Gas vs Diesel for Towing a Fifth Wheel!!!

DiskDoctr wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:
But given the available engines, the idea that a typical non-commercial diesel will outlast a gas engine by 2-3 times is just silly...

Of course, if you really are putting 500k miles on a pickup (maybe 50k/yr on the carnie circuit),

Listen, you're entitled to your opinion, but others are capable of making their points without being disrespectful or rude. Perhaps you could show similar courtesy to your fellow posters.

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It's an invalid argument to mock others' position and it is considered quite rude and often inflammatory.

Make your case respectfully or move along.

Sorry if calling a use case that is multiple standard deviations from normal "silly" hurt your feelings. Inflammatory would be calling you a name. This was highlighting an argument that is misleading.

Generally, cars & trucks are assumed to have a lifespan of around 20yrs and the average mileage per year is around 12,500...which works out to around 250k miles...which pretty much matches up with the life of a gas engine.

So if a gas engine lasts 250k miles...it already lasts the life of the truck. It's unlikely to have an engine replaced. Lasting long enough to get to the third engine is exceedingly rare.

I've seen a story a few times about a guy who has an old Volvo that at something like 1.5million miles but to claim it as justification to buy a new Volvo that is a completely different design is silly.

But let's say you do get to the point of having to replace the engine: A diesel runs $8-10k more up front. A replacement gas engine can be dropped in for around $5k-6k if you really do reach that point, so you are still ahead of the game and a 40yr old diesel is going to have negligible resale value in most cases (as will a 40yr old gas truck).