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Damn
You had me all excited.
I thought they had released the diesel Tundra to the US
Toyotas 4.5 litre V8 twin turbo diesel would be perfect for the Tundra
They are going to have diesel Ram 1500 pretty soon though.
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Damn
You had me all excited.
I thought they had released the diesel Tundra to the US
Toyotas 4.5 litre V8 twin turbo diesel would be perfect for the Tundra
Whats so wrong with a open C-channel frame? What do you think semi trucks have? Do you know how much weight boxing a frame in adds? If they can make a strong C-channel frame, more power to them.
Don't you understand that we are lucky to have members here that are far more intelligent than teams of mechanical engineers?ound:
are you saying the c channel is better than a fully boxed truck chasis
I care about weight! Ever think that more weight might affect your fuel mpg? I don't know about you, but I'd rather put my money into my sled than my fuel tank.
Chevys are ONLY available in 3:73 gears so WHAT choice did they have? STOCK that is.
By raise of hands, how many of you tow 30,000 lbs?
GMC/Chevy are only available with the 3.73 gear ratio on a Diesel motor. If you get the 6.0 gasser you can get 4.10 gears.
Either way that all came down to gear ratio. The Ford is using 4.30 gear ratio. Clearly it is built to tow more weight faster, but your fuel economy is going to suffer. Is it a big deal that over 7 miles or whatever it is it beats the GM by 25 seconds? What if the Ford is getting 6 MPG while towing that and the GM is getting 9 MPG?
Put the Ford on there with a 3.73 ratio or even 4.10 ratio and you can bet your *** the Ford is slower.
Be happy we have options.
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2001 ford 1 ton dually.
Uhoh, someone got their feelers hurt in here too!!! I see posts have disappeared.
so trucks have been using c-channel for 100years successfully, but now in the last few years it is not good enough? so what your tellin me is that my '97 tacoma with a mostly boxed frame is a far cry stronger than my 05 3500 dmax with a c-channel frame? and all this time i been using the dmax to pull the trailers, risking it breaking in half when i had a much stronger boxed frame taco i coulda used.
p.s. toyotas are gay
You might, but very very very few people tow 30,000 lbs.
I do. I had a Chevy 3500 with a 12 ft flatbed. Frame was weak and body roll made it scary to drive even empty. It was pathetic when pulling a forklift and trailer.
I bought a new 4 door f350 last year with an 8 ft bed on it. Weighs 10000lbs empty. Load my 36ft gooseneck flatbed trailer with a full load and it comes in at 41500. Feels really stable. Same wheelbase. And I don't have 12" of c channel hanging under my door for strength like my Chevy.