>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
Sure, there's a big difference between putting a V8 in a car and in a truck.
That's why the engines won't be identical. The point is that they do have
some experience with V8s. It is pure speculation on your part that it will
take them a while to work out the kinks when they modify the engine. You
don't know that. I know it's resonable to expect a few problems along the
way. But then again, the same could be said about the '97 Dakotas. So far
no big problems, but it's a totally new design. I don't think you're giving
Toyota a fair chance. Also, Car and Driver or Motortrend (don't remember
which) did a comparison of a 4x4 Dakota 5.2 and a 4x4 Ram 5.2 and the Dakota
had a slightly higher tow rating than the Ram. So, just because the Ram is
bigger doesn't mean it's necessary better for towing. I think you're just
trying to speculate about too many things and you don't have any facts to
support you.
Andy
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