Fuel mileage diesel vs gas
I have seen some information on another forum that there is only about 1 to 2 miles per gallon increase in mileage for a diesel versus the V10 Ford. Does that seem to be the consensus? With the extr...
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Artum Snowbird wrote:
A Super C, with a V10... yup, let's head to the mountains and see where you end up in the slow lane. Sure, you will coast along near the coast and manage to make most grades, but if you plan to get out there in the hills, expect power to drop, except for turbo boosted engines, and already MPG has fallen..
But, if you want to run only a few thousand miles a year, your V10 is really a good engine and you will be happy with the $$$ saved.
Well I only put on about 35,000 miles a year on my V10 so I'm only at 360,000. Even when I'm pulling 15,000 pounds I'm happy with the power (that's not saying I wouldn't be happier with more LOL). I used to drive a mix of dura max and cummins 6.7l at work and I was actually surprised that they didn't pull harder then the V10... they just did it with less RPM. Granted they were all cab/chassis so teu don't make the same power as the same diesel pickup. I think it's also telling that Ford offers the V10 in the f650 but not the Ford diesel. If I ever did go bigger, I would go bigger buy I'd do it right and get a Freighliner m2. That is a nice truck!
