Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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I'm with hannibal. If you really look at the pickuptrucks.com test. don't just look at the time or top speed. look at where the time was made or lost. look at the rate of accelerations.
The diesels have it down low. Their tests were started completely on grade. The diesel pretty much made all their advantage in the first 50 yards while the gasses was winding up to it's powerband. In the last stages of the climb the gassers were accelerating at a greater rate than the diesels.
Remember that when we tow on the real roads we sure try our best not to stop in the middle of a 9 percent grade.
My guess is that from a roll on the highway that either new gas or new diesel will hold 65 mph up 7-9 percent starting at the bottom at 65. That is what we need it to do. 99+ percent of the people on this board don't drag race up hills towing trailers.
I will just throw this out there. I have a 6.0 2500hd if anybody has a suitable bumper tow trailer in the 13k range and wants to meet me somewhere suitable along I77 where it has that big climb into VA out of NC and see if it will hold 65 up it I'm game. The only thing I ask is that is has to be when I am available to do it. Which is the couple of times a year I go to ride hatfield mccoy trails in WV. Since I will only have to go 50 miles out of my way. I will be going somewhere between middle of sept and end of oct this year.
The diesels have it down low. Their tests were started completely on grade. The diesel pretty much made all their advantage in the first 50 yards while the gasses was winding up to it's powerband. In the last stages of the climb the gassers were accelerating at a greater rate than the diesels.
Remember that when we tow on the real roads we sure try our best not to stop in the middle of a 9 percent grade.
My guess is that from a roll on the highway that either new gas or new diesel will hold 65 mph up 7-9 percent starting at the bottom at 65. That is what we need it to do. 99+ percent of the people on this board don't drag race up hills towing trailers.
I will just throw this out there. I have a 6.0 2500hd if anybody has a suitable bumper tow trailer in the 13k range and wants to meet me somewhere suitable along I77 where it has that big climb into VA out of NC and see if it will hold 65 up it I'm game. The only thing I ask is that is has to be when I am available to do it. Which is the couple of times a year I go to ride hatfield mccoy trails in WV. Since I will only have to go 50 miles out of my way. I will be going somewhere between middle of sept and end of oct this year.
