Newbie here, advice on tow rig?
To preface, sorry for the long first post. I've read about 50 pages of the diesel vs gas thread and it's exhausting, so I thought I'd start my own in hopes of getting some realistic non-biased advice....
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We use a 3/4 ton Chevy HD gasser (6.0 and 4.10) to pull our similar sized toy hauler TT although weight is closer to 10K fully loaded, and it does the job quite well. We run synthetic in the tranny/motor and have no issues letting it rev 4-5K to get us over the mountain passes, and tranny temps rarely breach 200. Obviously the main downfall is towing mileage, but as long as there is plenty of gas it has no qualms powering our combo throughout the four corner states.
Would have considered a diesel (DW hates diesels) but our TV is 100% dedicated to just hauling our rig around and just sits in the garage awaiting duty which during certain parts of the year could equate to a couple of months of non-use. If and when we go bigger we will again go with a gasser as today's versions such as the 6.4 Hemi are rated for roughly 15K, who knows what the ceiling will be in a few years. We have 50K towing miles thus far on our current TV with just over 55K total and it performs just like the day we drove it off the lot, just routine fluid changes, a battery and tires is all that we have done service wise over the last 7 years, it's never been back to the dealer.
Would have considered a diesel (DW hates diesels) but our TV is 100% dedicated to just hauling our rig around and just sits in the garage awaiting duty which during certain parts of the year could equate to a couple of months of non-use. If and when we go bigger we will again go with a gasser as today's versions such as the 6.4 Hemi are rated for roughly 15K, who knows what the ceiling will be in a few years. We have 50K towing miles thus far on our current TV with just over 55K total and it performs just like the day we drove it off the lot, just routine fluid changes, a battery and tires is all that we have done service wise over the last 7 years, it's never been back to the dealer.
