7% Grade
In July i went up the Green River Gorge on I-26 in North Carolina it's a 7% Grade. Coming from South Carolina. I was doing 3000 RPM at 40 MPH in the right side truck lane. My truck is a 2002 Dodge Ram...
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transamz9 wrote:
I have never had to have my truck hit 3000 rpm to hold my speed and I am well over my GCVWR. There's no need in it . Besides, I don't know if the 2002 5.9 in the OP will turn 4500 rpm.
transamz9 wrote:
I'm not going to do this with you in this thread. There's already a thread for that. You and Dodge guy are trying to turn this into a gas verses diesel thing and that's not what it is. The OP wanted to know if his speed and RPM were about right for his engine. Someone says something about thinking it was slow for the weight the OP posted and makes a comment about in his opinion there should be a minimum speed a truck should be able to tow its load and you guys automatically take offence because the OP has a gas motor. If it were a diesel with the same power you would have never said a thing.
Yet the post by you that I was replying to contradicts yourself. Don't jump in and start it if you don't want it. And then don't accuse others of doing exactly what you alone did.:W
Speed limits on interstate mountain grades are much lower than flat land interstate speed limits. Those who actually travel up the grades know this. Those who don't speculate from their keyboards. It appears you're the one who takes offense anytime someone doesn't dance the diesel jig with you. Because your groaning diesel "can't" turn 3k rpm doesn't mean one that easily can is struggling. So wipe the tears away and get over it.:B
