The End All/Be All of Non-Slide Rigs - Or No?
Hi folks. New to the truck camper world. Will be retiring late next year and have a very specific question regarding truck campers. Here's the setup to the question: I need the most rugged, inde...
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bb_94401 wrote:
The best feature on my truck is the exhaust brake on my diesel. It makes going down steep, primitive forest service roads easy. You might want to take a test ride in someone's gas engine tow/haul mode and see how well it does going down hill when loaded, without using the brakes.
My gasser does fine on such roads with the manual tap-shift mode on the Allison.
That said, Chevy no longer makes an 8.1 with Allison. I don't know how other gas engines would do. Also, my rig probably weighs less than the OP's proposed rig will weigh.
