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2004 Duramax long trip

10-28-2005, 04:51 PM

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2004 Duramax long trip

My cousins husband and I went on a hunt in CO this past week pulling his 4 horse trailor from WI with 2 horses and our gear. Nice truck that drives straight and true down the road, trailor is 5ver, first time for me pulling one. The Allison is the big draw to me on this package, it drives the rig for you and manages it in the hills. His did not have an overdrive lockout feature and was missed on a long climb, shouldn't even be offered witout one. Cab was very comfortable and quiet. Motor does not have low end torque of the Dodge but it moved the load with ease. He was disappointed in his true milage as he had been going by the truck's milage meter in the dash as gospel. Around 10 mpg at 75 to 80 on interstate pulling this setup. Not bad but not as good as advertised. Only issues for me being only 5' 6" tall are the sight lines compared to my Dodge. Overall a very good truck and would consider if I were in the market. DW

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