transferred wrote:
BurbMan wrote:
ib516 wrote:
transferred wrote:
Diesel is the only engine for towing more than 5,000 lbs.
LOL
LOL X2! I tow 9000 lbs and pass folks going uphill, and that's with the old 4 speed transmission.
They were cruising nicely at 55 until they let it upshift to 3rd, then never recovered that momentum. Again, the OP lives in MA, there are no grades like this in the northeast.
I exaggerated with 5k but I if you go past 10k gassers are downright dangerous on 5% grades, they simply can't do it and keep moving with the flow of traffic. As for you passing people uphill, well you're either similar to the diesel guys who claim they get 19mpg towing or you're trailer is not 9k. You're truck can safely tow 9k, but it isn't going up more than a molehill at >50mph.
Im pretty sure that I've never seen more useless rhetoric in my life. I Assure you that my truck can and will pull my 9500# fifth wheel up a 5% grade and do it at more than 50mph. It may drop to 3rd or even 2nd gear and tach at 35-4500 rpm, but it will do it. Will a diesel do it easier? Yes. Will a diesel have some power to spare? Probably so. But your thoughts and posts concerning the newer gas engines and their abilities are flawed and just not accurate. And I dont care what video you watched!
