Posted by notjustair on March 21, 2016 at 07:20:56 from (70.195.8.122):
I've spent this last week filling terrace washouts and things I should have done for years. I lined up the grain trucks - a 58 GMC and the 74 Ford. The Jimmy has 77K miles and the original 270 six. The Ford has 20K miles and the 330 V8 (and a two foot longer box). I filled them both just past the helper springs and then dumped both, etc.
That old Jimmy outperformed the new truck every time. When driving through the fields she had the torque to run in two high. The Ford was lucky to be in second low, but often needed one high. The Ford hauls more but I thought that engine would have more guts. If it got below 2000 rpm it fell flat and quick. Actually stalled it a couple of times in the soft spots. It is definitely missing the low end torque of a six. The GMC could lug down to 1000 rpm and pull right back out of it.
I did finally have a chance to compare them using my speedometer app. In the high range they have exactly the same gearing. Low range the same I would guess, but I didn't check. I guess it would have been better to get a six than the smallest V8!
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