Buying my Hemi WAS a good idea
When I first became a diesel owner (2003 or 2004), diesel was almost always 10-15% cheaper than regular unleaded where I live. Then came ULSD, and the economy moved on. Diesel became the same price...
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transamz9 wrote:
HAHAHA!!! Flat lander. That's funny. Have you even been in Ky? We may not have the altitude but I will put our hills up against anyone's and I'm not talking interstate. I have been on hills that I have had to stop on and spin my tires on blacktop taking back off and believe it or not it didn't take full throttle to do it.
The power is there, you just might have to slow down to find it.;)
I don't know whether you have read many of my posts or not but there probably ain't a bigger diesel head on these forums than me but even I know when something will work or not.
Most of us die hard diesel heads will preach about the towing power of our trucks and then as soon as we can turn them up for more. HAHAHA! I know I did and it's not because I needed more power I have other reasons. I tow my rig at the same speed and the same way as I did before the new found power. Fact is all of these trucks now days have way more than enough power to get'er done bone stock. The includes gas and diesel.
I used to tow a 4000+ lb boat over the mountains with a Mazda G6 4-cylinder gasoline engine (121 hp & 149 lb-ft) - It was up to the task each time, but it was slow and only getting single digit MPG averages. Although it was reliable and consistent, you would never describe crossing mountain passes as relaxing with most of the drive in second or third of the available five gears and the engine spinning at peak horsepower. I made due with that truck until I increased my tow weight three fold which resulted in a truck with a three fold in engine output (which also happened to be a turbo diesel). Those passes I pulled many times before became a casual drive and surprisingly so did the Rockies. Although I did pull 2000 lbs through the Rockies with my G6, I would not have attempted it with my boat.
KY has some reasonable inclines. If your current setup could handle those routes with 10-20% derated horsepower, then you could visit most of the west coast. If this same setup can handle those same hills with 20-30% less horsepower, you will be able to comfortably travel the Rockies.
