Grit dog wrote:
Cmon brholt, I think the 6.2 is a great engine as well, but don't pretend that with 6000 lbs of 12' tall camper in the bed, boat in tow, on the freeway, uphill at 8-10kft that it will have power in reserve.
That power train doesn't have power in reserve with half that much in the bed at half the altitude, uphill.
At least the 2 I had didn't.
^^^This
A naturally aspirated gas engine is going to be down 30 percent on power at 10K feet of elevation. This is an inescapable fact of physics. So while the truck will pull the grade it is NOT going to do it with the same authority as a turbo-diesel.
I have been at over 11K feet with my loaded diesel truck traveling at 70mph uphill and still had throttle left. No gasser is going to have that power.
On edit: Corrected elevation
