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Has anybody pulled a fifth wheel 24ft with the 07 chev 2500 6.0 in the mountains. Does it do the job?

based on the altitude you'll loose a great deal of power. A turbo diesel will do much better, and loose little power with altitude.

We had an experience in Colorado east bound on I 70. In western CO about 5000 feet, we maked 80mph 75mph speed bound with no problem with our gasser, passed a fifth wheel rig with six horses on board pulled by a turbo diesel pickup he runned about 75mph. A 100 miles east, around 8000 feet, with steeper grades we are down to 60mph flat out, he passes us, still going 75 mph, with no strain or black smoke never saw him again. By the time we got to the Eisenhower tunnel "It is the highest vehicular tunnel in the world, located at an elevation of 11,013 feet at the East Portal and 11,158 feet at the West Portal." we were down to 55mph flat out.

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Be sure you add a transmission cooler to your transmission liquid system to be hauling that much weight up a mountain at all. Burnt fluids give little or no protection as their chemical properties of lubrication break down quickly with high heat and degradation. I also had air shocks with a compressor under the hood to evenly level and distribute the load.

whatever, everyone knows dodges can do better than any truck out there

How much does this 24 foot trailer weigh? Is it a toy hauler or camper?

Here's a link
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yes, it sucks a lot of gas.