Ike Gauntlet 2017 3500s DRW 22,800# load

I agree with travelnutz. To add to it, an engine with more hp is useless if you don't have enough torque(engine or via gear multiplication) to be at the rpm to make that power. Some people think that once you take off from a stop then you don't need torque anymore and it is all HP. Well this is completely false because the force pulling you back is usually never constant and is always changing. Basically, HP cannot spin your tires at a certain speed if you do not have enough torque behind that spin to overcome the force that are keeping it from spinning. A vehicle will be limited to a gear and rpm that it has enough torque to overcome the forces holding it back and therefore limiting the amount of HP available and the speed it can go.

As far as the test, it was good but how fast a truck pull a certain amount of weight up a hill is only one factor. Being how close all three were, I don't see it being a major factor.