Posted by buickanddeere on November 08, 2012 at 07:42:43 from (184.151.61.254):
In Reply to: True Horse Power posted by Paul from MI on November 05, 2012 at 21:40:15:
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The Duramaxs of that era had injector leakage problems and cracked cylinder heads
Checked the diesel option and it was a couple of bucks over 10 Grand with the tax.
The Duramax does well to average the high teens in real world driving. Now at the age where the truck is rusting to bits. The diesel would break even if it wasn't for all the out of warrenty engine work.
I've trailered through the hills on Highway #17 in the Ontario portion of the Trans Canada along with some forsaken roads in Northern Ontario along with the Lake Placid region of NY and through Appalachion Mountain of Pennsylvania, Vermont , New Hampshire and New Bruiswick. To know what a climb is.
Truck was in 3rd and 2nd at times but neither engine or trams were even close to over heating.
If low rpms are better, why didn't machinery manufactures go with a 250rpm pto instead of a 1000rpm pto.
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