A few weeks back I got revenge on the "Bozeman Pass" outside Bozeman MT. Last summer, I pulled this pass with my K10 & flatbed combo, and our 2500 360 could only pull it at 25mph in 1st gear. With the same load, my '05 Cummins pulled it at 73mph and I had to back out of it because the corner was too sharp for my comfort. imp: Needless to say, I'm very happy with the Cummins thus far.
Wanna race up it again? Got the 5" on and now I can't even get it close to hot. Can't wait to tow up a good hill again, might be able to run wide open now. Gotta love the rattly diesel rigs :waytogo:
I can't wait to hear that 5" - it probably sounds mean as hell.... If you fix that rear suspension problem so you're not swaying and we'll give it a shot You'll probably win it simply because I run out of gear in direct at ~75 and I can't force my auto into o/d and i'm not sure how it'll handle it.... Why did DC have to get rid of the NV5600? Stupid G56 ruined my 6-speed/Cummins hopes.
the 5" is ALOT quieter than the old 3-4-5" setup.... but according to the friend I smoked racing against his Allero its still decently loud. I also got both my upper airbag mounts build and just gotta build the mounts for the axle side and I'll be set.
Nice, how heavy you towing? I pulled it in January and could only pull it about 68mph pulling a 10K trailer.
The trailer's about 2000 empty, the K10 is about 5200 empty (before I had the 1-tons under there), with tools, spare tires, a full tank of fuel plus 10 spare gals, etc I figure the trailer weighs damn near 7600lbs. Plus I was carrying an extra axle because I couldn't offload it before I had to leave, so I was probably coming in just about 8000lbs GCVW was probably 15,700.
Ah, My GCVW was a whopping 19,832 on the flying J scales in Cheyenne on the way. Man I gotta build a little car trailer, this 20' flatbed is too much to tow around.
Dont you just love Diesel engines. Longer dependability, better fuel mileage, and WAY more POWER!!!! dont know why anyone would buy gas. Glad you like da Cummins!!!!
