SRW for pulling Fifth Wheel
I am looking to buy a new truck because we intend to upgrade to a fifth wheel within the next few years. I have read a ton of articles and posts saying that a dually is better and the truck to have. P...
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ShinerBock wrote:Hannibal wrote:ShinerBock wrote:
Never said your truck wasn't capable and this it cannot do it......eventually. I just said that the statement you made that your 5.4L SD will tow what a diesel can tow at only 30% more is a load of crock.
Eventually? We run the same speeds in every situation we ran with our diesels. Sometimes faster. My '95 Cummins was only 160hp. I now have twice the hp. The day 310hp isn't enough to tow an 8500 lb trailer is the day I'll give it up.
Are you seriously comparing a 2010 gaser to a 1995 diesel and figuring it is the same with today's diesels?
Also, you may have twice the hp at peak, but you don't at an rpm 30% greater than what your old diesel made its 160 hp . Your old 95 diesel made 160 hp at 2,500. Your 2010 makes 310 at 5,000 rpm. 30% over 2,500 is 3,250 and doubt you are even making 225 hp at 3,250 rpm.
Again, I am not saying you truck won't pull it . I am just saying that it will take more than the 30% higher rpm that you stated.
It's not all about how much peak hp the engines have or had, but how much hp is needed to do the job. I had three more Cummins Rams after the '95. Where the '03 250hp Cummins needed it's governed 250hp peak to do the job, the 5.7 Hemi and now the 5.4 Ford do it at 3800-4200.
