Who's towing with a colorado?
Im looking into a new truck to replace my 2006 silverado. The 2015+ colorado seems like a great candidate. I've looked at all the numbers and it seems to suit me well. towing the snowmobiles on a two ...
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My scangage2 lives on the dash of my Nissan Frontier, V6, 4.0 gas. It extrapolates how much HP is being made ( real time ) by what the fuel flow is.
Running empty at 60 mph it shows it's making about 30 hp on flat ground with little to no wind.
Towing the full height Funfinder travel trailer doubles that. So it needs to make about 60 hp to maintain speed.
My dyno sheet shows the Frontier ( this is rear wheel power ) can make 100hp and 130 lb-ft of torque at 3500 rpm.
Hmmmm.....no wonder I can easily tow the trailer all day long at 3000 rpm.
I have never, ever, not once in over 50K miles of towing this or any of three other trailers with this truck, needed to spin it 6000 rpm.
PS, the highest HP reading I have seen the scangage2 report was 230. I had it in the other truck ( Ford F350 dually, PSD ), and I had a full load of hay on the flatdeck trailer, and needed to make a standing start up a pretty steep hill.
Get yourself a scangauge ! It's a cool toy to have on the dash.
Running empty at 60 mph it shows it's making about 30 hp on flat ground with little to no wind.
Towing the full height Funfinder travel trailer doubles that. So it needs to make about 60 hp to maintain speed.
My dyno sheet shows the Frontier ( this is rear wheel power ) can make 100hp and 130 lb-ft of torque at 3500 rpm.
Hmmmm.....no wonder I can easily tow the trailer all day long at 3000 rpm.
I have never, ever, not once in over 50K miles of towing this or any of three other trailers with this truck, needed to spin it 6000 rpm.
PS, the highest HP reading I have seen the scangage2 report was 230. I had it in the other truck ( Ford F350 dually, PSD ), and I had a full load of hay on the flatdeck trailer, and needed to make a standing start up a pretty steep hill.
Get yourself a scangauge ! It's a cool toy to have on the dash.
