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Hannibal wrote:jevanb wrote:64thunderbolt wrote:Agree, but I still want the gassers to keep to the right on the hills so I don't have to slow down for them. me too, all summer I park in the right lane at 65MPH and it seems like gassers have to prove something by blasting past me then they cant make the hill and start to slow then I catch up and pass them. I think most have the power to make it up but they might not like the sound of 5500rpm, because it is louder then my radio when they go past
So gassers towing TT's and 5th wheels are so popular that you encounter them all summer? In all our travel over the decades, we don't see that many that we're sharing the hills with them, much less that many gassers. We do however encounter many diesel powered OTR tractor trailers doing exactly as you describe. Can be annoying. Story time does stoke the imagination though... ever been to MI on any summer weekend??? tons of RV`ers all over the interstate. only 2 hwy`s going north in the entire state and everyone goes up north
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jevanb wrote:Hannibal wrote:jevanb wrote:64thunderbolt wrote:Agree, but I still want the gassers to keep to the right on the hills so I don't have to slow down for them. me too, all summer I park in the right lane at 65MPH and it seems like gassers have to prove something by blasting past me then they cant make the hill and start to slow then I catch up and pass them. I think most have the power to make it up but they might not like the sound of 5500rpm, because it is louder then my radio when they go past
So gassers towing TT's and 5th wheels are so popular that you encounter them all summer? In all our travel over the decades, we don't see that many that we're sharing the hills with them, much less that many gassers. We do however encounter many diesel powered OTR tractor trailers doing exactly as you describe. Can be annoying. Story time does stoke the imagination though... ever been to MI on any summer weekend??? tons of RV`ers all over the interstate. only 2 hwy`s going north in the entire state and everyone goes up north
Wait...There are hills in Michigan? ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
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wnjj wrote:
Wait...There are hills in Michigan?
There is a bridge on I-75 that raises up enough to allow larger ships to go under. Biggest hill I have seen in the two years I spent there.
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64thunderbolt wrote:Hannibal wrote:jevanb wrote:64thunderbolt wrote:Agree, but I still want the gassers to keep to the right on the hills so I don't have to slow down for them. me too, all summer I park in the right lane at 65MPH and it seems like gassers have to prove something by blasting past me then they cant make the hill and start to slow then I catch up and pass them. I think most have the power to make it up but they might not like the sound of 5500rpm, because it is louder then my radio when they go past
So gassers towing TT's and 5th wheels are so popular that you encounter them all summer? In all our travel over the decades, we don't see that many that we're sharing the hills with them, much less that many gassers. We do however encounter many diesel powered OTR tractor trailers doing exactly as you describe. Can be annoying. Story time does stoke the imagination though...
Not that many but when you are held up for miles it seems there's too many. On the interstate it's no issue but on miles of well traveled 2 lanes with 6/7% pulls, some as long as 9/10 miles constant it gets frustrating.
So you're in the right lane of a two lane road with with 6-7% grades doing 65mph and all those gassers pass you up until a grade where you have to pass them up yet you're stuck behind them for miles because they're reluctant to run 5500rpm? How do you know they're all gassers? Could be those 10+year old diesels groaning out a whopping 235hp at 3k rpm 30mph.![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
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Hannibal wrote:64thunderbolt wrote:Hannibal wrote:jevanb wrote:64thunderbolt wrote:Agree, but I still want the gassers to keep to the right on the hills so I don't have to slow down for them. me too, all summer I park in the right lane at 65MPH and it seems like gassers have to prove something by blasting past me then they cant make the hill and start to slow then I catch up and pass them. I think most have the power to make it up but they might not like the sound of 5500rpm, because it is louder then my radio when they go past
So gassers towing TT's and 5th wheels are so popular that you encounter them all summer? In all our travel over the decades, we don't see that many that we're sharing the hills with them, much less that many gassers. We do however encounter many diesel powered OTR tractor trailers doing exactly as you describe. Can be annoying. Story time does stoke the imagination though...
Not that many but when you are held up for miles it seems there's too many. On the interstate it's no issue but on miles of well traveled 2 lanes with 6/7% pulls, some as long as 9/10 miles constant it gets frustrating.
So you're in the right lane of a two lane road with with 6-7% grades doing 65mph and all those gassers pass you up until a grade where you have to pass them up yet you're stuck behind them for miles because they're reluctant to run 5500rpm? How do you know they're all gassers? Could be those 10+year old diesels groaning out a whopping 235hp at 3k rpm 30mph.
go back & sort through the posts you have mine & another together. I never said the gassers passed me. I have a 14 yr old diesel, want to come run the mtns here in Az with me.
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Ah! You're right. It was jevanb. My mistake.
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Hannibal wrote:Ah! You're right. It was jevanb. My mistake.
Welcome to my world, LOL. Don't feel special, I have done it many times. You read so many they all seem the same sometimes.
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I was mistaken once before. I thought for a moment I was wrong but I was mistaken. And yes I would take you up in your challenge. Me towing my trailer and you towing yours and we'll see who holds up more traffic. As I've said many times. If I were towing heavy in the Rocky's, it would be with my 5th Cummins Ram. Definitely not my old 250hp Cummins road block. Not a chance with my '95 160hp slug. It was on it's knees holding up traffic in the Blue Ridge ripples. Even my lethargic 5.4 does better.
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64thunderbolt wrote:waynec1957 wrote:Dang...I haven't checked this thread for a while and I was sure you guys would have this worked out by now. Diesel vs Gas...the question with no definitive answer.
This is what makes this thread so much fun. I drive what I want and I assume everyone else does also. It's fun to debate. Just like I have said before "keep your gasser to the right"
Yeah...you're right about that. I've been debating myself (literally) for about a year.
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Hannibal wrote:I was mistaken once before. I thought for a moment I was wrong but I was mistaken. And yes I would take you up in your challenge. Me towing my trailer and you towing yours and we'll see who holds up more traffic. As I've said many times. If I were towing heavy in the Rocky's, it would be with my 5th Cummins Ram. Definitely not my old 250hp Cummins road block. Not a chance with my '95 160hp slug. It was on it's knees holding up traffic in the Blue Ridge ripples. Even my lethargic 5.4 does better.
They have all come a long way. But I'm happy with my old 7.3 tuned very well and gets it done. No way I'm gonna pay more for a truck than my home. I'm almost 64 & with 158K on the truck. I run less than 10K per year so barring a catastrofic failure it will last longer than I will be needing it.
With the right trailer in the right terrain a gasser may be fine for some but towing on the grades I do almost every time I go a diesel is best. I live @ 1100' elev and camp @ 7400'. Have a few LONG 6/7% on 2 lanes. But when it's approaching 120* here in the valley it's nice to get away for a few days @ 70/80*. In the old days I had an F350 cc with a 460. Boy was that thing thirsty. Towed ok but nowhere near the 7.3.
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