A friend of ours has a 5.9 in a 40 ft Monaco with a 28 ft trailer golf cart and mustang SSer. I takes quite a while to get rolling, but has no issues on the highway. We have a 34 ft Monaco 1994 with a basic 8.3 cummins and it will walk all over him pulling our 24 ft with golf cart and Nova on board. If you are patient and not pulling a stacker a 5.9 can work. I think he gets about 9 mpg and we get 7.5 to 8.5 depending on how fast we go. I would say the 8.3 is a great deal over a 5.9 if you can find one. Also, a real plus with any diesel Rv is the diesel generator. That is a huge upgrade over LP. You can run them round the clock and they run off the main fuel tank.
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Originally Posted by CWhitney
So my question to all the Class A owners. do you prefer the 5.9 Diesel pusher or the bigger engine 8.9? diesel pusher. I have a 24 ft. Pace trailer.
Thanks for your input
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