Given choice gas or diesel powered fill time coach
Which and why if given choice gas or diesel powered (36 - 40 foot) coach with 2500 - 3500 lbs toad attached for fill time usage? Thank-you
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Assume you mean full time use? After having a gas coach first and now a diesel, I prefer diesel because:
1 - we can fill up where the trucks do. Sometimes it was difficult finding a place to get in and out of with a gas coach with a car in tow. This is especially true on the eastern half of the US so might not be a problem for you.
2 - the gas coach was significantly more difficult to keep cool when driving in the heat because of the engine located up front between the driver and passenger.
3 - it is easier to carry on a conversation in the diesel coach vs the gas coach again because of the location of the engine.
4 - easier to sleep overnight if you have to run the generator while boondocking for the AC because the generator is located away from the bedroom area.
5 - carrying capacity of the diesel is better not just because of the weight but also because the weight of the front axle on a gas coach is upfront which limits the weight available in the pass through storage bays. Locating the engine in the rear of the coach on the larger capacity axle leaves more capacity left for "stuff".
6. The exhaust brake. I never minded it taking longer to get UP the big hills/mountains with the gas coach but sometimes I was a little nervous going back DOWN the hills/mountains.
1 - we can fill up where the trucks do. Sometimes it was difficult finding a place to get in and out of with a gas coach with a car in tow. This is especially true on the eastern half of the US so might not be a problem for you.
2 - the gas coach was significantly more difficult to keep cool when driving in the heat because of the engine located up front between the driver and passenger.
3 - it is easier to carry on a conversation in the diesel coach vs the gas coach again because of the location of the engine.
4 - easier to sleep overnight if you have to run the generator while boondocking for the AC because the generator is located away from the bedroom area.
5 - carrying capacity of the diesel is better not just because of the weight but also because the weight of the front axle on a gas coach is upfront which limits the weight available in the pass through storage bays. Locating the engine in the rear of the coach on the larger capacity axle leaves more capacity left for "stuff".
6. The exhaust brake. I never minded it taking longer to get UP the big hills/mountains with the gas coach but sometimes I was a little nervous going back DOWN the hills/mountains.
