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<blockquote data-quote="dieseljeep" data-source="post: 425162" data-attributes="member: 18592"><p>Yeah I always look at half tons and my 3/4 ton sucks in a few ways but dominates most half tons. If you're easy on the throttle low 20s is pretty easy to get and it's so much nicer towing. I tow stuff that could easily be towed by a half ton but those engines really drop in MPG and those engines are so wound up, where my engine and brakes aren't affected at all.</p><p></p><p>Also when I'm going downhill I get a lot more naturally engine braking as well. And at work we noticed the half tons really dropped off with their hauling capability. Just a few years ago we used a half ton like a 1 ton. Now we don't get anything smaller than a 1 ton and we go through transmissions and the engines, though rated higher aren't doing what the large displacement engines used to do.</p><p></p><p>Reluctantly we use the diesels because of how they haul, but they're in the shop a lot due to emissions equipment. My pre-emissions diesel is a great engine and transmission and same axle as the new ones. I feel like an old man hating on all the new stuff, but early 2000s seems like there pinnacle of vehicles in many aspects.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dieseljeep, post: 425162, member: 18592"] Yeah I always look at half tons and my 3/4 ton sucks in a few ways but dominates most half tons. If you're easy on the throttle low 20s is pretty easy to get and it's so much nicer towing. I tow stuff that could easily be towed by a half ton but those engines really drop in MPG and those engines are so wound up, where my engine and brakes aren't affected at all. Also when I'm going downhill I get a lot more naturally engine braking as well. And at work we noticed the half tons really dropped off with their hauling capability. Just a few years ago we used a half ton like a 1 ton. Now we don't get anything smaller than a 1 ton and we go through transmissions and the engines, though rated higher aren't doing what the large displacement engines used to do. Reluctantly we use the diesels because of how they haul, but they're in the shop a lot due to emissions equipment. My pre-emissions diesel is a great engine and transmission and same axle as the new ones. I feel like an old man hating on all the new stuff, but early 2000s seems like there pinnacle of vehicles in many aspects. [/QUOTE]
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