Video of my 97 towing up a Mountain

Monteagle mountain to be exact. Nothing real exciting, just want to show poeple who have asked if it is possible to tow with my set up that it indeed is! Next time Ill put the water on and load it with a couple rigs! :toast: Duramax guy was not impressed. :toast:

http://youtu.be/p-UMCj2wEAw

I love what you east coast people call "mountians"... Those are called speed bumps around here.

Sorry, I'll put in a petition to the state of TN to change the name of Monteagle mountain to "speed bump" for ya...

mattman347 said:

Sorry, I'll put in a petition to the state of TN to change the name of Monteagle mountain to "speed bump" for ya...

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I was just ribbing you a bit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvGzOuPwktY

Of course watching a video its hard to tell what the grade percentage is. This section is about 7-8%...

Yeah, I know. I have been out to colorado with a few good passes, there is a big diff from here to there for sure. I was just showing that a 7.3L that can run 7.63 on fuel in the 1/8th can still tow grades without much trouble. This set up has been working great for me all around so far.

It is so weird to see something from my neck of the woods on here!

That's coming over 126 from Salem to Sisters, eh?

Yup... I live in Bend (Alfalfa but...) but work all over the country.

CSIPSD said:

I love what you east coast people call "mountians"... Those are called speed bumps around here.

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I was thinking the same thing...much bigger grades around here...

Looks good matt

Looks good Matt! Fancy Gap Pass in Virginia is a good climb... For us east coasters... 5% for a while

That truck that quiet or did the camera not pick up the noise? My truck would have rattled the fillings out.of your molars. (my 7.3)

Im really not surprised that the dmax was suckin. I got passed the other day(in my 12 dmax) on some hills by a tuned.6.7 and it walked right by me. My truck.was.grabbin gears and Werrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr up the hill.

Lol! It's really not that bad for in cab sound for an OBS. But I will say, my super duty is quieter with the 238/100's in it but it still has the factory exhaust!

that is awesome..just about the same set up as I have.. what gears are you running?? up here its ether up hill 5 to 10% or down hill.. there is no flat land time for the motor too cool..you come off one mountian top and start right back into a climb for the next mountian..these trucks work hard all day long around here...

I have 3:55 gears, a 4:10 would make it run a little cooler with the extra rpm I would say.

That thing is towing much better than the last time I witnessed it towing trailer on the interstate. That's been a good long time ago. LOL

Yeah, I can remember tapping on the pyro gauge towing Nathan's OBS from Ohio to TS with stage 1's and no intercooler with some crap tunes! EGT's stayed at around 1300 for the entire trip going to 1600 on some hills. That was like 6-7 years ago!!

that was a nice pull-- im also surprised I didnt hear it more. There's more than a few grades in the area that are respectable.

Great to see a modified 7.3 working hard, sounds like its pretty well dialed in! :thumbup: