Ike Gauntlet 2017 3500s DRW 22,800# load

ShinerBock wrote:
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.

The truck with the flattest power curve and most torque did the poorest..... this really doesn't make sense. The gear ratios of the TorqShift along with the flat power curve of the Powerstroke should have been able to keep the engine rpm at a level where it produces more HP than the peak horsepower of the Cummins at any point on the hill. No matter how you look at it things don't add up. Even at 2200 rpm the Powerstroke should be producing 380 HP. If the manufactures' HP and torque ratings are honest the Cummins could be coupled to an infinite speed transmission and still wouldn't keep up.