Anne
5.7 is a decent engine. When the started doing fuel injection it picked up the horsepower a lot. In fact I had my parents buy suburban with a 350 because its just not worth the fuel for a 454 when you are not out full timing it most of the year. It was a good change. Those engines now put out a lot more horsepower than in the 1980's
Wes
--- In AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com, Anne Pearse Hocker <aph948@...> wrote:
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> Well, all this talk about proper TV, and all the discussions I've listened to previously, has made me cast a baleful eye at my pathetic wannabe 5.7l 4wd '07 DC Tundra. Of course, when I bought it I was on top of the world, thinking I'd bought my forever truck. Now, towing a Bambi isn't a big challenge, even loaded down like my truck was in many cases, but we traveled over some terrain in SE Montana that Wally probably would have used a mule for.
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> Sooo, after all the convincing, I've been out shopping for 3/4 and 1 ton trucks, new and used. New, mainly, to drool over. My Bambi is for sale and I"m moving up the food chain in Airstreams.
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> As some of you know, I'm still preparing my house for sale in a lousy market, and today I had a landscape crew out in their big International DT 4700 monster truck with the steel sides that look like a roll off container, which it is. Holds tons of mulch, most of which was still in the truck a few minutes ago when they got stuck coming up a hill between my garage and the top of the mountain...an incline and curve I don't like to take even with the Tundra because it's tight, and steep, and if it is muddy, it's a mess, even in 4wd. Well, they somehow finagled the International down there and of course, couldn't get back up the hill. Knocked on the door, sheepishly, asking if I had a chain. I did, but looking at this behemoth vs my little 1/2 ton with attitude, I was convinced we were all going to be calling AAA. I live in a fairly rural area, so this could be a while.
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> We hooked up, I put Mr. T in 4wd low gear, and we started up the curve. Got stuck. Slid all over the place. Did I mention it was sleeting? One of the guys pulled a branch out from under my tires and I hit it again. Figured I'd just carve a new road if I had to. Then, it started to pull, slowly, up that doggone hill and curve and voila, Big Truck was out of trouble, and I was looking at my muddy, beat up, reputation besmirched Tundra in a whole new light. I don't' know how many tons we pulled, but it was impressive. The crew was all cheering, blowing kisses, etc. Well, maybe not the kisses, but it was a happy moment.
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> I'm still listening to all this scary stuff about weight-loading, and power, and going downhill with crosswinds and a too-big trailer, and I appreciate all the great info here. But just so you know, I"m not as frantic about replacing Mr. T just yet. Good truck. Deserves a car wash.
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> Anne in Va
> '07 Tundra
> '04 Bambi for sale
> '87 house is going too!
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