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> > From: Bruce Aaron Hefner <gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu>
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: Re: 1998 Dakota R/T
> > Date: Wednesday, October 08, 1997 9:48 AM
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. I was thinking that, if Toyota
> > > comes out with a V8 in the T-100 this year, I might consider one to
> pull my
> > > fifth-wheel trailer. Now, I'm not so sure . . .
> > >
> > > Dick (& Geri) Campagna, Mt Laurel, NJ campagna@nothinbut.net
> > > (Per favore, non mi rompere i coglioni. Grazie!)
> > >
> > Dick,
> > Even without the other problems people have had with T-100's,
> > consider this Toyota has never made a V8 before so without a doubt it is
> > going to have defects in it, not to mention a t-100 doesn't really have
> > enough weight to handle a 5th wheel, if you want to pull a fifth wheel
> you
> > should really consider a Ram, they have the power and the weight you need
> > for a fifth wheel. Just my opinion
> >
> > Bruce
>
> Bruce - There are 5th wheels . . . and then there are 5th wheels. By that,
> I mean that they run in length from 16' to over 40'. And the one I have
> weighs approximately 3,800 pounds empty, with a 4,800 pound GVWR (weight
> when fully loaded). This 4,800 pound weight is WELL within the Dakota's
> 6,400 pound trailer-pulling capacity. To see the brand of trailer I have
> (Shadow Cruiser), check www.shadowcruiser.com. I guarantee that you've
> never seen any 5th wheel trailers as aerodynamic as these. And mine is
> only 7' wide, rather than the more common 8' width. I've spoken to quite a
> few guys who've pulled 5th wheel trailers with Dakotas that weren't as
> well-equipped as mine will be, and they were very pleased with the Dak's
> performance. By the way . . . Toyota has made a V8. It's called the
> Lexus. Not a bad one, eh???
>
> Dick (& Geri) Campagna, Mt Laurel, NJ campagna@nothinbut.net
> (Per favore, non mi rompere i coglioni. Grazie!)
>
You're right about the size of the 5th wheel, I was thinking of the big
boys, and I have no doubt a Dakota could handle the one your talking
about, but I still doubt a Toyota could handle it. I forgot about
the Lexxus but there's a big difference between a V8 in a car and one for
a truck, if you take the engine straight out of a Lexxus and put it in a
truck it isn't going to pull shit, because it is designed more for speed
and doesn't have the low-end torque needed in a truck, and it will take a
while for them to work the kinks out when they modify the engine to put in
a truck. There's also the thing that pulling a trailer usually is the
easy part, it is stopping it and controlling it that are the hard part,
and I still contend that even though A Dak would pull it fine, A ram with
it's bigger size (And brakes) would be able to do those 2 things better.
Bruce
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