The little Isuzu continues to amaze me. I usually end up under-estimating the torque of a diesel. This weekend, I towed an enclosed trailer that was 6X12 feet, 6' tall. The trailer is new (on loan, perks of working where I do <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/coolg.gif" alt="" />), isn't too light, and catches a lot of wind. Plus I put in about 800 lbs of stuff inside, and drove 40kms through hilly, twisty roads.We don't have mountains here, but there is barely a flat spot either. It was a slow trip, but less so than I expected. If I had the old Mazda, there would have been lots of revving to keep the same speed, and it had almost twice the hp. The only problem would be pulling away on a grade of any significant angle. I wonder what people think when they see the black smoke shooting out the exhaust...
I'm looking at buying a small diesel Kubota tractor, so the ol' Sonoma may end up getting a work-out more often if I have to haul it around much.