transferred wrote:
ib516 wrote:
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BurbMan wrote:
ib516 wrote:
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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.
You have no idea what you're talking about.
I have towed my 12k RV (just under 21k GCW, yes I have weighed it) through the Cdn Rockies and haven't experienced what they did in the video. I suspect it has to do with the extreme altitude. I have towed up to 8000' with no RPM limiting. My truck will, and has, held 65-70 mph towing up 7% grades in 2nd gear at ~5400 RPM.
The 6.4L Hemi has 410hp. It makes that power at high RPM. When I need to, I run it at that RPM.
I could post videos where my truck and a SRW 3500 Cummins powered twin both towed a 41' 14k 5er from 0-60 in 22 seconds (they were nearly identical times) but I doubt facts would overturn your preconceived ideas.
Preconceived ideas? That would be a video I posted, not idle claims. I don't see any facts in your post. Please don't lead the OP down the miserable road of trying to tow a 12k empty 5th wheel with a gas-powered truck, it's his hard earned money. Same goes for "Greene728".
You found one video backing up your claim. There are plenty of other videos (as well as members right here in this very thread) that can prove otherwise. If you want the proof use Google. You certainly didn't have any problems finding that video. A Ford 350 with the 6.2 and 4.30 rear end or Dodge/Chevy configured the same can and will do the job. I will state again, will the diesel do it easier? Yes. Is the diesel a better suited towing engine. Well absolutely. Hell, everybody knows that. But, the point I'm trying to make is a gas will do it too. What I think most people are failing to see and or realize is the OP stated that he only tows roughly 2k a year. And trades prior to 80k or so. Can you honestly sit here and tell me (or the OP) that he MUST have a diesel for that???
If he said full timing, traversing the country, 20k a year, etc, then I too would say Diesel. But for his use, weights, and being a DD, gas is more logical. Period! Only exception to this to me is if the person just has money to burn and the added cost of the diesel is a non issue and it won't be missed. If that's the case....have at it!!! But if any economic sense is put into the decision and every dollar matters, then I stand my ground.
Best of luck with your decision OP.
Im done.
