Factors like a thousand pounds of iron in the box of the chev and super sticky tires. I've heard of people spraying simple green on tires to make them sticky, don't know if it works or not.

 

Chevies have been out pulling Fords for years, no news here.

 

not tryin to flame anyone, but what the hell kind of brush hog weighs 20,000 pounds?

 

Your kidding me right? what chev can have a max trailer weight of 20,000 pounds? none theyed blow up

 

A 15 foot wide cutting brush/bush hog will weigh in at about 3300 pounds. So one that weighs almost 20K pounds would cut a 75 foot swathe ?

 

Nope , not kidding. I watched chevy p/u trucks out pull ford p/u trucks with matching cubic inch stock engines /drives in the construction industry, from 1969 to 2000. I cannot say after those years , for I have been out of the construction industry since 1990. But, looks like the video on myspace shows it is still true.

 

powrstrkn, a brush hog that is articulted with a twin 5' blade in the front being helped along with a 125HP turbo diesel. Would look similiar to this with a rotary cutting unit that would look like an old Gravely mower only magnum in size. Cutting swath was 10' for the units we picked up. A pull behind unit wouldn't last 100 yards down here. Heck, a farm tractor won't make it down here. The country is real heavy brush and most equipment with tires won't go anywhere except on the roads. These units have solid tires which helps but the front cutter makes all the difference.
http://www.terex.com/main.php?obj=pr...143bfd7765b165

 

im sure they all can do it if properly loaded today i seen a 6.0 F-350 with a 5th wheel trailer with 2 front and loader with backhoes being pulled how much do 2 of them weigh?

 

I doubt that. The 460 has been setup to pull harder than a comparable 454 many times in the past...and the 6.5L GM diesel was a joke, pure and simple. The 7.3L PSD dominated until the Duramax came out...but then Ford released the 6.0L and cleaned up for about 3 years...that is until GM came out with the LBZ Duramax. The fact still remains that Ford has generally built a stronger truck for pulling or hauling, with stronger components, and a longer lasting drivetrain that will handle loads much better- when comparing equally equipped trucks. There has always been a battle to see who can reach the top of the hill fastest...but it's just started to really turn into a war in the last few years.

 

very much agreed ford 6.9L Diesel was a very well built stable engine and you still see um today very often when do you ever see the old chevy 6.5L? proborly never I work construction as well and its mostly fords where I am but still a good mix not a hole lota dodge A guy I Know has a 6.5L Chevy van 275,000 kms and he has had many problems with the old van hates it but it carrys his tools

 

Much better post than the goofy one you quoted.

If I may expound a tad on it;

460's and 454's were always very close UNTIL the 460 became a lame duck when the V10 was being readied.....the 454 seemed to be tad stronger in those last few years ('96-'98??) The V10's had already been in vans for a few years before the '99 superduty....maybe the reason the 460 wasn't bumped to the 454's levels those last years????

The 350's and 351 wew also a toss up .....UNTIL the Vortec headed 350's in '95(?) came out. Ford's were not only down 30Hp but the MPG difference was huge favoring the GM in those last few years...


As you stated concerning diesels............GM never was close until the Dmax.


Far from some 30 year delusional fantasy...

 

Thanks guys...

DOHC...I agree with your assumption about the last few years of the 460...makes complete sense. Ford could have easily achieved 30 more hp to match the Vortec 350 in the GM...but the 4.6L had already started production, and the 5.4L wasn't far off, so there was no point in uping the 351. That coincides with the V10.