Hannibal wrote:
blofgren wrote:
Hannibal wrote:
One more before the axe. I went from my sixth diesel, a Cummins powered 2500HD Ram to a 5.7L Hemi powered duplicate truck. Then to a lowly 5.4L F250. I've never regretted the return to gas.
I'm not so sure that the OP would be as happy going to back to gas when pulling the mountain passes here in Coastal BC.
Definitely something to consider. I wouldn't want to tow over 6k in the western mountains with my current truck. Around the southeast, 9k works well.
So you are making a statement on gas being OK, on an apples to oranges comparison not fair to the OP! The OP lives in the PSW of Canada, there is no flat land or very little of it. I once looked up the highest point in Florida seems it was about 300’ somewhere in the Northern edge of the panhandle!
Will the Hemi do the job, well yes, but much higher revs, and fewer mpg, or kilometers per liter. Hannibal, if you think fuel is costly in Florida, travel to Canada sometime.
On Edit: Hannibal, your Jayco has a dry weight of 6,405# and a GVWR of 8,750# not exactly a heavy load to be pulled.