[bushpilot]

Originally Posted by RLPRACING

....But this thing will go up Fancy Gap Mountain in Virginia without shifting at 65 mph. For those that haven't had the pleasure of traveling up I-77 in a truck, its a 6 mile climb at a grade of around 4%. Not for the faint of heart but one hell of a view. I once drove our old turbo 4 cylinder Detroit Diesel up it pulling a 48' trailer. Foot to the floor for 17 minutes with the Detroit screaming at 2500 rpm. A little under 30 mph. Glad I had an electric fan on it to keep it cool enough to make it. We laugh about it now but my nerves don't need that crap anymore! Give me horsepower, I'll pay the fuel bill!

hey i know fancy gap...i wasn't pulling any loads or length like you are RLP but we blazed up that thing...passing cars even.

we run that going back and forth to parents (northern shenandoah valley) and blacksburg (virginia tech)....stuff like that & the hills around chattanooga / christinsburg are why we own a truck conversion....hp/torque, transmission & chassis built for it !