Desert Coyote

Okay, that might not sound like much of a race, but take this into consideration: both vehicles pulling trailers in mountainous terrain.

On the first leg of our return trip to Buffalo, we had a U-Haul box trailer (5x8) loaded with a piano, a recliner and some light stuff. Total weight was probably 1500 lbs. The first thing we hit leaving Arizona is Texas Canyon, which is a steady and consistent uphill grade followed by stable downhills.

I wasn't planning on passing anyone, but I wound up coming on an impromptu U-Haul convoy, being led by the above mentioned Bighorn Edition Ram (looked like an '07-08), a 3/4 ton with the Cummins engine in it. It should be running circles around me, especially since it's pulling a smaller trailer than I am (he had a 4x8 box trailer)!!

I wound up passing the truck TWICE. He caught up to me about ten minutes after the first pass, but then I wound up passing him again. Both times on uphill stretches.

Not to sound arrogant, but ... it sure felt good to emasculate a Ram like that.

ballplr

white heat

The Ram would have run circles around you if he cared. He didn't.

Lone Ranger

ballpr +1. I'm not a big fan of Mopar, but any diesel slaughters gasoline when it comes to high load hauling. With D2 nearing $5/gallon in most places, he was probably trying to keep his mpg above 15 by taking it easy.

I'm not dis'ing you at all, I just know how a turbo-diesel can pull once momentum is beyond start-up. Even on my wife's dinky 1.9 liter VW turbo-diesel, when you hit accel on the cruise ctrl it pulls much harder than the same scenario in my HHR.