3/4 ton diesel vs. gas

Hannibal wrote:
I’ve owned six diesels. Bored family and friends to tears with how wonderful they were. Got tired of the sound of the diesel groaning up the hills because they can’t rev. A Cummins howling at 2900 rpm up hill gives a new meaning to a screaming engine. Between that and the potential for horrendous repair costs, I went back to gas. My new 2020 7.3 powered F-250 makes very easy work of towing our trailer. Very quiet and vibration free. Not even a hint of a desire for another diesel.

I have driven both the new PSD and the 7.3L at a fleet event my company was invited to and will say that the PSD tows a lot quieter than the 7.3L. Going up hills especially at highway speed is where the difference really lies. Under 55 mph, there was not much of a difference between the two other than the 7.3L needing to go into the higher rpms to get the trailer moving. Above 55 mph, the 7.3L starts to feel lacking in comparison to the PSD and you need to drop down a few gears at higher rpm to get close to the same effect of acceleration and/or grade-ability. If a diesel is howling at 2,900 rpm to get up a hill, then a N/A gaser would be well above 5,000 going slower pulling the same hill, just my expereince.