3/4 ton diesel vs. gas
Because of quite expensive repairs on my diesel (see signature) it has got me thinking. I am half way contemplating trading for a 3/4 ton gasser. My diesel tows very well, so I am wondering: would a ...
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ShinerBock wrote:
That is probably because schlep1967 was talking about a much heavier weight. A 7,500 trailer is really light in my opinion. I pulled heavier 9.5k trailers with my old F-150HD that had a turbocharged V6 and it hardly ever got above 3k rpm.
Considering the OP was talking about an 8500lb trailer...I was providing a very similar towing scenario (considering I had the truck bed pretty packed with stuff for most of the trip).
Sure if you are talking about a 15k trailer towed mostly in the mountains, diesel starts making a lot of sense. That's not what the OP asked about.
