Do diesels make financial sense?
The answer is NO according to these guys... Link to story on Pickuptrucks.com I know that most will say they buy a diesel for the towing performance, and, having owned both, I agree, diesels tow b...
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rhagfo wrote:mountainkowboy wrote:
Red is a gasser, 460 and zf5 and with the TC on it at 5+ tons it has no problems and gets reasonable mpg and RARELY needs to go down below 4th gear. Do I wish it was a 7.3 with a turbo...you bet!! But I couldn't find one that I was willing to pay for at the time and this truck was a creampuff...
Well Red weighs 5+ tons with TC? Well here is our package, Chuck the Ram weighs almost 4 tons empty, our 5er weighs close to 6 tons so we are moving 10 tons! My Cummins with 100 less cubic inches of displacement moves this very well!!
This was our last rig, mechanical 12 valve with an NV4500 turned up to 375hp. We got rid of them and bought a class A...should have kept the rig, but happy wife happy life! Now were back to a TC...go figure.
