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rexlion
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Mar 29, 2014

Assume diesel and gasser have same torque, compare...

Let's say you could get a particular vehicle with either a gas or a turbodiesel engine. And assume that both engines were rated about the same for torque, but the gasser would have 50% higher max HP....
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goducks10
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Mar 30, 2014
Last thing I would be worried about is which TV gets to the top of the hill 1st. MPG is number 1 on most RV'rs list of needs. I would bet that the 3.0 diesel will get close to if not more mpg towing than the 5.7 gets running empty. That right there would clinch the deal for me.
I don't remember where I read it but some truck testers did a tow test on the Ram 1500 3.0 towing IIRC 5000lb or 7000lbs. They got 19.5mpgs.
I would imagine the GC would do every bit as good or better.

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