Ike Gauntlet 2017 3500s DRW 22,800# load

awesome trucks for all 3 but it makes me very happy we will never need another new truck. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

chevman

1jeep wrote:
I would be curious to see what the time would be for a 2016 f350 with the 4:30 gears is vs the 2017 with 4:10. Does it make up the few seconds the ford lagged behind?

BTW...my truck might be worse, but its still mine and ill keep it no matter how much slower.

same for me.

chevman

Thanks for posting

I did watch this and must say im still not super crazy about the 2017 ford, maybe it will grow on me in 5 or 6 years. The ram they had is identical to the one I drove before buying my truck, it was a very nice truck and really came down to money. I didn't think it was any better or worse, but I didn't carry a stop watch with me for the test drive.

1jeep wrote:
I would be curious to see what the time would be for a 2016 f350 with the 4:30 gears is vs the 2017 with 4:10. Does it make up the few seconds the ford lagged behind?

BTW...my truck might be worse, but its still mine and ill keep it no matter how much slower.

Exactly. 15 seconds slower in optimal conditions with no traffic. That is essentially a dead heat to me. Pick the one you like and smile all the way to the campground!

I haven't watched the video but were these guys running at wide open throttle or were they holding back to stay within the speed limit? If the latter is the case this is meaningless. If the former is the case this is still meaningless because the fastest one is only 15 seconds quicker than the slowest one. Power isn't really a distinguishing quality with these newer diesel trucks and that's been the case for awhile.

15 sec over 10 min is only a 2.3 percent difference. So really, pretty insignificant.

I would be curious to see what the time would be for a 2016 f350 with the 4:30 gears is vs the 2017 with 4:10. Does it make up the few seconds the ford lagged behind?

BTW...my truck might be worse, but its still mine and ill keep it no matter how much slower.

Looks like Ford was the worst at everything. Interesting.

Really, when you look at the results - they are all so close it really doesn't matter.

The Chevy is pretty much 10 min 17 sec (as it was 10:16:99), and the Ram run ended with a red light forcing Nathan to guess where he would have been, and so on.

The only things I think one can say for sure is the GM Duramax is the fastest with this amount of weight, and the Ford didn't perform as expected on this one test given it's HP and TQ numbers.