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Old 01-10-2011, 12:18 PM   #24
Jeff Teuton
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Default Re: Input, take 2, & leave the politics out!

Unk, you do know that in testing those new trucks for towing they all use a flat bed trailer and add flat pieces of measured weight on the test track. The wind seperates the men from the boys. Why do you think the big rig manufacturers go to such lengths to get the wind around the trucks. You need to drink a few Grey Gooses or try this Absolute Brooklyn Vodka with Red Apple and Ginger. That is what you need to get your wishful thinking over with. Let's see 213 inches with 420 lb/tqe @ 2500 rpm. The only way that can happen is the turbo spools violently. Probably works and gets the truck moving and probably mileages. That violent spooling @ 65 (if it will go that fast with your trailer and heavy *** car and bottles of Vodka) is making enough heat to cook a burger real well. What I have been telling customers succesfully for years that want to pull a camper occasionaly with a 1/2 ton truck. If they are mostly going within 100 or so miles and are willing to put up with weak performance because they just don't use it that often, then it is fine. I always caution them about the truck trying to shift out of overdrive too often, and push the tow button. You gotta help the motor out. Anyway I can't help you no more. Modern technology aint that modern. This crap been around for years. Gary has the real cure, but we are all too stupid to listen.
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