3/4 ton diesel vs. gas

A1ARealtorRick wrote:

pitch wrote:

schlep1967 wrote:
You know that hill you go up now at 2000 RPM in your diesel? It will be at 5500 RPM in the gasser. If you like to hear a screaming motor, get the gasser. If you like the easy rolling diesel, pay for the repairs and drive it for another 10 years.
A friend of mine just pulled his 35 foot trailer with a diesel for the first time last week. His first comment when he arrived at the campground was, it didn't even work coming up the hill. This is a man that has always modded his exhaust to get the loud V-8 sound. He said "No more screaming motor and stopping for fuel every 150 miles."

What the F? That so called "screaming" motor is working at its designed parameters. Only the uninformed would refer to a working symphony of parts working as designed as screaming.

I'm sure by "screaming" he means the deafening noise, not that the engine isn't doing what it's supposed to. Call me 'uninformed' if you like, but noise is noise -- and it's not a pleasant sound.

I haven't driven a 7.3 but every time that I have updated vehicles I have noticed a significant drop in engine noise, especially at higher speed. The assumption about load noise from a high revving engine probably isn't more true than the assumption that diesels clatter and wake up the whole campground when you come in late at night.

My experience has been that a gas burner burns about 20% more fuel than diesel. Some of the new trucks come with a 48 gallon fuel tank which should be plenty for anyone's bladder to fill up before the tank gives out. Even with my old 460 loaded to the hilt I could go over 300 miles between fuel stops with the two 18 gallon tanks which was always adequate.

My main concern for the op is that the truck in his sig is a Chevy and if he stays with Chevy he will probably have to use premium gas and that would be a huge roadblock for me.