The Best Half Ton Towing Truck - Ike Gauntlet
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The 5.7 Hemi & 3.5 EB have shown reasonable longevity at or near these power levels. The sleeved but aluminum block 6.2 still sorta remains to be proven. At least from what I have seen. While I am not a super fan of FLT I enjoyed the comparison. It seems to me towing economy and price should of been covered better anybody looking to buy to use for more than casual towing is heavily considering both. Meaning if you have to pay lots extra and high trim levels to get the 6.2 it might get quickly weeded out if you are price conscious same thing on the ones that use a lot more fuel.
HP here on top of the torque has confirmed what I already understood but still impressed me. My 14 ED with tow tune put about 465 TQ smack in between the 6.2 & 3.5 EB but only about 270 HP. All have comparable transmissions & gearing. Towing the same 9k it would have struggled to hold 50-52 mph let alone 60. Plenty of torque and gearing to move that 9k from a stop but not enough HP to push it out in the gear/torque required to hold 60 mph. For a half ton and 9k on this long steep grade I am impressed. IMO an HD is a better tool for the job for 9k but certainly these trucks did it adequately. On controlling the down hill speed I like the assistance and comfort of the turbo brake on my turbo diesel and suspect it would not have required 10 foot brake assists as these did but I can't say for sure.
I find these test videos fun entertaining and sometimes even revealing but not something to use soley in a buying decision.
HP here on top of the torque has confirmed what I already understood but still impressed me. My 14 ED with tow tune put about 465 TQ smack in between the 6.2 & 3.5 EB but only about 270 HP. All have comparable transmissions & gearing. Towing the same 9k it would have struggled to hold 50-52 mph let alone 60. Plenty of torque and gearing to move that 9k from a stop but not enough HP to push it out in the gear/torque required to hold 60 mph. For a half ton and 9k on this long steep grade I am impressed. IMO an HD is a better tool for the job for 9k but certainly these trucks did it adequately. On controlling the down hill speed I like the assistance and comfort of the turbo brake on my turbo diesel and suspect it would not have required 10 foot brake assists as these did but I can't say for sure.
I find these test videos fun entertaining and sometimes even revealing but not something to use soley in a buying decision.
