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Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Winning races towing a boat or RV is not on my list of must haves!

My truck can pull my boat at any speed I want. I have pulled some moderate hills in Michigan towing the boat without breaking a sweat and will be taking it to Tenn to my BIL's this Sept. so we will see how it handles the mountains on I-75 through Kentucky and Tenn.. But I do not think it will have a problem at all.

Don

It is not about winning races. It is just wanting to be able to keep within 5 mph of the speed limit for what I tow. Like I said earlier, some peoples have different expectations.

Not sure why you are not understanding this but towing within my trucks limits and 6800# is 1000# under my trucks limit, I can run 70 MPH and more if I feel like it. No I have not driven/towed the Ike and have no plans to. But considering ALL of those grades and even ones on I-75 have truck lanes if I could pull it at speed, I would just move over to the right lane and not sweet it.

Don

I am not saying you can't go up hills at the speed limit with what you tow. I am just saying that because someone wants to have the ability to go up hills at the speed limit and increases the horsepower of the engine so they can do so does not mean they are trying to win any races. My old 5.9L with its stock 240 hp just didn't have enough horsepower to keep the speed limit up the mountains when I used to take my old Jeep to Moab from Texas. There is only so much 240 hp will get you. I had to increase the power in order to keep speed. It did not mean I was trying to win any races.