Hemi versus 7.3

[whitexc]

We went from 7.3’s to Taco Bell poops.

Bring poop in and most any conversation levels right out!


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[Deleted member 47449]

It's called H.A.F.E. Occurred last week while I was driving our Ram PW 6.4L over Mosquito Pass (13,186 feet). Entirely natural. The truck suffers too in power.

 

[Davidbt]

I'm retired and really don't have much in this fight. I feel for the original poster with all of the problems with his truck. My first diesel was a 2004 duramax, and it was a fast and fun truck until the crapy injectors showed they're ugly heads. I traded it in for a 2016 2500 6.7. At the time I seriously considered a 6.4 Hemi. My wife mentioned that we live in California and when we travel, there's mountain passes. I eventually traded that truck for a 2018 3500 6.7 because our 5th wheel weighed 13,500lbs loaded, because we were living in it at the time.
We had planned to travel and decide where we would settle. After living in two different 5th wheels for 6 years, we decided we wanted to be in a house. When I retired, we decided to move to South East Arizona. We now have a 26' travel trailer and I tried pulling it with a Jeep Gladiator. We did a trip to California and I realized it really wasn't the right setup. I traded it for a 2021 1500 5.7 Big Horn and it did a decent job pulling the trailer. Any cross winds, and it became tricky. I've since upgraded to a 2024 2500 6.4 and our first trip is to Northern California. I will post back how this truck performs.
I just wanted to say I went with a gasser because being retired, I barely drive 12-15 miles during the week. The travel trailer trips are only a couple times a year.

 

[MEGA HO]

Just did a trip from AB to Yellowstone and back home, 1800 miles. DEF was 7/8 full when started, about 1/4 left when got back home, yes the consumption was a lot higher than when driving unloaded but if someone runs out of DEF they shouldn't be driving at all, the stuff is sold everywhere.
Lie-o-meter consumption went from around 19.5 unloaded to about 12.5 average for the trip with the worse I've seen about 9 driving back through Montana @80mph with crazy cross/head winds.
Camper is around 3k loaded but it's not the weight that hits the mpg the most, it's a "brick" shaped tall box getting pushed at highway speeds.
The damn thing had plenty of power to tap into whenever I needed it, couldn't imagine doing the same trip with a gaser it would have been screaming going over all the mountain passes.

 

[RKCRLR]

Just did a trip from AB to Yellowstone and back home, 1800 miles. DEF was 7/8 full when started, about 1/4 left when got back home, yes the consumption was a lot higher than when driving unloaded but if someone runs out of DEF they shouldn't be driving at all, the stuff is sold everywhere.
Lie-o-meter consumption went from around 19.5 unloaded to about 12.5 average for the trip with the worse I've seen about 9 driving back through Montana @80mph with crazy cross/head winds.
Camper is around 3k loaded but it's not the weight that hits the mpg the most, it's a "brick" shaped tall box getting pushed at highway speeds.
The damn thing had plenty of power to tap into whenever I needed it, couldn't imagine doing the same trip with a gaser it would have been screaming going over all the mountain passes.

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I have a Bigfoot 10.6 camper and live in the Sierra Nevada foothills. I use my Ram with the Hemi to go places and have had no problems getting over the Sierras. Yes, it will downshift on steep grades but that is the way it was made to run. One thing that surprised me is how well the engine braking works in Tow/Haul mode being a gasser. I haven't done Monitor or Sonora Pass with it yet, that will be the test.