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07-22-2014, 03:27 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: South West PA
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Test the big three pullers
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07-22-2014, 03:36 PM
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Mod free 5er
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Location: Concord, NC
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Looks like Chevy spanked butt in all but the 136.5 mark.
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07-22-2014, 03:58 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Alberta - East of the Rockies, West of the Rest
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2018 RAM 5500 Laramie CC
Sold: Riverstone Legacy 38RE, 960 Watt Solar, 6x6 Volt AGM Battery Bank, Freedom SW 3012 Inv/Charger
Ordered: 2021....
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07-22-2014, 05:35 PM
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Camper Less Camping
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Location: NW
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Yep...some people gonna take this info found and run with it! ,)....LoL
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Family of 4 whose always on the GEAUX!
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07-22-2014, 06:55 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldCoot
Looks like Chevy spanked butt in all but the 136.5 mark.
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The updated 2016 Duramax will be bad to the bone. 
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07-22-2014, 08:25 PM
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The only thing we could not verify were the exact weights of the trucks and trailers, but after visually inspecting and noting the compensating sandbag weights in the beds of the trucks where necessary, we're confident that each fifth-wheel camper trailer was comparable with each Chevrolet, Ram and Ford one-ton dualie crew cabs.
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According to this Ford added sand bags to make their weights even. LOL! I would be curious to know which trucks had weight added. I know that the Fords are heavy trucks so they probably had to add to the Chevy and Rams to make the weight equal. So I'm going to say that if you own a Chevy or a Ram and you don't ride around with sand bags in your truck then you can't compare it to the Fords. 
The 3:73 is a great gear for the D-max Alley combo. I really believe the Cummins would have done better with the 3:42 because the Cummins pulls harder at a slightly lower RPM. It actually loses TQ in it's upper RPMs.
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2010 Ram 6.7 G56 QC CC Aluminum flat/Leveled (Sold)
2008 Nitro Z9 towed by a 2015 Sanibel 3601 towed by a 2013 Ram 3500 SRW CCSB Cummins
2006 EZ GO 6" lift
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07-23-2014, 06:36 AM
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Incheon, S. Korea
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Incheon, South Korea
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The telling numbers I saw that last time they did a big test were the brake temp numbers at the bottom of the hill. IIRC the Chevy was around 1,200 degrees!
You guys forget how monstrous these things are. Live overseas for a decade and it's a real wake-up call to stand next to one! LOL
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Me, Julie, Lil' Barry, Faith, and OSD Fang
2012 Coachmen Clipper 126 - Don't even have a TV anymore.
I don't know when we'll be able to go camping again... 
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07-25-2014, 10:03 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Crystal City, Mo.
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Time to get your rulers out and start measuring your manliness...
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Jeff and Dana McCreary
2004 F-250 SuperCrew Lariat 6.0 Diesel
2003 Cardinal 312 BH
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07-29-2014, 11:31 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Weatherford, TX
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^^^^+1^^^^ LMAO.....
The winner is always the one that's paying the most for advertising......... Go buy the brand you like for all your own reasons....... and don't look back. You're paying for it, so it only matters that YOU like it...........  
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J & D in Lovely Weatherford, TX
2016 Jayco White Hawk 28DSBH TT
2014 Ram 2500 Crew Cab 4X4 6.7L Cummins
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07-29-2014, 11:42 AM
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Senior Member
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The frontal area of the 5th Wheel being pulled by the Ford is different, flawed testing criteria. If they used manufacturers weight I would be suspect of the results as we all know some weights are off. I have no horse in this race as I have been informed by the DW no new truck for 5 or 8 more years..... 
Brian
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2022 Venture RV SportTrek STT 302 VRB Travel Trailer
2018 Heartland Landmark 365 Louisville 5th Wheel
2015 Heartland Bighorn 5th Wheel
2013 FR Rockwood 8289WS 5th Wheel
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07-29-2014, 12:09 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Denver, CO
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The numbers look funny to me the ford hit the hill at 79 ( had that much more power then the ram) and the ram hit it at 71 and half mile later the ford is doing 64 and the ram is doing 65( now the ram has more power it seems). That hard to believe. I think the test has big flaws somewhere.
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Steve and Adele
2017 RB-195
2005 Toyota 4runner 4x4
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07-29-2014, 12:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Michigan
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enough said...
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2012 Wildcat 344QB
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07-29-2014, 06:52 PM
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Incheon, S. Korea
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Incheon, South Korea
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I love the 'Aw jeez, not this..." meme!
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Me, Julie, Lil' Barry, Faith, and OSD Fang
2012 Coachmen Clipper 126 - Don't even have a TV anymore.
I don't know when we'll be able to go camping again...
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07-29-2014, 07:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by schrederman
^^^^+1^^^^ LMAO.....
The winner is always the one that's paying the most for advertising......... Go buy the brand you like for all your own reasons....... and don't look back. You're paying for it, so it only matters that YOU like it........... |
Can I get an AMEN brothers and sisters!!!
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07-29-2014, 09:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2014
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All 3 makes are equally comparable. Pick the one you like best and enjoy
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07-29-2014, 09:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
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True and funny story. A friend of mine LOVES Ford...putting it lightly. He named his son Ford and his daughter Shelby. I promise
He bought a new truck...a Dodge. I said "hey. What's up with that?" He said "they are the only one to make a truck to do what this one does."
I just laughed and stood there amazed.
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2005 Ram 2500 4X4 diesel SMOKER!!
I love puns, irony and tasteless jokes...
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