2020 Freightliner vs 3500 GMC Dually at the Ike
Interesting outcome... Trailer: 18,500 lbs GMC Engine: 6.6 Duramax Brake Applications: 1 Time: 10:28 Freightliner Engine: 9.0 Cummins Brake Applications: 0 Time: 10:42 Link
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ib516 wrote:
A few other items to consider.
- The Freightliner is a 500k mile rig, even when hauling heavy weights, and is significantly more money to buy and maintain than the Dmax.
- Also, the M2 would weigh a lot more than the Dmax truck, so the GCW was much lighter for the Dmax.
Interesting outcome though.
Yes a M2 or similar truck has a commercial truck duty cycle design - it would happily haul all day every day at 90-100% fuel rate.
A pickup truck not so much.
C&C 350/450/550 or 00’s are “detuned” so their small cooling packages can maintain engine and trans and air con cooling under work conditions.
Oh and pickups ride like chit twining trailers compared to class 7 and 8 trucks...
