Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Towing a 5th wheel versus Travel trailer : Pros and Cons

Let me throw in one more thing here. Most folks from back east or the midwest have no concept of what altitude does to the available power of your engine. If you tow in the Rockies or the Sierras with a gasoline rig, you can easily be operating at 7000-10,000 feet at which point you only have 60-70% of the engine power you had at sea level, and on hot days it will be even worse. The nice thing about having a diesel is that the engine does not know it is operating at altitude, it always thinks it is still at sea level (turbocharger) and you have available 100% of rated power. Many gasoline rigs are marginal at best when operating in the Western states.