5s to not trust them.
They make good runaround engines if you know how to keep em running, but they’ve got to be the most awful conglomerate of “technology” of that decade.
I’d actually feel a bit better about your idea if it was an older mechanical injection engine.
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