LanceRKeys wrote:
Hannibal, what are you towing with your 5.4? I like the sound of a V8 working hard as well, but also like how I can put my diesel in 6th gear, set the cruise and just chew up the miles. I’m sure these new gas engines would pull just as well as my diesel. I just hope it is a long time before I have to make that choice!
8500~ with our previous KZ Jag 28FJSS 5th wheel. Around 8k now with the TT. We run 60-65mph in O/D at 2k~rpm on the flats. Any incline will put it in 4th direct drive at 2800~rpm. The rare grade will put it in 3rd at 3800-4200rpm. Monteagle Pass puts us in line with the OTR trucks at 45~mph.
I have no doubt the newer diesels will out tow their gas counterparts. It's tge rest of the equation that's the turn off.
