Get what you want... we are gonna do that anyway.
these are all semantics and we gassers can say whatever to justify our purchase and the diesel guys are gonna say whatever to justify whatever.
few points
1) a "loafing" diesel working at 80% capacity is actually not "loafing" its working hard its just not turning high RPM's like a gas engine would at 80% capacity
2) Freight being pulled and moved by a diesel in commercial applications makes no sense in a consumer level argument. Those vehicles can have literally millions of miles and often hundreds of thousands of hours on them (in train and boat applications).
3) For most RV hauling purposes most TV's will only see 75k-300k miles before the owner wears out and wants a new truck. I would venture to say that from signature observations around here most TV's last 3 years, regardless of diesel or gas or mileage..
4) Diesel cost 6-8 THOUSAND dollars more than gas
5) Diesel gets around 30% better MPG
6) Maintenance is a wash (Not all diesels are super expensive to maintain, not all gas vehicles are cheap to maintain)
7) Get what you want, you don't have to justify anything to users on RV.net
