yeah, the guy was doing everything he could do to stack the odds against his truck. I am pretty sure the old crappy cummins would have been pretty warm towing a huge fifth wheel with a uhaul truck backwards on it. I know that towing my 73 chevy behind my dodge I cam pretty close to overheating a couple of times. I was towing it up a big mountain pass in montana at about 2,000 feet to 6,000 feet with egts at 1250-1300, and the coolant went up almost to the red mark on the temp gage, the engine oil temp was in the yellow on my banks oil temp gage, if I remember right it was 270, the trans temp in the pan was pegged out at the bottom of the gage like it almost always is, and the boost was steady at about 30. This was with the cruise control on at 80.

the mods at the time were 10 plate full forward, timing at 16.5, torque converter without valve body yet, exhaust, BHAF, and 33" mud tires. The tires weren't helping me, since they keep the engine speed down, decreasing fan speed, water pump speed, and increasing egts.

 

Seems kina frivolous if you ask me.

 

they trim on the side of the "old" dodge makes me believe it's an 01 or 02 as for overheating wih my 06 I haul very very heavy loads in colorado and nebraska and there are some hard hills in the sandhills of nebraska I usually haul 12 tons of livestock mineral on my 5000 lb flatbed and in the summer we see temps over 100 pretty often. the only time I ever got hot hauling was the other day when I was pulling a load of 250 bales of hay over the rockies on I-70 got kinda close to the max on my factory engine temp gaugedoing 55 mph. my buddy pulling the exact same load with a 04 6.0 powestroke had to slow down to 25 mph so his beepers and bells and whatever would turn off.. the big difference I have a 6 speed and his is an auto. for heavy hauling I swear by a handshaker you can control your rpm's better for power declines and temps. just talking from my experiences

 

I dont think anyone here is planning on getting a d-max and if the do that is a bad move on there part!!

 

haha makes me appreciate my cummins even more

 

Well duh the Dodge is gonna win...

 

I think I'll keep my "inferior" Dodge.

John

 

What A Dumb guy In The Craper Max Had It Floored ,running Almost 3000 Rpm's And Running At Max Towing Load No Wonder It Over Heated ... Maybe He Should Have Got A Uhaul With A Cummins ... Maybe If We Try To Find He's Email edited by admin So He Can Have More Boost To Go Faster

 

Wow. I've driven that exact stretch of road in the semi. Let off is all you have to do. I wish I could get close to 60 mph going through there, more like 35. Big truck will still get to 220, but not bad. Think of the strain and heat put into trannies, rearends and so forth when doing a WOT pull like that. That's plain old abuse IMO. Yes, the trucks are capable of it, but how is affecting the drivetrain components over time? Just something to think about.

On a side note, after having trailered a CTD with a Dmax LB7, and now owning a CTD, there is no comparison, even though it's 5 years older and 'inferior'.

 

Does anybody know where I can download that video and save it on my PC?

John

 

Best 20 minutes of video I've seen in a while.

 

I really like my "crappy old doge". Makes me even more pleased that I bought this instead of the Dmax I was looking at. This is my first dodge ever and I think it is about the most rock solid truck I have ever driven.

 

Fraud. Had a max load, was flooring it, had the U-Haul turned around backwards for maximum wind resistance, I bet it was not in OD and only in 4th. I bet the wind resistance was more like pulling 15tons.

 

It kept shifting between OD and 4th.

 

O so the tranny is hunting for gears.