RobertRyan wrote:
Never said a 6.7L could pull 100 tons or that it had the power of the 16L. The picture you posted was of a Mercedes Astro being used to pull a trailer that our class 3 trucks generally pull here. Our pickup truck diesels like the Ram CTD(400hp) Ford PSD(475hp) and the GM L5P(445hp) are rated at higher horsepower than the 326hp base engine power leveled Mercedes OM 470 Actros. That is a fact.
It is not a " Astro"", it is an Actros, the base engines belong to a smaller Axxor. I posted a Class 8,that Hauls effectively very large 43ft, fifth wheels, having more stability towing and turning circles than a Class 3 , otherwise they would be using Class 3 Pickups for large 5th wheels and toy haulers, these will never pull 100 tons, are less capable( stability, turning circle, towing, ride) than a Class 8 truck. You have a fixation with horsepower, torque is peaky and less than half than that in a Class 8 with Class 3's
Mercedes Actos shown pulling the 43ft 5 th wheeler had a 600hp engine. Actros now come with 650hp engines
Shiner Brock wrote:
Never said a 6.7L could pull 100 tons or that it had the power of the 16L.
Again, I never stated that that our class 3 trucks can pull 100 tons nor would I use it to. All I said is that they can tow the RV that the Actros was pulling in the picture. Not only can they tow it, but they can be used as a daily driver as well once you get to your destination which cannot be easily done in a class 8 truck.
Of course we have a fixation with horsepower because it dictates the speed at which we can tow. Since the average speed limits of our highways are higher and we have much higher highway elevations, horsepower is important here. Like I said in another thread, our truck are made for our market.
Lastly, there is nothing saying that the truck in the picture was a 600 hp 16 Actros, and even if it was I stated that our pickup truck engines have more horsepower than the base Actros 10L engine that has less than 395hp and around 1,200 lb-ft. I never said it had more power than the 16L engine that you claim that truck has.