Anybody towing with a late model gasser?

sacmarata wrote:

Dave H M wrote:
How many of you accept adequate with your camping gear or get by on just good enough. Thats what yer doin with a gasser pulling over 8,000lbs. It will NOT pull as good as a diesel. It WILL NOT last as long. It will have premature wear. It WONT be worth as much with 150K miles.

My 1994 Cummins 12 valve has 324k carefree miles and will out pull any gasser off the assembly line in 3/4 or 1 ton.

If anyone thinks 45mph on the interstate is safe they are jaded.


I have seen some absurd things on this forum, but this one ranks way up there. Anyone that states that old doge will out snort any gasser off the now a days assy line is not in touch with reality - that is unless he has a modern motor in the dodge.

I tow 11.5K with one of those puny ford 6.2 gassers. I run 65 on the interstate. On the long grade going north on I 26 In NC you will catch me grinding up that one at 50 mph.

FAR OUT

I'll race you up any hill anywhere with (you choose the weight)lbs with my 20yr old 324K mile Cummins with $100 worth of mods...WIN and get better fuel mileage to boot. All this with tall final drive and larger (285) tires

It's not bragging, it's just the facts.

A 6.2 gasser winning a tow contest VS a very lightly modded 12 valve Cummins is simply fantasy.

I just don't understand the gasser mentality. Exceptions become the norm and barely good enough is suddenly practical. Diesels are not evil. They don't all break down. $10,000 repair bills are practically unheard of yet get thrown out there. I don't get it.

Like I said. I have a modified 6.0 Chevy built for towing and it CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE to by '94 Cummins. Were not talking close here...I mean it simply is in a whole other league!

My buddy has a 2009 5.7 Hemi and it's laughable at towing anything over 7klbs.

Allow those that own both diesels and gas to chime in and give their own experiences as example.

My dads 03 Cummins pulls Monteagle mtn on I24 at 45-50 mph with the pedal to the floor. His truck is immaculate and there is no problem. Just a heavy load.

FYI.... Modern gassers are going hundreds of thousands of miles under load nowadays. Diesels.. Well I'm not seeing near the number of untouched common rail diesels as the older ones now.

Your arguments worked great for the early 90's to the early 00's. Today, that argument is invalid. Especially considering the modern gasser has 370-400 plus HP. Sorry in a race, all things being equal the 400 hp modern gasser with a 5 or 6 speed tranny would SMOKE your 300 hp Diesel.

That's not emotion talking. That's physics.

Thanks!