Pulled a 5000lb car and trailer about 30 miles through the hilly curvy
countryside running about 45 - 55mph most of the way with my '95 6'er
with 3.55 gears and a few mods. Dynomax Race Magnum muffler being the
main horsepower/torque contributor. The truck had absolutely NO problem
pulling this load. Everyone involved was absolutely amazed. I was a
little surprised myself. It even stopped pretty damn good. It was
amazing how well the truck would accelerate. I can't imagine how the V8
would have handled that load. Probably woulda been like pullin' it with
a Cummins! :)
Chad Clifton
mcc@negia.net
'95 DSCC 5sp V6
dak@mama.indstate.edu wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Thought I might share this one with you, as I am
> awfully proud of my Dak today :-). I had to help move
> some equipment from our HQ to a secondary office
> space in town. I ask the boss "what are we moving?",
> he says, "we need to move some UPS equipment over
> to the other building". I'm like, fine, guess we
> aren't going to get movers like we usually do,
> oh well. So, I pull up my truck, and we proceed to
> load the pieces for this *big honkin' UPS*. It was
> pretty damn heavy, had to have been a ton since it
> looked like the Dak was almost ready to hit the
> bump stops :-(. I'm like "damn what the hell - oh well
> too late now", so after scraping the shit out of my
> bed and tailgate we button her up and proceed to
> drive down the road. It was amazing... the truck
> didn't even feel like it was hauling anything!
> Stop and go traffic, merging onto the highway
> (during rush hour no less), up and down hills,
> it didn't matter - the truck would just pullpullpull
> along no sweat.
>
> So, what are the specs on this beast, you ask?
>
> '97 CC SLT+ v6 5spd 3.55 LSD *stock*
>
> That's right, my sixer hauled a ton of lead-acid
> goodness today, and but for the new paint scheme
> on the bed and tailgate didn't even complain. My
> boss felt so bad that the company is gonna pay
> for my new Rhino liner (as soon as I get it installed,
> of course) :-).
>
> Have fun, y'all...
> --
> dak
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