Is there a Diesel or Gas break point?
I'm strongly considering upgrading to a 250/2500 or larger truck and I was wondering if there is break point where diesels just make more sense than gas. I know that as a rule diesels are better at p...
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Other than at 11000 ft (one road in the whole of the North American Continent), I have never seen, or heard of the 6.4L Hemi acting the way it does on the Ike Gauntlet test at high altitude.
I have towed 12k (GCW was scaled at 21k) with mine all over the Canadian Rockies on all the grades there (6 to 7%, some near Radium at 11%) and never been down to 20 or 30 mph. There was only one time that I experienced personally that I couldn't accelerate when I wanted to. Times have changed. The newest crop of modern gassers have plenty of power.
In fact, my 2014 Ram 2500 gasser had:
- More payload
- Higher GAWRs *front and rear
- Higher max tow rating (by over 2000#)
- Higher GCWR by 2000#
Than my 2007 3500 SRW Cummins had. The only thing that was lower was my GVWR. The 3500 SRW was 10,100#, the 2500 was 10,000# even. The 2007 Cummins downshifted less, but I dare say a stop watch would see them nearly the same towing the same 12k 5er that I did with both. Real world facts.
The gasser got 7-9 mpg, usually 8ish, the 5.9L Cummins got about 9-11 mpg, usually 10ish hauling the same 37' 5er. Real world.
I have towed 12k (GCW was scaled at 21k) with mine all over the Canadian Rockies on all the grades there (6 to 7%, some near Radium at 11%) and never been down to 20 or 30 mph. There was only one time that I experienced personally that I couldn't accelerate when I wanted to. Times have changed. The newest crop of modern gassers have plenty of power.
In fact, my 2014 Ram 2500 gasser had:
- More payload
- Higher GAWRs *front and rear
- Higher max tow rating (by over 2000#)
- Higher GCWR by 2000#
Than my 2007 3500 SRW Cummins had. The only thing that was lower was my GVWR. The 3500 SRW was 10,100#, the 2500 was 10,000# even. The 2007 Cummins downshifted less, but I dare say a stop watch would see them nearly the same towing the same 12k 5er that I did with both. Real world facts.
The gasser got 7-9 mpg, usually 8ish, the 5.9L Cummins got about 9-11 mpg, usually 10ish hauling the same 37' 5er. Real world.
