Dodge EcoDiesel
I currently tow a 24', 6000# wet, trailer with a 2012 Silverado 1500 with the 5.3 engine. While it does OK, I am considering moving to a diesel, specifically the Dodge EcoDiesel. My concern is whether...
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Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
He's towing 6000# wet TT, he does not need a HD diesel pickup to do that! Hell I towed 9,800# with a 2500 CTD rated at 305/555 without one issue what so ever. Towing my 6800# boat over the Jellico my truck stays in 8 gear the whole way up towing @ 70 mph. Given most TT's are longer flat in the front I can't see him having any problems with that weight.
Now if he is thinking that he might get a larger TT within the next four years than he may want to look at a HD pickup. Otherwise he is just wasting his money IMO.
Don
Isn't yours tuned as well?
There is also a huge difference between towing a 6,800 boat with little wind resistance versus towing a 6,000 RV with a lot of wind resistance especially at higher speeds. I could hook my old boat to my old 5.4L F150 and it would do the speed limit up any hill you wanted. However, hooking up a lighter RV that I rented to it and it would barely do 50 mph up the same hills. It was that truck that made me swear that I would never buy a truck with "just enough" power again.
