Diesel engine failure?
I'm considering purchasing a used diesel pusher. I miss the quiet ride with the engine in the rear. I have had three class A motor homes with the 310 HP V10 and they all performed flawlessly. I hav...
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Ivylog wrote:Crazy Ray wrote:
GET V10
There is a lot more to deciding to get a DP (OR NOT) than just the engine. Granted if it only has the little Cummins 5.9 engine (older ones had dowel pin problems) and as a previous thread said: "the insides look like a travel trailer" there is not enough difference to go diesel.
In the past a V10 could handle a max of 36' of MH (yes I know there were a few longer). Today you are seeing it in 38' units, but longer/heavier than that you need a 7.2L DIESEL engine or BIGGER (Yes, I know there are some with Cummins 6.7... a good little PU engine).
Normally in a 38' or bigger DP you are getting more than just a quieter ride (without adding Dynamat), air brakes, and air ride suspension... you should be getting a much better built rig with solid wood cabinets, tile, Corian, four slides............ and good handling without adding track bars, steering stabilizers, upgraded shocks, bigger sway bars......... and you get a 10K hitch.
A Cummins 6.7 is a great engine, period. Offhand, they power Ryder's gigantic fleet of 26' Freightliners, including thousands of 33,000lb GVWR trucks.
